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Nana's Wants Your Feedback!

Philomena O’Brien and Tara Coughan, proprietors of the now one-year-old Nana’s Irish Pub and Kitchen in Newport’s Nye Beach, wanted to start gathering feedback from their customers, and offer them the opportunity to sign up for their email newsletter. They expressed a patron-oriented phil… [ Read More ]

The Second Issue of Watermark

The sun shone over our distributors as they drove all over Newport, dropping off the second edition of Watermark! Our great local printers, Pioneer Printing, had it ready for us early, and we set off to all points Newport. Watermark is the ONLY local scene rag in Newport – the focus is on events, … [ Read More ]

The Champagne Patio Goes Live!

We just launched a new website for one of our favorite restaurants– The Champagne Patio. The Champagne Patio is a full service wine shop, restaurant and catering service in Newport, Oregon. Their new website, combined with an email marketing strategy, provides the following features for customers of… [ Read More ]

Saturday's "Blues & Brews" at the Patio

We attended the first “Blues & Brews” event at the Champagne Patio this last Saturday, which was a great time. Expected to be held monthly from here on out, the event featured beer from Newport based SKW Brewery, live blues music and a wonderful buff… [ Read More ]

Our Local Technology Alliance

Nairne, Rachel and I recently began attending meetings of the Lincoln County Technology Solutions Alliance, an organization designed to bring together technology enthusiasts from the central Oregon coast. Founded at the end of 2007 by John Lavrakas of Advanced Research Corporation, Ron Spisso and a grou… [ Read More ]

Watermark Hits The Streets!

On Dec. 12, a very stormy Friday, we woke up with even more excitement than usual about going to work: the first issue of Watermark was scheduled to hit the streets! Local printers Pioneer Printing advised that it would be ready to distribute by noon, so we raced down there at 12:05 p.m. to pick it up, free… [ Read More ]

America's Warriors

The new America’s Warriors website is up and running. For those of you that are not familiar with this organization, it is a 501©3 non-profit dedicated to helping to protect and support soldiers in our armed forces. Founded in 2008 by Brandon Kent, America’s Warriors was first established after Brandon disco… [ Read More ]