The Center, which will be located at the Florence Gray Center, will be built with $7.5 million of federal pandemic recovery funds, and is expected to be opened in October of 2026.
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The Center, which will be located at the Florence Gray Center, will be built with $7.5 million of federal pandemic recovery funds, and is expected to be opened in October of 2026.
Offshore wind developers have sent teams to search for debris on the beaches of Nantucket Island, a popular summer tourist destination, after one of their turbine blades suffered damage.
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Newport Police Department provided the following arrest and dispatch logs from 7 am on July 15 through 7 am on July 16, 2024.
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Weather
Via the National Weather Service.
Wednesday: Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind 7 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Marine
Via the National Weather Service.
Wednesday: SSW wind 6 to 9 kt increasing to 10 to 13 kt in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 kt. Patchy fog before 7am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Wednesday Night: SW wind 8 to 10 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Seas 1 ft or less.
Water Temperature: 68°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:26 am | Sunset: 8:15 pm | 14 hours and 48 minutes of sun.
High tide at 4:46 am & 5:20 pm | Low tide at 10:21 am & 11:46 pm.
Moon: Waxing Gibbous. 10.2 days, 78% lighting.
Things To Do
10 am: Infosys Hall of Fame Open at International Tennis Hall of Fame
10 am: Infosys Hall of Fame Open at International Tennis Hall of Fame
10 am to 11 am: Outdoor Family Storytime at Newport Public Library
11 am: Newport Classical presents Lincoln Trio at The Elms
2 pm to 6 pm: Aquidneck Growers Market – Wednesday on Memorial Boulevard
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm: Adventure Bingo at Newport Public Library
5 pm: Sip & Shop at OceanCliff Hotel
6 pm: Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Plants – Adult SRP Event at Jamestown Philomenian Library
6 pm: Hot Rods, Colors, & Cruisin’: The History of East Coast Hot Rod Culture & Style, feat. Brian Lenox at Audrain Automobile Museum
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
6:35 pm: Newport Gulls vs. Ocean State Waves at Cardines Field
7 pm: Family Friendly Funnies with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theatre
8 pm: Newport Classical presents Isidore String Quartet at The Breakers
Live Music & Entertainment
Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
Fifth Element: Ruby Mac from 7 pm to 10 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Janet Planet at 4 pm, Water Brother: The Sid Abbruzzi Story at 7:30 pm
Landing: Mark Flynn from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm, Jay Parker from 4 pm to 7 pm, Jim Devlin from 8 pm to 11 pm
Newport Playhouse: Nunsense: A Musical! at 11 am
Newport Vineyards: Lady Anemoia from 5 pm to 8 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: Eoin Egan from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
One Pelham East: Adam Go from 9 pm to 12:30 am
Ragged Island Brewing Company: FREE Summer Concert Series 2024 – Fast Times – Ultimate 80’s Tribute! from 6 pm to 9 pm
Sardella’s: Live Jazz Music at 7 pm
The Quencher: Karaoke at 9 pm
Top of Pelham: Karaoke from 10:30 pm to 1 am
Newport County Government
Jamestown: Jamestown Elections Training and Advisory Ad Hoc Committee at 10 am, Jamestown Tick Task Force at 5 pm, Jamestown Affordable Housing at 5:15 pm, Jamestown Planning Commission at 6:30 pm
Little Compton: Little Compton Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
Middletown: Middletown Board of Canvassers at 8 am, Middletown Open Space and Fields Committee at 5:30 pm
Newport: Newport Canvassing Authority at 11:30 am, Newport Cemetery Advisory Commission at 4 pm, Newport Energy and Environment Commission at 6:30 pm
Portsmouth: Portsmouth School Committee – District Building Committee at 4 pm, Portsmouth Economic Development Committee at 5:30 pm
Tiverton: Tiverton Zoning Board of Review at 6 pm
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