Good Morning, today is Saturday, June 4.
🌊 Middletown Fire Department and crews from several towns worked a four-alarm fire at the Days Inn By Wyndham Middletown/Newport on Friday.
🌊 The Newport Art Museum is hosting a free community day today.
🌊 Newport Polo opens their season today with USA vs. Colombia.
🌊 The Race For Ukraine will be held today around Conanicut Island.
🌊 West Place Animal Sanctuary in Tiverton is opening its gates to the public this weekend.
🌊 Sea Rose Montessori School Pre-K and Elementary School will host an open house today
🌊 Restaurant Rivalry is now open at 41 Bowen’s Wharf (formerly Fluke).
🌊 Travel Advisory: Here’s what road work RIDOT and RITBA have scheduled next week.
What’s Up Today
Weather
- Today – Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
- Tonight – Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Marine Forecast
- Today – Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming S 5 to 9 kt in the afternoon. Patchy fog before 9am. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Tonight – SSW wind 6 to 9 kt becoming NW after midnight. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Coastal Water Temperature: 59°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
- Sunrise: 5:12 am | Sunset: 8:15 pm | 15 hours & 3 minutes of sun.
- High tide at 12:03 pm | Low tide at 5:17 am & 5:07 pm.
- Moon: Waxing Crescent, 4.1 days, 18% lighting.
Happening Today
- Newport Art Museum to host a free Community Day on June 4
- Newport International Polo Series will open its 31st season on June 4 with USA vs. Colombia
- Race For Ukraine to be held around Conanicut Island on June 4
- Monster Jam Stadium Championship Series will stop at Gillette Stadium on June 4
- West Place Animal Sanctuary opening its gates to the public for Spring Visitors Weekend
- Sea Rose Montessori School partners with local experts for elementary aftercare and summer camp enrichment
Things To Do
- Salve Regina University Reunion Weekend 2022
- 9 am – Plant Sale at Portsmouth Free Public Library
- 9 am to 12 pm – Aquidneck Growers Market at Embrace Home Loans
- 9:30 am to 4:30 pm – Spring Visitors Weekend at West Place Animal Sanctuary
- 11 am to 12 pm – Chris van Dusen Storytime and Book Signing at Charter Books
- 11 am to 1 pm – Sea Rose Montessori School Pre-K and Elementary School Open House
- 12 pm to 4 pm – Newport Art Museum to host a free Community Day
- 12:15 pm, 2:05 pm, & 3:55 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
- 1 pm – Little Compton Pride Celebration
- 1 pm to 6 pm – Ca’ del Bosco Wine Garden at The Chanler
- 2:50 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Jamestown Village
- 5 pm – Newport International Polo Series – USA vs Colombia
- 7 pm & 9 pm: Improv with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
- Bar & Board: Mel at 7:30 pm
- Blue Anchor Grill: Live music at 6:30 pm
- Buskers: Brian Twohey at 9 pm
- Celtica: Karaoke at 10 pm
- Clarke Cooke House: Live music at 10 pm
- Dockside: The Barons & The Complaints at 9 pm
- Greenvale Vineyards: YNOT3 from 1 pm to 4 pm
- Gulf Stream Bar & Grille: Music by Mel from 6 pm to 9 pm
- Johnny’s at Wyndham: Stu Krous from 6 pm to 9 pm
- JPT Film & Event Center: Downton Abbey 2: A New Era at 1:30 pm, 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
- Landing: Nick Sproviero at 1 pm, CBD at 4:30 pm, and Jake Kulak Band at 8 pm
- La Forge: Dave Manuel from 6 pm to 10 pm
- Landing: Dave Alves Band at 4:30 pm, Blockhead at 8 pm
- Midtown Oyster Bar: The Travelin’ Wanna B’s at 9:30 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: The Smokin Toads from 8 pm to 11:30 pm
- Newport Blues Cafe: Never In Vegas at 9 pm
- One Pelham East: Live music at 4:30 pm, Adam Go at 8:30 pm, DJ at 11 pm
- Shops at Long Wharf: In Tandem from 1 pm to 5 pm
- Speakeasy: Live music at 10 pm
- The Firehouse Theatre: Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 7 pm & 9 pm
- The Reef: Live music from 1 pm to 4 pm, Live music from 5 pm to 8 pm
- Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm
City & Government
- Middletown – Middletown Town Council at 8 am, Middletown School Committee at 8 am
Governor Dan McKee
- No public events are scheduled for today.
The Latest from WUN
Sen. Ujifusa and Rep. Kislak introduce bills to protect independent local pharmacies
Sen. Linda Ujifusa and Rep. Rebecca Kislak have introduced a pair of bills to protect Rhode Island’s independent pharmacies as well as consumer choice for prescription drugs.
Newport Schools’ Superintendent Jermain joins What’sUpNewp for a one-on-one conversation on Friday
Newport Superintendent of Schools Colleen Burns Jermain will join WhatsUpNewp for her monthly one-on-one live virtual video conversation on Friday at 1:30 p.m. to discuss issues ranging from Rogers High School construction to the proposed school budget.
José Ramírez hits grand slam, AL-leading Guardians beat Red Sox 6-4
José Ramírez belted his sixth career grand slam and had three hits, Will Brennan added a solo homer and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 on Thursday.
Signups are now open to join local Girl Scout troops
Signup event to be held at Portsmouth Free Public Library on May 1
Newport’s paid parking season begins on May 1
Metered & Residential Parking Programs Return
Art in Full Bloom: Norman Bird Sanctuary celebrates 75th Anniversary with Paint Paradise: Plein Air Day and Benefit Show
On Saturday, April 20, the Norman Bird Sanctuary welcomed over 40 artists for its inaugural Paint Paradise: Plein Air Day followed by a successful evening benefit show.
Freeze Warning issued for Rhode Island
Cooler temperatures coming to parts of New England; NWS issues Freeze Warning
$28 million in funding will support 12 community learning centers across Rhode Island
Newport and Middletown to receive $2.9 million to make improvements to the Florence Gray Center for a joint Newport-Middletown Community Center that will support and expand programming in the areas of student learning, workforce development and health monitoring and services.
Historians to illuminate African-heritage advancement in Gilded Age Rhode Island
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society scholars Theresa “Soni” Guzmán Stokes and Keith Stokes will trace this story from the Free African Union Society founded in 1780 to the formation of Colored Women Clubs during the Gilded Age.
Lippitt House Museum to offer guided tours focusing on lives of 19th-century family and servants
Lippitt House Museum to offer guided tours highlighting 19th-century family and servants
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Local Obituaries
Obituary: Randolph Totten
July 15, 1939 — April 23, 2024
Obituary: Andre Ajemian
March 17, 1928 — April 20, 2024
Obituary: Robert Corey
March 22, 1935 — April 18, 2024
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Further Reading
Salve Today – Salve Regina builds memorial for victims of gun violence, encourages action
East Bay – Tiverton senior focuses on his classmates for senior project