Good Morning, today is Tuesday, May 24.
🌊 Newport Fire Department responded to The Wayfinder Hotel after receiving a call at approximately 8:05 pm last night. A four-alarm fire caused significant damage to the hotel. The incident has been developing overnight and we’re updating with the latest here – Newport Fire Department on the scene of a four-alarm fire at The Wayfinder Hotel
🌊 Rhode Island ratepayers should expect about $200 million in benefits under an agreement clearing the way for the state’s main electricity and gas provider to be sold to a Pennsylvania-based corporation, state Attorney General Peter Neronha said Monday. Read More
🌊 Last week was another busy week of homes swapping owners across Newport County. Tyler Bernadyn with a recap – What Sold: 20 Newport County real estate sales, transactions (May 16 – 20)
🌊 You will see a few familiar faces if you’re heading up to Fenway Park to catch the Red Sox take on the Orioles on Sunday. Newport Fire Department Honor Guard will be presenting colors. Read More
🌊 Newport Folk Festival made its 51st lineup announcement on Monday – Béla Fleck ‘My Bluegrass Heart’ featuring Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, and more will perform on Friday, July 22. Keep up with the lineup announcements here.
🌊 Live music is returning to the Shops at Long Wharf this summer. Here’s the schedule.
🌊 In what Rhode Island PBS is calling a ‘lager than life’ film event, the newest Rhode Island PBS Original to come from the production studios at 50 Park Lane in Providence recounts the history of one of Rhode Island’s most famous icons. Hi-Neighbor! The Story of the Narragansett Brewing Company debuts at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, on-air, online, as well as in person at the current site of the brewery at 271 Tockwotton Street in Providence. More Details
🌊 Representative Deb Ruggiero has launched her first television ad for Lt. Governor.
Weather
- Today – Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 65. Northeast wind around 9 mph.
- Tonight – Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind 3 to 8 mph.
Marine Forecast
- Today – Variable winds 5 kt or less. A slight chance of sprinkles after 2am. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Tonight – ESE wind 5 to 7 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt after midnight. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Coastal Water Temperature: 55°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
- Sunrise: 5:18 am | Sunset: 8:07 pm | 14 hours & 48 minutes of sun.
- High tide at 3:39 am & 4:13 pm | Low tide at 10:20 am & 11:04 pm.
- Moon: Waning Crescent, 23.4 days, 36% lighting.
Happening Today
Things To Do
- 1 pm – Story and Stroll at Norman Bird Sanctuary
- 5 pm – VFW POST 406, NEWPORT, LECTURE SERIES IV: “Finland and Sweden Seem Likely to Join NATO. What That Means for America and the Arctic Region.”
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
- Celtica: Music Bingo at 7:30 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Downton Abbey 2: A New Era at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
- Landing: Adam Hanna at 4 pm, John Erikson at 7:30 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: Trivia from 7 pm to 9 pm
- Newport Craft: Trivia with Schae at 6 pm
City & Government
- Jamestown – Jamestown Town Council at 5 pm, Jamestown Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
- Middletown – Middletown Zoning Board of Review at 6 pm
- Newport – Newport School Committee at 5:30 pm, Newport Tree Commission at 6 pm
- Portsmouth – Portsmouth School Committee – Equity Subcommittee at 4:30 pm, Portsmouth School Committee at 7 pm
- Tiverton – Tiverton Conservation Commission at 7 pm, Tiverton School Committee at 7 pm
The Latest from WUN
Chazz Palminteri had $200 left when he wrote “A Bronx Tale.” He’s still performing it 35 years later.
Newport gets $68,000 in FEMA grant for CPR devices
State climate council approves $1.5 million spending plan as requests hit $4.1 million
Ed Sheeran cancels New England concerts as Nor’easter looms
State readies for weekend nor’easter with heavy rain and wind in the forecast
Nor’easter to lash the East Coast with strong winds, flooding and heavy rain
24 cruise ship calls ahead for Newport this fall
Your Newport County weather forecast: 7 days on land and sea
Guardians clinch a playoff spot again, edging the Red Sox 1-0 on Martínez homer
Middletown’s MIKEL Inc. wins $64 million Navy engineering contract in Washington state
Jaguars expect a favorable response against the Patriots, who are still ‘finding ourselves’
PUC approves $28 million in winter electric bill credits
People’s Credit Union closed every branch for a day of mental health volunteering
IYRS launching a women’s maritime leadership program in 2027
Bicycle ordinances up for final vote Sept. 30, with opposition surfacing to the stormwater fee and a Perrotti Park building
Newport Historical Society reports record year, with 1,300 visitors to its new Center for Black History in three months
Comic – Sour Grapes: Lefty
Home of the Week: A classic Queen Anne Victorian at 350 Broadway in Newport
Naval War College president marks Rhode Island’s role in America 250
Red Sox move Sunday’s game and will play doubleheader against Cubs on Friday with storm expected
Local Obituaries
What Else We’re Reading
General Assembly – House Judiciary Committee meets on Thursday to vote on amended shoreline access bill
RIDOH – J. M. Smucker Recalling Certain Jif Peanut Butter Products
URI Today – URI Free Farmer’s Market student project wins NACUFS gold award for sustainability in campus food service
Military Aerospace Electronics – Raytheon to help launch and recover counter-mine system that has imaging sonar and electro-optical sensors
Town of Middletown – “Making Middletown Marvelous” — Lois Murray
