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On this day in local history,
💰 Newport City Council spent most of its two-hour and fifty-minute meeting on Wednesday night discussing, amending, and eventually approving a resolution to provide $3 million more in funding for the Rogers High School Building project, but it comes with some contingencies. Read More
What’sUpNewp will have much more coverage from the meeting throughout the day today.
🏨 The Bellevue Gardens Shopping Center could eventually become home to a brand new 91-room luxury hotel, 12 News reports.
🏫 Newport School Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain joined What’sUpNewp on Wednesday for her monthly one-on-one live virtual video conversation. Watch
🗳️ Dozens of candidates for local and legislative offices across Newport County filed declarations of candidacies on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the first step in an election process that culminates with a Statewide Primary on September 10 and the general election on November 5. Here’s who’s running for office in Newport County
🏌️ The U.S. Senior Open kicks off round one at the Newport Country Club today. Tee times are here.
🎥 newportFILM kicks off its 2024 Outdoors series this evening with a screening of Skywalkers on the O’Hare Lawn at Salve Regina University. Read More
What’s Up Today
Weather
Via the National Weather Service.
Today: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7 am, then showers between 7 am and 8 am. Patchy fog before 9 am. High near 79. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph. The chance of precipitation is 100%—new precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. West wind 8 to 10 mph, becoming north after midnight.
Marine Forecast
Via the National Weather Service.
Today: WSW wind 6 to 9 kt, becoming W in the morning. Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7 am, then showers between 7 am and 8 am. Patchy fog before 9 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: WSW wind 7 to 9 kt, becoming N after midnight. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 63°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:13 am | Sunset: 8:23 pm | 15 hours and 9 minutes of sun.
High tide at 12:23 am & 12:58 pm | Low tide at 6:01 am & 6:23 pm
Moon: Waning Gibbous. 20.1 days, 71% lighting.
Things To Do
US Senior Open Championship at Newport Country Club
9:30 am to 10:15 am: Baby Bookworms Storytime at Newport Public Library
1 pm to 6 pm: Ca’ del Bosco Wine Garden at The Chanler at Cliff Walk
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm: Computer Workshop: iPhone Basics at Newport Public Library
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm: Perler Beads at Newport Public Library
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Teen Geocache Series at Newport Public Library
5:30 pm: Vasco da Gama Music on the Lawn at Vasco da Gama Portuguese
5:30 pm to 7 pm: Adult Intermediate Ballet at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
6 pm to 7:30 pm: Performance: “I Am My Own Wife” with Ed Shea at Newport Art Museum
6 pm to 8 pm: APERICENA! A Night In Italy @ Greenvale Vineyards
7 pm to 8 pm: Absolute Beginner Ballet and Stretch at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
8:30 pm: newportFILM presents Skywalkers: A Love Story on the O’Hare Lawn at Salve Regina University
Live Music & Entertainment
JPT Film & Event Center: Ghostlight at 4:30 pm, Caddyshack at 7:30 pm
Landing: Dezi Garcia from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm, Justin Pomfret from 4 pm to 7 pm, Timmy Smith from 8 pm to 11 pm
Narragansett Cafe: Mark Flynn from 7 pm to 10 pm
Newport Craft: Thursday Trivia at 7 pm
Newport Playhouse: The Cemetery Club at 11 am
O’Brien’s Pub: Derrick Keane from 5 pm to 8 pm
One Pelham East: Sugarbabies from 8 pm to 10:30 pm, DJ Chad Dubs from 9:30 pm to 1 am
Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia in the Barn from 6 pm to 8 pm
The Reef: Green Author from 7 pm to 10 pm
Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 8 pm to 10:30 pm
Newport County Government
Jamestown: Jamestown Housing Authority at 9:15 am, Jamestown School Committee at 6 pm
Little Compton: Little Compton Town Council at 2 pm, Little Compton 350 (LC350) at 6:30 pm
Middletown: Middletown Tree Commission at 4 pm, Middletown Prevention Coalition at 6 pm
Newport: Newport Affirmative Action Commission at 3 pm, Newport School Committee at 5:30 pm
Tiverton: Tiverton Zoning Revision Committee at 5 pm
Happening This Week
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Cruise Ship Schedule
Next on the 2024 Cruise Ship Schedule: Silver Shadow on Thursday, July 11, and Saturday, July 13.
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Funding comes with contingencies.
The series finale between the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night was postponed because of severe weather.
The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks (5-10) traveled to Rhode Island to face the Newport Gulls (10-6) at Cardines Field, Wednesday.
Newport City Council unanimously approved a Wednesday night resolution asking the City administration to make recommendations on expanding its past and current work on short-term rentals to include seasonal rentals (rentals of nine months or less but for more than thirty days).
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