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The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) last night at 11 pm recommended reopening Easton’s Beach (also known as First Beach) for swimming because bacteria counts have returned to safe levels. RIDOH closed the beach for swimming on Thursday.
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What’s Up in Newp Today
Weather Forecast
Today - Sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 6 to 14 mph.
Tonight - A slight chance of showers after 2 am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind 7 to 10 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%.
Marine Forecast
Today - WSW wind 5 to 8 kt becoming SSW 9 to 12 kt in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight - SSW wind 6 to 9 kt. A slight chance of showers after 2am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 62°F
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:10 am | Sunset: 8:20 pm | 15 hours & 8 minutes of sun.
High tide at 10:37 am & 10:43 pm | Low tide at 4:10 am & 3:49 pm.
Moon: Waxing Crescent, 2 days, 6% lighting.
Things To Do
7 am – Community Yoga for All with Rev Shelley Dungan at Third Beach
8:30 am, 9:30 am, 10:30 am, & 5 pm – Yoga in King’s Park
8:30 am – Goat Hikes at Simmons Farm
8:30 am – Yoga at First Beach
10 am to 5 pm – Hoods Up Weekend at Newport Car Museum
11 am – Golden To Gilded Walking Tour
12 pm – Newport Neighborhood Food Tour with Rhode Island Red Food Tours
12 pm to 3 pm – Second Sundays at Prescott Farm
12:15 pm, 2:05 & 3:55 pm – Spring Lighthouse Cruise Departing from Bowen’s Wharf
2 pm – Mermaid Masterpieces at Greenvale Vineyards
6 pm – Yoga on the lawn behind the Leonard Brown House in Portsmouth
7:15 pm – Coastal Queen’s Motown with Martha and The Vandellas piped-in sunset cruise, from Jamestown
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment
@ The Deck – Stu & Dave from 5 pm to 8 pm
Johnny’s – Live music from 3 pm to 7 pm
JPT Film & Event Center Virtual Screening Room – Super Frenchie, One Ocean Film Tour Volume 2, Two Lottery Tickets, Sunflowers Exhibition On Screen
Gurney’s Newport – DJ Nook from 5 pm to 10 pm
Landing – Justin Pomfret at 1 pm, Jim Devlin at 4:30 pm, Cara Vrindisi at 8 pm
One Pelham East – Ryan McHugh from 6 pm to 9:30 pm
Pour Judgement – Los Duderinos at 10 pm
City & Government
Nothing scheduled.
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