Good morning, Newport! Today is Wednesday, October 15, the 288th day of 2025. There are 77 days left in the year.
Colleen Burns Jermain, Ed.D., has announced she will step down as Superintendent of Newport Public Schools, effective June 30, 2026.
A free outdoor screening of “Water Brother: The Sid Abbruzzi Story” scheduled for this evening at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center has been postponed following the deaths of executive producer Jerry Kirby’s sister and brother-in-law.
Guitar legend Leo Kottke’s highly anticipated performance at the Jane Pickens Theater tonight has been postponed due to illness.
Grab a cup of coffee and see if you can solve What’sUpNewp’s daily word puzzle, Wordy.
Thanks for reading,
Ryan Belmore, Publisher
Today in Newport
Weather Forecast
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. North wind 5 to 13 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 43. North wind around 16 mph.
Marine Forecast
Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming N 6 to 11 kt in the morning. Partly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: N wind around 14 kt, with gusts as high as 21 kt. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
Sun & Tide Information
Sunrise: 6:57 a.m., Sunset: 6:04 p.m. Daylight: 11 hours and 6 minutes
High tides: 3:23 a.m., 3:59 p.m. Low tides: 10:05 a.m., 11:05 p.m.
Lunar phase: Waning Crescent.
Things To Do
2 p.m.: Aquidneck Growers Market at Memorial Boulevard
4 p.m.: Juicy Market at Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.
5:30 p.m.: Singles at Sunset 50+ at OceanCliff
6:30 p.m.: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
Organizing an event? Add it to our community calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment
Buskers - Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 p.m.
Fastnet Pub - Trivia at 9 p.m.
Newport Vineyards - Trivia at 6 p.m.
Ragged Island Brewing - Grace Cooper-Hall at 6 p.m.
The JPT: CatVideoFest at 5 p.m., The Goonies 40th Anniversary at 7:30 p.m.
The Quencher - Karaoke at 9 p.m.
Newport County Government
Jamestown: Board of Canvassers at 2:30 p.m., Affordable Housing at 5 p.m., Tree Preservation & Protection at 6:30 p.m., Planning Commission at 6:30 p.m.
Little Compton: Town Common Needs Assessment Committee at 4 p.m., Housing Trust at 6 p.m., Zoning Board of Review at 7 p.m.
Middletown: School Building Committee at 4:30 p.m., Open Space and Fields Committee at 5:30 p.m., Library Building Committee at 6 p.m.
Newport: Cemetery Advisory Commission at 4 p.m., City Council at 5:30 p.m., School Committee - Policy Subcommittee at 5:30 p.m.
Portsmouth: Economic Development Committee at 5:30 p.m.
Tiverton: Historic Preservation Advisory Board at 4:30 p.m., Stonebridge Fire District Advisory Committee at 6 p.m., School Committee at 7 p.m.
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