☀️ What's Up Today: Tuesday, May 20

What Sold: A look at 21 recent sales in Newport County (May 12 – 16)

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Ryan Belmore
May 20, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes

Good Morning, Newport! Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 140th day of 2025. There are 225 days left in the year.

As we head into Memorial Day Weekend, it’s clear the real estate market across Newport County is waking up. After a slow start to the year, we’re finally seeing some momentum, and for buyers and sellers alike, it’s a good time to pay attention. Tyler Bernadyn has a look at What Sold.

Robert McCall was named the new chief of the Middletown Fire Department on Monday night, drawing loud applause and significant support from his colleagues, officials, and residents.

Join internationally celebrated author and critic Peter Brooks at Charter Books this evening at 6 pm as he discusses his latest book, Henry James Comes Home.

The League of Women Voters of Newport County will host Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Melissa A. Long tonight for a discussion on advancing civil rights in the state’s courts. The event, “Justice for All: Advancing Civil Rights in Rhode Island’s Courts,” is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. at The JPT.

Middletown beach stickers are available daily until Memorial Day weekend from 12 pm to 4 pm at Second Beach.

Congratulations to the Portsmouth High School Sailing team who captured the RI State Championship this past weekend!

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As we head into Memorial Day Weekend, it’s clear the real estate market across Newport County is waking up. After a slow start to the year, we’re finally seeing some momentum and for buyers and sellers alike, it’s a good time to pay attention.

This Day in RI History: May 20, 1959 – Susan Cowsill is born

Youngest member of Newport band The Cowsills

Jarren Duran has triple and double off Mets ace Kodai Senga to lead Red Sox to 3-1 victory

Jarren Duran had a double and a triple as the Boston Red Sox tagged Mets ace Kodai Senga for three runs — the most he has given up all season — and beat New York 3-1 on Monday night.

Throughout the nearly six-week trial, defense attorneys for Thomas argued that the so-called naked fat tests conducted by the once-beloved coach at North Kingstown High School were wrong but not a crime.

Discover all that’s happening, new, and to do in and around Newport County, Rhode Island, this week and weekend.

Sundance-selected film explores life of first American woman in space, revealing personal story through partner’s perspective

True and gritty, “The Emperor of Gladness” is almost voyeuristic in how it looks into the most intimate and human moments of people’s lives, reflecting back on the reader and leaving plenty to ponder.

A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct.

Sour Grapes is a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world.

The union for about 2,500 submarine designers at Electric Boat in Connecticut has tentatively agreed to a new contract with the company, averting a strike that would have begun Monday.

WHAT’S UP TODAY

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

  • Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 58. North wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

  • Tonight: Patchy drizzle after 2 am. Cloudy, with a low around 49. Northeast wind 9 to 11 mph.

  • Today: N wind 9 to 12 kt, with gusts as high as 21 kt. Increasing clouds. Seas 1 ft or less.

  • Tonight: NNE wind 8 to 10 kt. Cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.

  • The coastal water temperature is 57 degrees.

  • Sunrise at 5:21 am. Sunset at 8:03 pm. 14 hours & 42 minutes of sun.

  • High tide at 1:48 am & 2:24 p.m. Low tide at 7:35 am & 7:59 pm.

  • The lunar phase is a Waning Gibbous.

Things To Do

Live Music & Entertainment

Newport County Public Meetings

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