Rise & Shine! Your Newport County guide for May 2

Rise & Shine! I’m Scott Barrett, managing editor for The Daily News, and today is May 2, the 122nd day of the year — 243 days remain in 2022. On this day in 1933, the legend of the Loch Ness Monster was ignited when a couple told the local newspaper they had seen “an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface.”

Here & Now

• Russell Dufault, the 58-year-old Portsmouth man killed by police in a shooting in Woonsocket last week, had past troubles with the law. But, according to his brother, he “couldn’t find a break” after being released from prison.

Middletown resident Glenn Dufault remembered his sibling as a person who would give you the shirt off his back. He spoke with reporter Laura Damon about what transpired on April 27 after an alleged assault and kidnapping. Read the story here.

• A Newport man is dead and a Warren man is facing charges after what State Police are calling a road rage incident Saturday morning. Read more here.

• Phone scammers once again are targeting residents of Newport County. Middletown police on Friday said local residents and others across the state have been contacted by a person claiming to be a member of law enforcement. But it’s a fraud. Read more here.

• Check out the latest crop of reader-submitted images with the April edition of Your Photos.

• It was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Tiverton High boys lacrosse team, but the Tigers are off to a strong start and have championship hopes. Sports reporter Steve Rogers has the story.

• The Middletown Town Council will meet tonight, and among the items on the docket is the relocation of sports fields displaced by proposed development in town. Find the full agenda below.

• Speaking of Middletown, today is the deadline to apply for the Tiered Residential Tax Program. Learn more here.

• The state Department of Transportation has provided its roadwork schedule for the coming week in Newport County and the rest of the state. Find it here.

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• Giusto Newport tonight is hosting Restaurants for Relief, an event to benefit World Central Kitchen, an organization with boots on the ground in Ukraine whose mission is to feed those in need. Daily News food columnist Dan Lederer has the details here.

• From the inbox: According to a recent study, Rhode ranks No. 32 in percentage of Korean War veterans. Montana tops the list, while New York ranks last. Find the state-by-state breakdown here.

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Born today

Ellie Kemper (actress), 42

David Beckham (athlete), 47

Dwayne Johnson (actor), 50

Donatella Versace (fashion designer), 67

Christine Baranski (actress), 70

Weather report

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Low tides: 3:08 a.m., 2:45 p.m.

High tides: 9:42 a.m., 9:56 p.m.

Sunrise: 5:39 a.m. Sunset: 7:45 p.m.

Water temperature: 48.7 degrees.

Municipal meetings

Newport

School Building Committee, 5:30 p.m.

Planning Board, 6:30 p.m.

Middletown

Town Council, 6 p.m.

Portsmouth

Portsmouth Free Public Library, 7 p.m.

Jamestown

Town Council, 6:30 p.m.

Local obituaries

Aaron Lee Davis

Today is …

National Brothers and Sisters Day

National Life Insurance Day

International Harry Potter Day

Where in Newport County?

The “Entering Tiverton” mural on Main Road.

Visitors from Fall River, Massachusetts, are greeted by this mural — which includes the Road Runner cartoon character — on Main Road in Tiverton.

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This article originally appeared on Newport Daily News: Rise & Shine! Your Newport County guide for May 2