What's Up in Newport: Friday, April 5

Friday, April 5, 2024.

🚧 Traffic Alert: Beginning tonight at 5 pm and ending Monday at 7 am, RIDOT is scheduled to close the left lanes on Route 138 East and West, between the Pell Bridge and JT Connell Highway in Newport, to remove and replace the center median, which is part of the ongoing Pell Bridge Ramps Phase 2 project. Read More

🛑 Cliff Walk Closure: Another portion of the Cliff Walk has been closed out of an abundance of caution following the discovery of a sinkhole. The roughly ¼ mile-long closure, which extends from the tunnel due east of Clarendon Court to the stairs leading to the Miramar sidewalk, is part of the Cliff Walk’s more rugged southern section. Read More

👉 Deadline: Today is the final day to preorder your Rose Island Lighthouse license plate to support Rose Island! More Info & Order Form

💐 Save The Date: This year’s Newport Flower Show, which will be held June 21-23, marks its return to Rosecliff after a one-year sojourn to Marble House with the theme “At Home.” Tickets go on sale to the public today. Read More

🌷 Wicked Tulips: “April showers bring May flowers,” or so the saying goes. But Rhode Islanders don’t need to wait until May to enjoy colorful, sweet-scented blooms, for April is the time of the tulips. WUN’s Ruthie Wood with more from Wicked Tulips Flowers Farm - Happiness comes in the form of tulips

🌼 Gettin’ Daffy: Speaking of flowers, brace yourselves for an explosion of floral euphoria as Newport gears up for the grand re-awakening of 1,450,000 daffodils during the 13th Annual Newport Daffodil Days, scheduled for April 6 to 28. Schedule of Events

🍔 Mission: Mission Mornings starts back up this Saturday at Mission in Middletown. Spring hours will be Saturday and Sunday from 7 am to 12 pm. There will be Egg Sandwiches, Mimosas, and Coffee. 

🗓️ Weekend Planner: On tap this weekend are Newport Daffodil Days Opening Ceremonies, the Annual Daffy Dog Paw-Rade, free admission to Newport Mansions for Newport County residents, the Newport Night Run, and more! Weekend Roundup

👏 Best of Luck: Eighteen students from Portsmouth Abbey School will sing in the National Concert at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on Saturday, April 6. Read More

The Representative will cover current legislation being debated at the State House, the two study commissions she chairs, and will be available to discuss any issues or concerns constituents may have

A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast into Thursday, downing trees and power lines and leaving nearly 700,000 homes and businesses without power at some point. A woman was reported killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb.

Brad Marchand had the game’s first goal for the 400th of his career, Hampus Lindholm added an empty-netter and Jeremy Swayman made 27 saves for Boston.

A series of setbacks delaying the Huskies’ trip to the Final Four in Arizona was tough for the UConn coach to take.

This year’s show, June 21-23, marks its return to Rosecliff after a one-year sojourn to Marble House with the theme “At Home.”

Club to face USL League One competition for first time in Open Cup debut

An increasingly deadly year for the endangered North Atlantic right whale got worse this week when another member of the species was killed in a collision with a ship, federal authorities said Thursday.

The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a large study said Thursday it will pull the medicine from the market, acknowledging it didn’t help patients with the deadly neurological condition.

Wicked Tulips Flower Farm prepares to open for the season

The roughly ¼ mile-long closure, which extends from the tunnel due east of Clarendon Court to the stairs leading to the Miramar sidewalk, is part of the Cliff Walk’s more rugged southern section.

On tap April 5 – 7, Newport Daffodil Days Opening Ceremonies, Annual Daffy Dog Paw-Rade, Newport County Days, Newport Night Run, and more!

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