Good Tuesday Morning.
🏡 Tyler Bernadyn with a look at what homes sold in Newport County last week → Newport County Real Estate Report: Homes that found new owners last week.
🦃 If you haven’t made those Thanksgiving reservations or orders, there may still be some time → Where to get Thanksgiving meals to go; dine out on Thanksgiving Day in Newport.
⛵ On Friday, Newport is sailing into the most wonderful time of the year with the Annual Newport Illuminated Boat Parade → Newport Illuminated Boat Parade returns on Nov. 24.
🎅 Sprinkle your calendar in Red and Green – Santa Claus is coming to the Shops at Long Wharf Mall on Saturday → Shops at Long Wharf Mall to host Christmas Tree Lighting, Santa Magic on Nov. 25.
👉 Naval Station Newport is seeking host families for OCS candidates for Thanksgiving. OCS candidates may be sponsored by active duty military, retired military and GS/NAF civilian employees with prior military service.
WHAT’S UP TODAY
WEATHER
- Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 45. North wind 7 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
- Tonight: Rain, mainly after midnight. Low around 42. Breezy, with a southeast wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. The chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
- 7-Day Weather forecast | 3-day Surf Forecast
MARINE FORECAST
- Gale Warning in effect from November 22, 4:00 AM until November 22, 1:00 PM
- Today: NNE wind 7 to 9 kt becoming ESE in the afternoon. Increasing clouds. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Tonight: SE wind 10 to 15 kt increasing to 16 to 21 kt after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 kt. Rain, mainly after midnight. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Coastal Water Temperature: 55°F.
SUN, MOON, & TIDE
- Sunrise: 6:41 am | Sunset: 4:21 pm | 9 hours and 40 minutes of sun.
- High tide at 1:49 am & 2:15 pm | Low tide at 7:57 am & 8:45 pm.
- Moon: Waxing Gibbous. 7.9 days, 56% lighting.
THINGS TO DO
- Holidays at the Newport Mansions
- 11 am to 2 pm: Middletown Senior Center Bake Sale
- 3:30 pm: Manga Drawing at Newport Public Library
- 6 pm: Fiber Therapy: A Knitting and Crocheting Group, Open to All! at Newport Public Library
- 6 pm: The Queens of Newport’s Gilded Age at Newport Public Library
LIVE MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
- JPT Film & Event Center: The Holdovers at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
- O’Brien’s Pub: Trivia at 7 pm
- The Fifth Element: Megan Chenot at 7 pm
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Jamestown: Police Pension Committee at 8:30 am
- Middletown: School Building Committee at 4 pm, Town Council at 6 pm
- Tiverton: Conservation Commission at 2 pm, Historical Cemeteries Commission at 6 pm, Historical Cemeteries Commission at 6 pm
- See the agenda for meetings here
HAPPENING THIS WEEK
Rhode Island Road Report: Travel Advisories for Nov. 18 – 25
Where to get Thanksgiving meals to go; dine out on Thanksgiving Day in Newport
West Place Animal Sanctuary to host Holiday Shop & Stroll Nov. 24 – 26
Newport Illuminated Boat Parade returns on Nov. 24
Buy Nothing Coat Exchange returns to Rhode Island State House on Nov. 24
Shops at Long Wharf Mall to host Christmas Tree Lighting, Santa Magic on Nov. 25
The 53rd Annual Christmas In Newport starts the celebrations early
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