Monday, April 14, 2025
Good Morning, Newport!
Rogers High School’s baseball team shut out Classical High School 6-0 at Cardines Field on Friday (April 11). What’sUpNewp’s Justin Walker was on hand for the game and has a recap and photo gallery. [Read More]
Gerry Goldstein’s latest column for What’sUpNewp is here - The wages of power, in one man’s book. [Read More]
Michele Gallagher’s column looks at how Rhode Island women are investing their power and principles back into Mother Earth. [Read More]
From your house to the State House, Helen Hames writes about how SACRI connect your voice to action in her latest column. [Read More]
Save the Date: A ribbon cutting ceremony has been scheduled for the new Rogers High School. [Read More]
The lineup for the 2025 Newport Jazz Festival will be announced tomorrow! Tickets all go on sale this week. [Read More]
THE LATEST ON WUN
Pitchers Borgueta and Younger combine for dominant performance at Cardines Field
July 5, 1943 — April 11, 2025
Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist, Joonas Korpisalo made 24 saves and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Sunday.
Garrett Crochet struck out 11 in 7 1/3 innings in his first start against his former team, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.
Payton Pritchard scored 34 points on Sunday and the Boston Celtics swept consecutive home games against the Charlotte Hornets with a 93-86 victory despite blowing a 21-point first-half lead in a regular-season ending matchup of all reserves.
Pinch-hitter Brooks Baldwin lined an RBI single off Boston closer Aroldis Chapman with one out in the bottom of the ninth, lifting the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday.
In his disturbing novel 1984, George Orwell famously took readers into a blood-chilling, futuristic nation where the totalitarian government of Big Brother controlled every life, policing not just people’s actions, but even their thoughts.
Save the date; it’s almost time to cut the ribbon on the new Rogers High School.
Tickets go on sale April 15th, with specially priced 3-day passes available for a limited time
A commercial fishing boat got stuck in Boston Harbor on Friday, necessitating the rescue of three people and potentially releasing thousands of gallons of fuel into the harbor.
SACRI doesn’t just speak–they listen. And the issues they raise come directly from the people they serve.
Coombs, a name synonymous with the Newport Gulls, managed the team from 2005 to 2015, 2018, and 2024.
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: Sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: A chance of rain, mainly after 2am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 45. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tomorrow: A slight chance of rain before 10am, then isolated showers after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Today: NW wind 6 to 9 kt becoming SW in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: SSW wind 7 to 10 kt. A chance of rain, mainly after 2 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tomorrow: SSW wind 6 to 11 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. A slight chance of showers. Seas 1 ft or less.
The coastal water temperature is 40 degrees.
Sunrise at 6:06 am. Sunset at 7:24 pm. 13 hours and 18 minutes of sun.
High tide at 9:28 am & 9:41 p.m. Low tide at 2:56 am & 2:45 p.m.
The lunar phase is a Waning Gibbous.
Things To Do
9 am: Music at the Blissful at Jamestown Philomenian Library
4:30 pm: Mah Jongg Play at Jamestown Philomenian Library
6:30 pm: Full Moon Ride at Equality Park
6:30 pm: Bark For The Park at Ragged Island Brewing Company
7:30 pm: Screening of Join or Die Documentary at The JPT
Live Music & Entertainment
JPT: Join or Die Free Screening at 7:30 pm
Newport Craft: Bingo at 6 pm
Newport Harbor Island Resort: Musical Bingo at 6:30 pm
Perro Salado: John Monllos at 5:30 pm
Rejects Beer Co.: Trivia at 6 pm
The Fastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pm
The Quencher: Groove Merchants at 6:30 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
Little Compton: Common Review Committee at 1:30 pm, Argicultural Conservancy Trust at 4:30 pm, Housing Trust at 6 pm, Recreation Committee at 6:30 pm
Portsmouth: Town Council at 6 pm
Tiverton: Budget Committee at 5:30 pm
FURTHER READING
Rhode Island Current: Can a local fishing panel make a difference in offshore wind projects? We’re about to find out.
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