Good morning, Newport! 👋 Today is Thursday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2025. There are 139 days left in the year.
⚠️ Reminder: The Mount Hope Bridge will close to all traffic for four days starting this evening as crews work to resurface the span connecting Bristol and Portsmouth.
🗓️ The Touro Synagogue Foundation will host its 78th annual George Washington Letter Reading on Sunday at the Old Colony House, marking a change of venue for the event that for generations had been held at Touro Synagogue.
☘️ The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians of Newport County celebrated Stephanie O’Hanley as their 2025 Lady Hibernian of the Year at a cocktail reception July 31 at Hibernian Hall.
👉 Newport City Council hosted a Regular Council Meeting last night. We’ll have more reporting from the nearly three-hour meeting throughout the day.
-Ryan Belmore | Publisher, What’sUpNewp
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Light and variable wind becoming north around 6 mph after midnight.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind around 11 mph.
Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming S around 6 kt in the afternoon. A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: Variable winds 5 kt or less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tomorrow: NNE wind around 10 kt becoming ENE in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
The coastal water temperature is 75 degrees.
Sunrise at 5:53 am. Sunset at 7:46 pm. 13 hours & 52 minutes of sun.
High tide at 12:22 pm. Low tide at 5:09 am & 5:58 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waning Gibbous.
Things To Do
11 am: Colonial Jewish Walking Tours at Loeb Visitors Center
12 pm: Friday Flight Club at Newport Vineyards
3 pm: Sakonnet Green Market at Sakonnet Vineyard
4 pm: Coaching Weekend: Behind the Scenes at Rosecliff
5 pm: Gallery Night at DeBlois Gallery
5:30 pm: Evening Yoga at Greenvale Vineyards
6 pm: Hillside Charitable Annual Summer Soiree at Fort Adams State Park
6 pm: Third Beach Yoga at Third Beach
6:30 pm: Little Compton in Two Eras at Little Compton Community Center
8:10 pm: newportFILM presents Andre Is An Idiot at Salve O’Hare Lawn
Live Music & Entertainment
Landing: Jay Parker at 12:30 pm, Mark Flynn at 4 pm, Timmy Smith at 8 pm
Narragansett Cafe: Megan Chenot at 5 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Stu Sinclair & Dave Stejna at 10 pm
Newport Craft: Trivia at 7 pm
Newport Harbor Hotel: Alger Mitchell at 4:30 pm
Newport Vineyards: Trivia at 6 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: The Grafters at 4:30 pm, DJ CNote at 9:30 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia at 6 pm
Sunset Cove: Two Across at 5:30 pm
Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 8 pm
Wharf Fishouse & Tiki Bar: DJ Corey at 10 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
Jamestown: Technical Review Committee at 10 am
Portsmouth: Planning Board at 7 pm
Tiverton: Personnel Board at 5 pm, Economic Development Commission at 6 pm
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