What's Up Today: Monday, May 16
Tonight is a big night for school regionalization talks in Middletown and Newport
Good Morning, today is Monday, May 16
🌊 Tonight is a big night for talks on school regionalization. Newport City Council will meet tonight to discuss this during a special meeting. Middletown Town Council has several items on their docket tonight regarding regionalization. Read More
🌊 The Newport County Health Care Collaborative will be hosting a virtual community conversation today on human services and the workforce crisis. Details
🌊 There was a cluster of 3 small earthquakes off the Rhode Island coast, miles under the ocean floor, all 11 miles southeast of Narragansett as the crow flies, and northeast of Block Island, this past weekend, ranging from 2.2 to 2.5 magnitude. WJAR with more
🌊 Jay Flanders is back with his next Tiny Kitchen Magic, this month he’s helping your cook up Honey Dijon Herbed Pork. Read More
🌊 On the cruise ship schedule - No cruise ships on the schedule this week. Celebrity Summit (Capacity: 2,450 passengers, 999 crew) is the next to visit on May 24.
What’s Up Today
Weather
Today - Cloudy, with a high near 64. South wind 6 to 13 mph.
Tonight - A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11 pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11 pm and midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Marine Forecast
Today -Â SSW wind 5 to 8 kt increasing to 8 to 11 kt in the afternoon. Cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight - S wind 9 to 12 kt becoming WSW after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11 pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11 pm and midnight. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 52°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:24Â am | Sunset: 7:58 pm | 14 hours & 33 minutes of sun.
High tide at 8:33 am & 8:56 pm | Low tide at 2:08 am & 1:53 pm.
Moon: Full Moon, 14.6 days, 100% lighting.
Things To Do
7:30 pm - Full Moon Rides with Bike Newport, sponsored by AARP Rhode Island
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
Celtica: Music Bingo at 7:30 pm
The Fastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pm
The Fifth Element: The Groove Merchants from 7 pm to 10 pm
Government
Jamestown - Jamestown Board of Canvassers at 9:30 am, Jamestown Conservation Commission at 5:30 pm, Jamestown Town Council at 6:30 pm
Middletown - Middletown Town Council at 6 pm
Newport - Newport City Council at 5:30 pm
Tiverton - Tiverton Open Space Commission at 6 pm, Tiverton Harbor Commission at 7 pm, Tiverton Library Trustees at 7 pm
The Latest from WUN
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Tiny Kitchen Magic: Honey Dijon Herbed Pork
Contemporary Theater Company to present ‘The Voice of Gertrude Stein’
Concert Photos: The American Band inducted into the RI Music Hall of Fame
GarcÃa, Calhoun each hit 2 homers, Rangers beat Red Sox 7-1
Williams has 27, Celtics make 22 3s in Game 7 rout of Bucks
Bail hearing postponed for man charged in mom’s death at sea
Opinion: Mitch McConnell and The Supreme Court
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Local Obituaries
What Else We’re Reading
WJAR - The deeper long history of mostly minor earthquakes in Southern New England
East Bay - Portsmouth remains undefeated in D-2 girls’ lacrosse
We’ll See You Out There
