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Good Morning, today is Monday, May 23, 2022.

🌊 Coastal Medical, which “merged” with Lifespan in April 2021, has “temporarily closed” more than half of its laboratories. This comes as Lifespan reportedly is also closing its weight loss clinic. Frank Prosnitz with the full story here.

🌊 Home prices have increased by $194,521 (+25.7%) in the last year and $349,855 (+58.3%) in the last 5-years in Newport! Ranking it third here – Cities with the fastest growing home prices in Providence metro area

🌊 Tiverton is among America’s most affordable beach towns for homebuyers in 2022, according to Realtor.

🌊 The Rogue Island Comedy Festival returns this weekend. Featuring thirteen stand-up comedy shows over five nights, it’s certainly going to be a good time. Tickets are sold online only. Get them here.

What’s Up Today

Weather

  • Today – Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.
  • Tonight – Increasing clouds, with a low around 54. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Marine Forecast

  • Today – N wind 6 to 10 kt becoming E in the afternoon. Partly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Tonight –Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Coastal Water Temperature: 55°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

  • Sunrise: 5:18 am | Sunset: 8:06 pm | 14 hours & 47 minutes of sun.
  • High tide at 2:38 am & 3:12 pm | Low tide at 9:31 am & 10:05 pm.
  • Moon: Last Quarter Moon, 22.4 days, 47% lighting.

Happening Today

Staircase at Mohegan Bluffs will be closed to the public beginning May 23 due to repairs

Things To Do

Entertainment

  • Celtica: Music Bingo at 7:30 pm
  • The Fastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pm
  • The Fifth Element: The Groove Merchants from 7 pm to 10 pm

City & Government

Little Compton – Little Compton Recreation Committee at 6:30 pm

Newport – Newport School Committee – Ad Hoc School Building Committee at 5:30 pm, Newport Energy and Environment Commission at 6:30 pm, Newport Zoning Board of Review at 6:30 pm

Portsmouth – Portsmouth School Committee – Negotiations Subcommittee at 9 am, Portsmouth School Committee – Negotiations Subcommittee at 4 pm, Portsmouth Town Council at 7 pm

Tiverton – Tiverton FTR and Personnel Changes Advisory Subcommittee at 4 pm, Tiverton Wastewater District at 5:30 pm, Tiverton Town Council at 7 pm

The Latest from WUN

Comic – Sour Grapes: Anytime

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

Local Obituaries

What Else We’re Reading

Realtor.com – Dive In! Here Are America’s Most Affordable Beach Towns for Homebuyers, 2022 | Tiverton with a mention

American Songwriter – 5 Smaller Music Festivals to Check Out This Summer and Fall 2022

We’ll See You Out There

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...