Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, May 3, 2023.
Newport School Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain joins What’sUpNewp for a WUN-ON-ONE conversation today at 1:30 pm. You can watch the conversation live or anytime afterward here. What questions do you have for the Superintendent?
A 5,000-mile-long flotilla of seaweed stretching from Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is slowing the boats in The Ocean Race. Read More
Speaking of The Ocean Race, 11th Hour Racing announced yesterday the first public screening of its new film, Shaped by Water, followed by a live concert with American multi-genre singer-songwriter and musician Caroline Jones. The free outdoor event will take place, rain or shine, on May 14 at Fort Adams. Details
An exciting lineup of new and returning vendors will join Aquidneck Community Table’s Saturday market when it moves outdoors to Middletown on Saturday. Read More
An award-winning band from Richmond, VA is headed to The JPT on Friday. WUN’s Ken Abrams has all the details here.
Newport In Bloom announced yesterday that Wish on Thames Street was the People’s Choice Winner for the Daffodil Days Window Display Contest.
What’s Up Today
☀️ Weather
Today: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 55. South wind 7 to 13 mph.
Tonight: A chance of showers, mainly after 2 am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 44. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming northeast after midnight. The chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch possible.
Tomorrow: A chance of showers, mainly before 1 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Northeast wind 14 to 16 mph. The chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
🛥️ Marine Forecast
Today: S wind 6 to 11 kt. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming NE 5 to 7 kt after midnight. A chance of showers, mainly after 2 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tomorrow: NNE wind 12 to 14 kt. A chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 50°F.
🌊 Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:39 am | Sunset: 7:44 pm | 14 hours & 5 minutes of sun.
High tide at 6:50 am & 7:12 pm | Low tide at 12:29 am & 12:26 pm.
Moon: Waxing Gibbous. 12.1 days, 92% lighting.
🎭 Things To Do
10 am: Beginner/Intermediate Watercolor with Artist Mary Ellen Dwyer at Blithewold
11 am: Winery Tours at Newport Vineyards
3 pm to 8 pm: Wednesday Flight Night at Newport Vineyards
4:15 pm: Senior Ballroom Dance Classes at Common Fence Point Community Center
6:30 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
Irish American Club: Mel at 8 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Air at 1:30 pm & 7:30 pm, National Theatre Live: Othello at 4 pm
Sardella’s: Live Jazz music at 7 pm
🏛️ City & Government
Jamestown: Jamestown Planning Commission at 7 pm
Little Compton: Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust at 7 pm
Middletown: Middletown Technical Review Committee at 1 pm
Newport: Newport School Committee - Policy Subcommittee at 5:15 pm
Portsmouth: Portsmouth School Committee - Safety Subcommittee at 3:30 pm, Portsmouth School Committee - Personnel Subcommittee at 5 pm, Portsmouth Melville Park Committee at 6 pm, Portsmouth Harbor Commission at 7 pm
Tiverton: Tiverton Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
See the agendas and a full list of public meetings across Rhode Island here.
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Connor Wong hit two homers, including a tie-breaking solo shot in the eighth, to help the Boston Red Sox rally past the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Tuesday night.
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Annual Earth Day Event Yields Big Recycling Results
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Classical High School Junior to travel to Washington, D.C., to compete in the Poetry Out Loud Finals
High School Students from across the country compete for a $20,000 Grand Prize, May 9-10
The #MiddletownRI Center Citizens Advisory Committee suggests ways to make the “Middletown Center” project safer and more a part of the community, ideas embraced by the Town Council at a meeting Monday night.
Rep. Terri Cortvriend is a Democrat who represents District 72 in Portsmouth and Middletown. She is one of the cofounders of the Aquidneck Island Climate Caucus.
Shaped by Water screening will precede a concert by American musician Caroline Jones
The Nickelodeon Studios and Paramount+ movie is scheduled to commence filming on May 18, 2023, in various locations across the Ocean State.
11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia are joined by Biotherm on the push north as the race closes up
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Find out who’s playing at this year’s Newport Folk Festival.
With multiple special events, activities for children, and a wide selection of vendors, both new and returning, there is much to mark on calendars for this season.
The #MiddletownRI Town Council addresses a number of issues Monday night from an update on the Second Beach parking lot paving work to an anticipated partnership with Salve Regina University.
Newest member of Virginia-based Americana band
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