Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Good Morning, Newport!
In a nail-biting game at Portsmouth High School on Tuesday, the home team’s Unified Basketball squad just edged out Rogers with a final score of 44-38. WUN’s Justin Walker was on hand for the game and has a recap and photo gallery.
What started as a coffee-infused dream turned into a small pop-up success for cousins and Tiverton-natives Tom Amaral and Colby Machado. Now, their small business, No Vacancy, is expanding in size and in permanence; no longer at Mission, they’ve moved next door to Mission’s sister shop, Utility, for expanded space and hours. WUN’s Ruthie Wood has the story.
While visiting his daughter in Savannah, Georgia, WUN’s Frank Prosnitz visited some historic cemeteries where Nathaniel Greene and some other notable Rhode Islanders are buried. Read More
U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman visited the U.S. Naval War College onboard Naval Station Newport on Tuesday. Read More
On tap this week/weekend: Newport Night Run, Improv with The Bit Players, Live Music, and more. [What’sUpNewp]
THE LATEST ON WUN
44-38 victory marked by back-and-forth action and mutual support between teams
Alex Ovechkin scored his 891st career goal, moving him four away from passing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and Dylan Strome broke a third-period tie on Tuesday night to lead the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins.
January 7, 1954 — March 31, 2025
Several former Rhode Islanders are buried in Bonaventure, but perhaps the most famous is buried at neither Bonaventure nor Colonial.
U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman visited the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) onboard Naval Station Newport, RI, Apr. 01, 2025.
The Town of Middletown’s Outreach Department is hosting the 2nd Annual Middletown Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 12, at 10 am.
The Newport Secret Garden Tour is looking for volunteers for the upcoming June Tours, which will take place in the city’s historic Point Section on June 27-29
It took some time, but Bill Parcells is finally getting a place in the New England Patriots Hall of Fame.
Attorneys general from 23 states filed the suit in federal court in Rhode Island.
The Boston Celtics almost certainly will connect on a history-making 3-pointer sometime this week.
No Vacancy, a specialty pop-up coffee shop, celebrates its expansion and grand opening at Utility on April 10th
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 44. North wind 7 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight: A chance of rain, mainly after 1 am. Cloudy, with a low around 37. Southeast wind 9 to 15 mph. The chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tomorrow: A chance of rain, mainly before 2 pm. Cloudy, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a southwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. The chance of precipitation is 50%—new precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Today: NNE wind 6 to 9 kt becoming SE in the afternoon. Increasing clouds. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: SE wind 8 to 13 kt. There is a chance of rain, mainly after 1 am. Seas are 1 ft or less.
Tomorrow: S wind 14 to 17 kt becoming SSW in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 27 kt. A chance of rain, mainly before 2pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
The coastal water temperature is 43 degrees.
Sunrise at 6:25 am. Sunset at 7:11 pm. 12 hours and 46 minutes of sun.
High tide at 11:46 am. Low tide at 5:11 am & 4:52 p.m.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Crescent.
Things To Do
9:45 am: Family Story Time at Jamestown Philomenian Library
10 am: Free Wednesdays at The Sailing Museum
6:30 pm: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
6:30 pm: Springtime Bunny Paint Party at Tremblay’s Bar & Grill
6:30 pm: Boating Safety Seminar at Seamen’s Church Institute
7 pm: ScreenDance RoadShow at Jamestown Arts Center
Live Music & Entertainment
Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Secret Mall Apartment at 3:30 pm, Dr. Strangelove at 6 pm
Newport Vineyards: Trivia at 6 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: Board Game Night at 5 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
Jamestown: Jamestown Tick Task Force at 5 pm
Little Compton: Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust at 7 pm
Newport: Newport City Council at 5:30 pm, Newport Energy and Environment Commission at 6 pm
Portsmouth: Portsmouth Melville Park Committee at 6:15 pm, Portsmouth Harbor Commission at 7 pm
Tiverton: Tiverton Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
FURTHER READING
DVIDS: NUWC Division Newport employees support FIRST Robotics Competition at University of Rhode Island
Fine Homebuilding: Restmere and the Architecture of the Newport Folk Festival
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