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🍕 The former Panera Bread is becoming a pizzeria → Team at Giusto to open a neighborhood pizzeria in former Panera Bread
🍳 WUN columnist Jay Flanders is kicking off 2023 with an interesting recipe → Tiny Kitchen Magic: Goat Liver and Goat Cheese Ravioli with Pink Vodka Sauce
🚗 WUN columnist Gerry Goldstein explores the art of nicknames → In this work, the nickname’s a calling-card
⛵ The Ocean Race 2022-23 started this weekend in Alicante, Spain with the opening of Ocean Live Park and the first In-Port Races. Team Malizia took first place, 11th Hour Racing took 2nd in the In-Port Race, while WindWhipser won the VO65 In-Port Race. Read More The Ocean Race stops in Newport May 13 – 21.
⛪ The Catholic Diocese of Providence announced Sunday that St. Madeleine Sophie Parish in Tiverton will merge into St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Little Compton. (WPRI)
🎵 Singer, songwriter, and producer William Joseph Cowsill Jr. was born on this day ni 1948 in Middletown. Bill Cowsill was the eldest of seven siblings from the Newport-based family band The Cowsills, and also performed as a solo artist and produced several Canadian bands over the course of his career.
What’s Up Today
☀️ Weather
- Today: A chance of showers, mainly before 9 am. Cloudy through mid-morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming northwest at 5 to 9 mph in the morning. The chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts to less than a tenth of an inch possible.
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
- Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
- 7-Day Weather forecast for Newport County | 3-day Surf Forecast for Rhode Island
🛥️ Marine Forecast
- Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 5 to 8 kt in the afternoon. A chance of showers, mainly before 9 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Tonight: WNW wind 6 to 8 kt. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Tomorrow: WNW wind 6 to 10 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Coastal Water Temperature: 45°F.
🌊 Sun, Moon, & Tide
- Sunrise: 7:11 am | Sunset: 4:33 pm | 9 hours and 22 minutes of sun.
- High tide at 9:08 am & 9:32 pm | Low tide at 2:11 am & 3:03 pm.
- Moon: Waning Gibbous. 16.6 days, 96% lighting.
🎭 Things To Do
- 2 pm: A Craft Talk with Helen Schulman at Ochre Court
- 7 pm: A Reading with Diana Goetsch at Ochre Court
- For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
🎶 Entertainment
- The Fastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pm
- The Fifth Element: The Groove Merchants from 7 pm to 10 pm
🏛️ City & Government
- Middletown: Conservation Commission at 5:30 pm
- Newport: School Committee – Ad Hoc School Building Committee at 5:30 pm
- Portsmouth: School Committee – Policy Subcommittee at 4 pm, Design Review Board at 7 pm, Free Public Library at 7 pm, Town Council at 7 pm
- Tiverton: Planning Board at 3 pm, Historical Cemeteries Commission at 6 pm, Historical Cemeteries Commission at 6 pm, Library Trustees at 7 pm, Town Council at 7 pm
- See the full list of public meetings in Rhode Island here.
On What’sUpNewp
🆕 The Latest
We published 24 stories on our website over the weekend. Here’s a look at some of the headlines published since Friday’s newsletter.
Tiny Kitchen Magic: Goat Liver and Goat Cheese Ravioli with Pink Vodka Sauce
This Day in History: January 9, 1948 – Bill Cowsill born in Middletown
7-Day Weather forecast for Newport County
3-day Surf Forecast for Rhode Island
Bills win for Hamlin and eliminate Patriots from playoffs
Sizzling Pastrnak’s hat trick sends Bruins past Ducks, 7-1
Cloudy Week Ahead: Rain and snow in the forecast for Newport
The Ocean Race: Malizia and WindWhisper score top points on opening weekend in Alicante
Lawrence scores 19 as UMBC takes down Bryant 81-73
18 famous actors and actresses that have ties to Newport
43 famous actresses from Rhode Island
31 famous actors from Rhode Island
Providence Restaurant Weeks returning January 8-23
How gas prices have changed in Rhode Island in the last week
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📈 This Weekend’s Most-Read
Here’s what stories folks were reading the most over the weekend;
- 43 famous actresses from Rhode Island
- 18 famous actors and actresses that have ties to Newport
- 31 famous actors from Rhode Island
- 17 popular movies filmed in and around Newport
- Team at Giusto to open a neighborhood pizzeria in former Panera Bread
Structure collapse at The Bells injures four juveniles
What’s Up Today: Monday, May 29
11th Hour Racing Team win Leg 5, grab overall lead in The Ocean Race
3-day Surf Forecast for Rhode Island
7-Day Weather forecast for Newport County
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