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City shops prep for the holiday season stocking uniquely local goods and brands

Eileen Pollina shares some tips for thank you card writing, so you know how to tackle your list once you’ve unwrapped all your gifts.

Fred Albert Newport Life Eileen Pollina’s winsome watercolors have earned a loyal following over the last few years, adorning everything from artworks to greeting cards. Now the artist has opened her own shop at 452 Thames St. Eileen on Thames carries her entire line of gifts and stationery, as well as other nautical-inspired items.  The website ohanga.com debuted last fall, offering affordable works by Rhode Island–based artists and artisans. The site proved so popular a bricks-and-mortar incarnation has now opened in the Brick Market Place at 225 Goddard Row. Ohanga Newport sells fin...

The Herald News MIDDLETOWN, RI — "Times are Tough Gallery" is opening at the DeBlois Gallery Feb 6,  from 1 to 7 p.m.. “Times are Tough Gallery,” a  tiny fine art and craft venue, is the brainchild of owner/curator Pia Hogue. "As a working artist, I love the camaraderie of shows,” she said.  Hogue saw that the markets where she and her fellow artists would sell their work, closed due to Covid, she decided to help by opening a gallery. “These are my friends, these are great people, they are hurting,” she added.  The DeBlois Gallery offered “Times are Tough Gallery” their ...