Good morning, Newport! 👋 Today is Monday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2025. There are 128 days left in the year.
🎉 Maria Sharapova and doubles legends Bob and Mike Bryan were formally inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday, joining tennis immortality in a ceremony that brought the sport’s elite to Newport’s iconic grounds. Check out our full coverage from our team of the Induction Celebration Weekend below.
🏖️ The Rhode Island Department of Health announced Sunday that King Park Beach and Fort Adams Beach in Newport have reopened for swimming after bacteria levels returned to safe standards.
👉 Rhode Island’s first community investment fund will conclude its summer coffee shop tour Wednesday at Custom House Coffee in Middletown, bringing its community outreach effort to Aquidneck Island for the final time.
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: A slight chance of showers before 8 am. Patchy fog before 8 am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 77. East wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west in the morning. The chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Southwest wind around 8 mph, becoming northwest after midnight.
Today: E wind 5 to 9 kt becoming W in the morning. A slight chance of showers before 8 am. Patchy fog before 8 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: SW wind around 7 kt becoming WNW after midnight. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
The coastal water temperature is 65 degrees.
Sunrise at 6:04 am. Sunset at 7:29 pm. 13 hours & 24 minutes of sun.
High tide at 9:58 am & 10:15 pm. Low tide at 3:13 am & 3:27 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Crescent.
Things To Do
10 am: Free self-guided tours at Eisenhower House
11 am: Colonial Jewish Walking Tours at Loeb Visitors Center
12 pm: Annual Golf Outing for Preservation Society at Newport National Golf Club
3 pm: Jamestown Farmers Market at Jamestown Recreation Center
6 pm: The Ravers followed by fireworks at Second Beach
Live Music & Entertainment
Landing: Justin Pomfret at 12:30 pm, Mark Flynn at 4 pm, Okie and the Bandits at 8 pm
Newport Craft: Bingo at 6 pm
Newport Harbor Island Resort: Music Bingo at 6:30 pm
Newport Pickleball Club: The Newport Groove Merchants at 6:30 pm
One Pelham East: Bruce Jacques at 9 pm
Perro Salado: John Monllos at 5:30 pm
Stoneacre Garden: Mah Jongg Monday at 6 pm
The Fastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
Jamestown: Tree Preservation & Protection at 6 pm
Little Compton: Recreation Committee at 6:30 pm
Newport: Zoning Board of Review at 6 pm
Portsmouth: Town Council at 7 pm
Tiverton: Wastewater District at 5:30 pm, Town Council at 7 pm
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