Back in my snowmobiling days, I spent a lot of time in your neck of the woods.
We stayed once at a small hotel in Newport. But we would ride out of the Border Hotel mostly. I hated that place!
The owner and his brother that ran the restaurant were on the pompous side.
Then I think they closed for, a year or more, then reopened with new owners.
I could never sleep well there.
Always thought the place was a fire trap!! We would ride along the border to Canaan, My favorite stop along the way was Chez Pigeon!! The owner was funny as hell!!
She always treated us warmly there.
Then there was a bar in Canaan, where one side of the horseshoe bar spoke English, the other side spoke French!
Hope to ride my SS up there one day! Maybe ride with Deaner ( Shatneyman ) if he's up for it!! Perhaps you could be my guide for a ride up there??!!