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Re-entering Plucky Newport

Faced with all the usual problems of a small Southern town, Newport is fighting back with plans by civic leaders to recruit businesses and redevelop downtown. Can they make it happen?

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"These were two calamities that I lived through and remember, but both times the little town came back stronger and better than before. After the fire, [a man] coined the phrase, 'Plucky Newport' .


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This article was published April 12, 2009 at 3:03 a.m.

Perspective, Pages 83, 88 on 04/12/2009

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