☀️ What's Up Today: Monday, May 19

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Ryan Belmore
May 19, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes

Good Morning, Newport! Today is Monday, May 19, the 139th day of 2025. There are 226 days left in the year.

Dr. Kelli J. Armstrong conferred 508 bachelor’s degrees upon the Class of 2025 at Salve Regina University’s 75th  Commencement on Sunday. A separate ceremony was held Thursday, May 15, for recipients of graduate degrees — 206 master’s degrees, 18 doctoral degrees, and 11 Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees. 

Traffic Advisory: Bellevue Avenue will have 24-hour concrete roadway repair work done this week (May 19 - 2#). Between Ruggles Avenue and Rovensky Avenue, Bellevue Avenue will be reduced to one lane for northbound traffic only. Southbound traffic approaching Ruggles will be detoured onto Ruggles Avenue. Large trucks and buses southbound on Bellevue Avenue will be allowed through with detail officer assistance.

Tyler Bernadyn examines what to expect in Newport County's real estate market in the second half of 2025.

In his latest column for What’sUpNewp, Dr. Michael Fine writes about what’s crazy about the Surgeon General of the United States.

Jaws is the QUINTessential movie to kick off the Summer season! The JPT and What’sUpNewp are celebrating like never before with three screenings of JAWS, complete with killer live music from local bands, beer and wine tastings, and excellent community partners! Join us on Friday at 7:30 pm, Sunday at 7 pm, or Monday at 4:30 pm! Tickets and more info

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In an energetic, relatable and inspiring keynote address, former White House chief speechwriter for President Barack Obama, Cody Keenan, spoke to the graduates about the importance of discovering their sense of purpose, worldview and family.

RIPEC analysis finds Rhode Island’s Housing Resources Commission in need of reform 

Conducting a 50-state analysis, RIPEC also found that the HRC’s combination of membership size, responsibilities, funding authority, and persistent issues with conflicts of interest makes it unique among housing stakeholder agencies nationwide.

Austin Riley also had three hits for the Braves (24-23), who moved a game above .500 for the second time after opening 0-7. Every starter except leadoff hitter Verdugo had at least one RBI.

Here are three key that I’m predicting across the market for the next 6 months, and what you could expect moving forward:

This Day in RI History: May 18, 1652 – Rhode Island becomes the first colony to pass an anti-slavery law

By the time of the Revolutionary War, Rhode Island has a slave population of 6.3 percent, twice as high as the any other New England colony. Although many abolitionists resided in RI, many of the state’s leading families made fortunes in the slave trade, even after slavery was gradually banned, beginning in 1784. It is estimated that in the years after the Revolution, Rhode Island slave merchants controlled between 60 and 90 percent of the American slave trade.

So why does any of this matter? It matters because the Surgeon General represents the integrity of our health care enterprise, and thus the integrity of our public life.

Free party and concert to honor program’s impact on early childhood literacy

April 17, 1944 — May 14, 2025

WHAT’S UP TODAY

Next up on the cruise ship schedule: The Europa 2 on Friday, May 30

  • Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

  • Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph.

  • Small Craft Advisory until May 19, 11:00 PM EDT

  • Today: NNW wind 12 to 16 kt, with gusts as high as 27 kt. Partly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.

  • Tonight: NNW wind 11 to 13 kt. Mostly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.

  • The coastal water temperature is 54 degrees.

  • Sunrise at 5:21 am. Sunset at 8:02 pm. 14 hours & 40 minutes of sun.

  • High tide at 12:54 am & 1:30 p.m. Low tide at 6:34 am & 6:40 pm.

  • The lunar phase is a Waning Gibbous.

Things To Do

Live Music & Entertainment

  • Landing: Justin Pomfret at 12:30 pm, Mark Flynn at 4 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 Firehouse Theater: NEE Jam at 7 pm

  • The Quencher: Groove Merchants at 6:30 pm

Newport County Public Meetings

EXTRA! EXTRA!

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