Good morning, Newport! Today is Wednesday, July 9, the 190th day of 2025. There are 175 days left in the year.
🚧 The Mount Hope Bridge will be completely closed to traffic for nearly four days next month as crews work to install a new road surface, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority announced Wednesday.
❌ The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Management are urging the public to stay away from Almy Pond in Newport after detecting a harmful algae bloom that poses health risks to humans and animals.
🦞 What began as a laid-back Sunday tradition, just a handful of friends gathering at O’Brien’s Pub for lobster rolls, mudslides, and weekend recaps, has since transformed into one of Newport’s most impactful (and energetic) grassroots fundraisers. Tyler Bernadyn has more on the upcoming Lobby Muddy Fest and tells you how you can get involved.
👉 Newport City Council will host a Regular Council Meeting this evening at 6:30 pm at City Hall. Here’s what’s on the docket.
👉 Among the items on the Council’s docket is a resolution that revises the Rules of the Council. Councilor Stephanie Smyth, who is introducing the resolution with Councilor Ellen Pinnock, explains the purpose behind the revisions in this Letter to the Editor.
🗓️ Here’s our roundup of all that’s happening this week and weekend for events, live music, and entertainment.
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: Isolated showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. South wind 3 to 7 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3 am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 68. Southeast wind around five mph, becoming calm after midnight. The chance of precipitation is 30%—new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts are possible in thunderstorms.
Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming SSW around 6 kt in the afternoon. Isolated showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before noon. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: Variable winds 5 kt or less. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3 am. Patchy fog. Seas 1 ft or less.
The coastal water temperature is 69 degrees.
Sunrise at 5:20 am. Sunset at 8:20 pm. 14 hours & 59 minutes of sun.
High tide at 7:28 am & 7:48 pm. Low tide at 1:13 am & 12:45 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous.
Things To Do
Hall of Fame Open for the Van Alen Cup at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
7 am: Summer Wednesday Walking Club at Second Beach
10 am: Arboretum Tour: Salt Marsh at Salt Marsh House Arboretum
11 am: Newport Classical Music Festival: Piano Quartets at The Elms
2 pm: Aquidneck Growers Market on Memorial Blvd.
5 pm: Wet Paint Plein Air: Sachuest Point at The Newport Art Museum
5:30 pm: The Great Gatsby Revisited: An Evening with Sam Waterston at Rosecliff
6:30 pm: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
6:35 pm: Newport Gulls home game at Cardines Field
8 pm: Newport Classical Music Festival: Twelfth Night performs Handel & Vivaldi at The Breakers
Live Music & Entertainment
Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: The Phoenician Scheme at 5 pm, Materialists at 7:30 pm
Landing: Mike Milazzo at 12:30 pm, Nick Sproviero at 4 pm, Jim Devlin at 8 pm
Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co.: Jay Leno at 8 pm
Newport Vineyards: Two Can Play at 5 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: Eoin Egan on the patio at 4:30 pm
One Pelham East: Karaoke at 9 pm
Ragged Island Brewing Company: David Tessier All Stars at 6 pm
Sakonnet Vineyard: Hurricane at 6 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
Jamestown: Harbor Management Commission at 5 pm
Little Compton: Agricultural Conservancy Trust at 7 pm
Middletown: Planning Board at 6 pm
Newport: Beach Commission at 5 pm, City Council at 6:30 pm
Tiverton: Economic Development Commission at 7 pm, North End and Industrial/Business Park Advisory Subcommittee at 7 pm, Cemetery Commission at 7 pm
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