The weather is warming up, the layers are coming off and those first signs of spring are finally here. As the sun begins to push through the dreary days of winter, and spring showers awaken the butter-colored daffodils from their hibernation, here is a list of 10 things to enjoy this spring in Newport and the surrounding area.

On a fateful afternoon in either February or April, the student masses gather in the upstairs hallway at the Rodgers Recreation Center armed with IDs and official-looking postcards. Hearts are racing. Mosh-pit lines are forming by way of pushing and shoving.

The fifth season of Ghost Whisperer brings the idea of “super mom” to an entirely new level. Picture this: you’re in your SUV in your little black dress and heels when the ghost of some high-strung realty king drifts into your passenger seat, demanding that you help him uncover his dead body.

Amandra Frye Leinhos sure knows why she is serving the public, not to mention she is proud of it. Having been executive director of the Martin Luther King, Junior Center since 1999, she talks positively about the center’s success at serving the Newport community since it’s opening in 1922.

Don’t be late for an important date- On Friday, Mar. 5, 2010, Tim Burton provides a new twist to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” originally published by Lewis Carroll in 1865.

Most of us are familiar with the 1951 animated Disney version, where a girl named Alice ventures into Wonderland.