Good Morning, today is Tuesday, June 14.
🌊 The RI Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled votes today on three firearms bills – one bill increases from 18 to 21 the minimum age for sales of firearms or ammunition, another prohibits any semi-automatic firearm magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, and the other bill would prohibit the open carrying of loaded rifles and shotguns in public. Read More
🌊 Dale Venturini, executive director of the RI Hospitality Association, joins WUN today at 11:30 am for a live virtual video convo – Read More/Watch
🌊 Wondering what that house in your neighborhood sold for? Tyler Bernadyn with a look at the 19 houses that sold in Newport County last week – What Sold
🌊 Shades for Migraine will be making noise about migraine awareness on Second Beach in Middletown on Wednesday with the help of local businesses, volunteers, and a local sandcastle artist. Read More
🌊 On Friday, June 17th at 11:00 am, elected leaders, students, teachers, parents, and community members will gather to break ground on the new, state-of-the-art Rogers High School project. The public is invited.
🌊 The Alzheimer’s Association RI chapter is inviting the public to attend two-no cost events – an in-person Newport County Community Forum and a virtual RI State House Advocacy Day.
The advocacy day will be a virtual event, held this Thursday, May 16 from 12:00 – 2:00 PM. The community forum will be an in-person event with a continental breakfast, held this Friday, May 17 from 9:00 am – 10:15 am at the Edward King House Senior Center. Read More
🌊 Gerry Goldstein’s latest column is the perfect read ahead of Father’s Day – Tracing footsteps of our fathers
What’s Up Today
Weather
- Today – Sunny, with a high near 80. North wind 7 to 11 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
- Tonight – Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.
Marine Forecast
- Today –NNW wind 6 to 10 kt becoming SSW in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Tonight – SE wind 5 to 9 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the evening. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Coastal Water Temperature: 63°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
- Sunrise: 5:10 am | Sunset: 8:20 pm | 15 hours & 10 minutes of sun.
- High tide at 8:15 am & 8:40 pm | Low tide at 1:54 am & 1:32 pm.
- Moon: Full Moon, 14.2 days, 100% lighting.
Happening Today
Things To Do
- Preservation Society offering employees in the hospitality industry free admission to the Newport Mansions
- #OceanHour Week at Fort Adams State Park
- 2 pm – Alyssa Maxwell signs THE GILDED NEWPORT MYSTERIES at Charter Books
- 7:45 pm – Full Moon Yoga & Sound Journey at Norman Bird Sanctuary
- 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 pm, The French at 7:30 pm
- Landing: Jim Devlin at 8 pm
- Narragansett Cafe: Trivia from 7 pm to 9 pm
- One Pelham East – DJ Nook from 5 pm to 8:30 pm
City & Government
- Discover Newport – Newport Tourism Marketing Management Authority at 8:30 am
- Jamestown – Jamestown Affordable Housing at 8:30 am, Jamestown Library Board at 5 pm, Jamestown Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm
- Little Compton – Little Compton Wilbour Woods Stakeholders Committee at 4:30 pm, Little Compton Beach Commission at 7 pm
- Middletown – Middletown Beach Commission at 4:30 pm
- Newport – Newport School Committee at 6:30 pm
- Portsmouth – Portsmouth Board of Canvassers at 3 pm
- Tiverton – Tiverton Recreation Commission at 6:30 pm, Tiverton School Committee at 7 pm
Governor Dan McKee
- At 11:30 am, McKee will give remarks at a ceremony at the State House celebrating the 247th birthday of the United States Army.
- At 2 pm, McKee will chair a meeting of the Commerce RI board at Rhode Island Commerce.
The Latest from WUN
Shades for Migraine Beach Celebration to take place at Second Beach on Wednesday
Comic – Sour Grapes: Sheds A Lot
Newport Gulls win fourth straight, beating Martha’s Vineyard 7 – 4
Wiggins delivers on both ends, Warriors lead NBA Finals 3-2
Column: Golf’s civil war likely to produce no real winners
Gerry Goldstein: Tracing footsteps of our fathers
BankNewport hosts Financial Education Fair for students at Rogers High School
8th Annual Townsend Luncheon to benefit Child & Family
Celebrating our rivers: 7 Rivers Festival, June 25-26
What Sold: 19 Newport County real estate sales, transactions (June 6 – 10)
Community forum on Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias to be held at Edward King House on June 17
Rep. Solomon, Sen. DiPalma laud funding in proposed budget to study feasibility of bridge barriers
What’s Up This Week: June 13 – 19
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Local Obituaries
- James Albert Girr Jr.
- Margaret Ann Moniz
- Coles (B. Cowles) Mallory
- Edna A. Parker
- Maria Rosario (Lima) Medeiros
Further Reading
- WPRI – Police: Cliff Walk rescue connected to car crash
- Rhode Island Monthly – Modernizing a Middletown Home Becomes a Family Affair
- ecoRI – For R.I.’s Disenfranchised Populations, Their Next-Door Neighbor is Often Pollution | Rhode Island Senate Votes to Harm Communities of Color
- ecoRI – Portsmouth school celebrates opening of outdoor classroom | Jim Seveney announces retirement from R.I. Senate
- Salve Today – Seahawks achieve multiple all-region recognition awards in baseball
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