Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, March 15. Today’s newsletter is 1,118 words - approximately a 6-minute read.
❄️ Rhode Island saw little snow accumulation compared to areas in Massachusetts and Connecticut that have recorded 20-30″ of snow. Here’s how much snow has fallen across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut: March 14 – 15
☃️ Speaking of snow, here’s the latest weather-related updated → List of Rhode Island cancellations, closures, and delays
🚓 A heavy police presence descended upon a residence in the area of 900 West Main Road in Middletown on Tuesday following the discovery of a body at the home. Read More/Updates coming here → Body discovered at Middletown home leads to large police presence and active investigation
🙏Can you believe it’s been 11 years since What’sUpNewp first launched on March 12, 2012? Time truly flies! Our readership has grown exponentially since those early days when we pretty much just focused on what was up at bars and restaurants in Newport.
We now publish more than 550 stories to our website every month, while nearly 27,000 people now wake up to our newsletter every morning, and a whopping 160,000 individuals visit our website every month. Our contributing team is now made up of 18 talented, experienced, and dedicated journalists, photographers, and writers!
Throughout these years, we’ve been passionate about showcasing the stories, personalities, and businesses that make Newport, Aquidneck Island, Newport County, and Rhode Island shine. None of this would have been possible without the unwavering support of our readers, supporters, local advertisers, and our amazing team of contributors.
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Ryan Belmore, Owner & Publisher
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☀️ Weather
Today: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a northwest wind of around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
🛥️ Marine Forecast
Today: NNW wind around 18 kt, with gusts as high as 31 kt. A slight chance of showers. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: NW wind 11 to 15 kt, with gusts as high as 30 kt. Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 41°F.
🌊 Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 6:56 am | Sunset: 6:51 pm | 11 hours and 54 minutes of sun.
High tide at 2:10 am & 2:43 pm | Low tide at 8:08 am & 7:55 pm.
Moon: Last Quarter Moon. 22.1 days, 50% lighting.
🎭 Things To Do
10:30 am to 12:30 pm: March Homeschool Family Guided Tour at Newport Art Museum
12 pm to 2 pm: St. Mary's Church Open
3 pm to 8 pm: Flight Night Wednesdays at Newport Vineyards
4:15 pm: Senior Ballroom Dance Classes at Common Fence Point Community Center
6 pm to 8 pm: Arts Around the Fire
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
🎶 Entertainment
Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
General’s Crossing Brewhouse: Trivia Night at 6 pm
Irish American Club: Mel at 8 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: 80 For Brady at 1:30 pm, National Theatre Live: The Crucible at 4 pm, Everything Everywhere All At Once at 7:30 pm
Sardella’s: Live Jazz music at 7 pm
🏛️ City & Government
Jamestown: Jamestown Affordable Housing at 5 pm, Jamestown Planning Commission at 6 pm, Jamestown Tree Preservation & Protection at 6:30 pm
Little Compton: Little Compton Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm, Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust at 7 pm, Little Compton Harbor Commission at 7:30 pm
Middletown: Middletown School Building Committee at 5 pm, Middletown Open Space and Fields Committee at 5:30 pm
Newport: Newport Cemetery Advisory Commission at 4 pm, Newport School Committee - Policy Subcommittee at 5:30 pm
Portsmouth: Portsmouth School Committee - District Building Committee at 4 pm
RITBA: Turnpike and Bridge Authority, Rhode Island at 8:30 am
Tiverton: Tiverton Historic Preservation Advisory Board at 9 am
See the agendas and a full list of public meetings across Rhode Island here.
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