Good Morning, Newport! Today is Monday, June 9, the 160th day of 2025. There are 205 days left in the year.
🗓️ Secretary of the Navy Adolph E. Borie, ordered the construction of the first torpedo station on Goat Island on this day in 1869.
🥎 Tiverton High School’s softball team secured the Division 3 championship on Sunday in a nail-biting 9-8 extra-inning win against Cranston East at Rhode Island College. Game Recap & Photo Gallery
🥍 Portsmouth High School’s boys lacrosse team clinched its first state championship, beating East Greenwich 15-6 in the Rhode Island Division 2 final at Brown University on Saturday (June 7). Game Recap & Photo Gallery
🚗 The British Motorcars of New England (BMCNE) made its annual appearance in Bristol this weekend. Event Recap & Photo Gallery
🚨 A tragic incident at the Portuguese American Citizens Club in Portsmouth (35 Power Street) has left the community in shock. During a graduation party Saturday evening, a partial building collapse resulted in the death of a 15-year-old girl and serious injuries to three others.
🎓 Portsmouth High School said goodbye to 176 graduates on Friday night as the Class of 2025 received their diplomas. The ceremony took place at the high school on June 6. Recap and Photo Gallery
🎓 Tiverton High School’s Class of 2025 is marking a major milestone. On Friday evening, 129 seniors gathered at the school for their graduation ceremony. Recap and Photo Gallery
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WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: A slight chance of showers. Patchy fog between 1 pm and 2 pm. Otherwise, it will be cloudy, with a high of 65. East wind around 11 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 59. East wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Today: E wind around 10 kt. A slight chance of showers. Patchy fog before noon, then Patchy fog between 1 pm and 2 pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: ENE wind 5 to 7 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt after midnight. A slight chance of showers. Patchy fog. Seas 1 ft or less.
The coastal water temperature is 59 degrees.
Sunrise at 5:11 am. Sunset at 8:18 pm. 15 hours & 7 minutes of sun.
High tide at 7:18 am & 7:36 p.m. Low tide at 12:52 am & 12:26 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous.
Things To Do
10 am: Groundbreaking Celebration For New Middletown Middle High School at Gaudet Athletic Complex & Playground
10 am: Free self-guided tours at Eisenhower House
5:30 pm: The Great Gatsby Revisited: An Evening with Sam Waterston at Rosecliff
6 pm: Middletown Night with the Newport Gulls at Cardines Field
6 pm: Mushroom Hunting with Ryan and Emily Bouchard at Portsmouth Free Public Library
Live Music & Entertainment
Landing: Justin Pomfret at 12:30 pm, Mark Flynn at 4 pm, Blistering Ego 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
The Fastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
Middletown: Town Council at 10 am, School Building Committee at 10 am, School Building Committee at 10 am, Conservation Commission at 5:30 pm
Portsmouth: School Committee - Negotiations Subcommittee at 3 pm, Town Council at 7 pm
Tiverton: Tax Assessment Board of Review at 3:30 pm, Personnel Board at 4 pm, Zoning Revision Committee at 5 pm, Town Council at 7 pm
Cruise Ship Schedule
Next up on the cruise ship schedule is Volendam on June 10.
THE LATEST ON WUN
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Patriots overcome weather delays to defeat East Greenwich 15-6 at Brown University
The British Motorcars of New England (BMCNE) made its annual appearance in Bristol this weekend, June 6-7.
Three others seriously injured as front stairwell of Portuguese American Citizens Club gives way; 75 people were inside at the time of the incident
Served during Revolutionary War period
176 students receive diplomas in ceremony featuring bagpipes, guest speaker, and student performances
129 students receive diplomas in one of the largest graduating classes in recent years
RIBHS and NRF partner to honor Black freedom and resilience with events at Rough Point, Jane Pickens Theater, and Vernon House
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NBC Boston: ‘There are no words': Portsmouth grieving 15-year-old killed in stairwell collapse at grad party