Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 85. Sunrise is 5:26 and sunset is 8:33 for 15 hours 7 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 11.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1914, Babe Ruth makes his Major League Baseball debut. The long-running…
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Daily Bread for 7.8.26: Global Economic Outlook Revised Down Sharply
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 88. Sunrise is 5:24 and sunset is 8:35 for 15 hours 11 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 41.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1776, church bells (possibly including the Liberty Bell) are rung after John…
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Daily Bread for 7.7.26: A Post About Sliced Bread
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 86. Sunrise is 5:24 and sunset is 8:35 for 15 hours 11 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 53.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1928, sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor’s 48th…
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Daily Bread for 7.6.26: The American Effort to Restore a Space Telescope’s Orbit
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:23 and sunset is 8:35 for 15 hours 12 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 63.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was…
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Daily Bread for 7.4.26: Happy Independence Day
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with scattered afternoon thundershowers and a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:22 and sunset is 8:36 for 15 hours 14 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 89.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Independence Holiday celebration continues today at the Cravath Lakefront: Whippet…
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Daily Bread for 6.24.26: Housing Then, Now, and What It Means for Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 75. Sunrise is 5:17 and sunset is 8:37 for 15 hours 20 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 75.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks and Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1812,…
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Daily Bread for 5.26.26: Rep. Francesca Hong on Policing
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see periods of clouds and sun with a high of 86. Sunrise is 5:22 and sunset is 8:21 for 14 hours 59 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 79.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 5 PM, the Board of…
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Daily Bread for 5.25.26: Soldier from Rhinelander Identified Eighty-Six Years Later
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Memorial Day in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:23 and sunset is 8:20 for 14 hours 57 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 71.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Memorial Day parade begins at 10:30 AM from Fairhaven’s Hearthstone Memory…
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Daily Bread for 5.24.26: The ‘Economic Sh*tshow Beyond Your Wildest Imagination’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 77. Sunrise is 5:24 and sunset is 8:20 for 14 hours 56 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 62 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan, is opened to traffic…
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Daily Bread for 5.13.26: Inflation Measures Rise Again
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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 59. Sunrise is 5:34 and sunset is 8:08 for 14 hours 34 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 15 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, enslaved Southerner Robert Smalls steals the steamboat Planter, spirits it through Confederate lines and…
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Daily Bread for 5.12.26: ‘Bipartisan’ Has Lost Meaning as a Useful Term
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy and windy with scattered showers and a high of 73. Sunrise is 5:35 and sunset is 8:07 for 14 hours 32 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 24 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Public Works Committee meets at 5:15 PM and…
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Daily Bread for 4.19.26: Consumer Sentiment’s Steep Decline Charted
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 45. Sunrise is 6:06 and sunset is 7:41 for 13 hours 35 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 6.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1775, the Revolutionary War begins during the Battles of Lexington and…
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Daily Bread for 3.6.26: Checking on the ‘New Golden Age’ and the ‘Board of Peace’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 64. Sunrise is 6:22 and sunset is 5:50 for 11 hours 28 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 90.1 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1967, Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States. She would later…
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Daily Bread for 12.4.25: Layoff Announcements Top 1.1 Million This Year, Most Since 2020 Pandemic
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 16. Sunrise is 7:09 and sunset is 4:21 for 9 hours 12 minutes of daytime. The moon will be full this evening. On this day in 1864, during Sherman’s March to the Sea, Union cavalry forces defeat Confederate cavalry in the Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia,…