WUN Afternoon Update: Monday, November 21
What's Up This Week | Pie Run | Ice Skating Returns | 50+ Job Opportunities | & More
Good Afternoon,
🎄 What’s on tap this Thanksgiving Week? Illuminated Boat Parade, Santa Magic at Long Wharf Ball, Seal Tours, and more. Get the full rundown here - What’s Up This Week: Nov. 21 – 27
🍗 Still coming up with plans for dining on Thanksgiving? Here’s where to dine out in Newport this Thanksgiving
⛸️ 🏃♂️ Speaking of Thanksgiving Day , Newport County YMCA will host its 37th Annual Pie Run in the morning and the Ice Skating Rink at Newport Harbor Island Resort will open.
💻 Looking for a new gig, job, or career? Here are 50+ job opportunities available right now in and around Newport
🏠 On the real estate front, six homes in Newport, seven homes in Portsmouth, and three homes in Tiverton changed hands last week. No transactions were recorded in Middletown, Jamestown, or Little Compton.
👉 A Portsmouth teen has been chosen to perform at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Rhode Island Monthly has the story.
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Forty-seven supporters have signed up; thank you to our new and current supporters! We now need just three new supporters! If you appreciate what we do or find value in what we do, please consider supporting our independent newsroom. Every supporter truly does help us fund what we do. 🙏
🦭 On November 27, a Save The Bay education vessel will depart from Bowen’s Ferry Landing in Newport Harbor, marking the organization’s 22nd seal tour season in the “City by the Sea.”
The Latest from What’sUpNewp
Ice Skating opens at Newport Harbor Island Resort on Nov. 24
Newport County YMCA will host 37th Annual Pie Run on Nov. 24
Now Hiring: 50+ job opportunities available right now in and around Newport
State House Holiday Celebration and Tree Lighting scheduled for Nov. 30
What Sold: 16 Newport County real estate sales, transactions (Nov. 14 – 18)
Letter To The Editor: Gregory Huet – 391 votes vs Bolan and Boatwright
Weather forecast for Newport County
The Love Shack by LOLA & Company is now open in Newport
What’s Up This Week: Nov. 21 – 27
Food bank says more Rhode Island families can’t afford food
Save up to 50% on select hotels during the 2nd Annual Rhode Island Hotel Month
Seals—and Save The Bay Seal Tours—return to Newport
Kenny Chesney returns to Mohegan Sun Arena on April 6
Recent Local Obituaries
Happening This Week & Weekend
What’s Up This Week: Nov. 21 – 27
Where to dine out in Newport this Thanksgiving
Ice Skating opens at Newport Harbor Island Resort on Nov. 24
Newport County YMCA will host 37th Annual Pie Run on Nov. 24
25th Annual Newport Illuminated Boat Parade to kick off the Holiday Season on November 25
Bellevue Gardens to host Christmas Tree Lighting on Nov. 26
Long Wharf Mall to host Tree Lighting, Santa Magic on Nov. 26