Good morning, Newport! Today is Wednesday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2025. There are 182 days left in the year.

🆕 Fort Adams Trust has opened its mysterious underground listening tunnels to the public for the first time, marking a significant expansion of the self-guided tour experience at the National Historic Landmark.

🕰️ Stories of priceless artwork lying unrecognized for decades will take center stage when one of America’s leading antiquities experts visits Newport next week.

🌬️ Rhode Island’s plan to bring in more offshore wind power appears at risk of washing away after a fourth delay to a scheduled contract signing with a project developer.

🇺🇸 The Newport Historical Society will open the doors of the Colony House on July 4th as part of the city’s Independence Day celebrations, offering residents and visitors a chance to experience history at one of America’s oldest government buildings.

🗓️ On tap this week/weekend: Fourth of July festivities, Newport Classical, Newport Gulls, Newport Polo, and more. Here’s a look at what’s on tap for events, live music, and entertainment this week and weekend.

WHAT’S UP TODAY

Weather Forecast

  • Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1 pm and 2 pm. Patchy fog before 8 am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph. The chance of precipitation is 50%—new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts are possible in thunderstorms.

  • Tonight: Patchy fog before 2 am, then patchy fog after 4 am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Marine Forecast

  • Today: SW wind 5 to 9 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1 pm and 2 pm. Patchy fog before 8 am. Seas 1 ft or less.

  • Tonight: SW wind 5 to 7 kt. Patchy fog before 2 am, then Patchy fog after 4 am. Seas 1 ft or less.

  • The coastal water temperature is 64 degrees.

Sun, Moon & Tide

  • Sunrise at 5:16 am. Sunset at 8:22 pm. 15 hours & 6 minutes of sun.

  • High tide at 1:41 am & 2:15 pm. Low tide at 7:04 am & 8 pm.

  • The lunar phase is a Waxing Crescent.

Things To Do

Live Music & Entertainment

Newport County Public Meetings

THE LATEST ON WUN

Visitors can now explore 19th-century passageways designed to detect enemy intruders

Lark E. Mason Jr. will discuss decades of discoveries during July 17 talk at Newport mansion

Trump anti-wind orders threaten to sink local project and with it, Rhode Island’s decarbonization plans

Newport Historical Society opens historic statehouse for Fourth of July festivities on Washington Square

A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that recent mass layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and ordered the Trump administration to halt plans to downsize and reorganize the nation’s health workforce.

Two-week dining event features prix fixe menus and seasonal offerings across Rhode Island

Maria Sharapova and Bryan Brothers share career stories in ‘Road to Newport’ video series

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

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  4. Newport City Council schedules Executive Session following disrupted meeting

  5. What's Up in Newport County this week and weekend: June 30 - July 6

  6. Morning Notes: Preservation Society names new chairman, welcomes trustees at annual gathering

  7. Obituary: Richard Morgan

  8. Portsmouth Fire Department quickly contains brush fire on Anthony Road

  9. Colony House to host Independence Day Celebration with Declaration Reading, 21-gun salute

  10. Providence Restaurant Weeks returns with 60+ participating eateries

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