Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, July 19. Today’s newsletter is 1,132 words, approximately a 6-minute read.
🗳️ Some 15 candidates – 13 Democrats and two Republicans, have qualified to appear on the primary election ballot for the U.S. House District 1 seat. The Secretary of State’s office will hold a lottery for ballot placement today at 5 pm for the September 5 primary election.
👉 During a special meeting today at 5:30 pm, the R.I. Department of Environmental Management will provide Newport City Council with an update on the excavated soil at Rogers High School.
📺 If you missed our wide-ranging forty-seven-minute one-on-one conversation with Newport Mayor Xay yesterday, you can watch or listen to it here.
🚢 On the cruise ship schedule, The American Constitution is scheduled to visit Newport today.
What’s Up Today
Weather
Today: Patchy fog before 8 am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 81. Light west wind becoming southwest at 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers between 11 pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low of around 69. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%.
Marine Forecast
Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming SW 5 to 9 kt in the afternoon. Patchy fog before 8 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: Variable winds 5 kt or less. A slight chance of showers between 11 pm and midnight. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 70°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:27 am | Sunset: 8:14 pm | 14 hours and 46 minutes of sun.
High tide at 9:45 am & 10 pm | Low tide at 3:20 am & 2:57 pm.
Moon: Waxing Crescent. 1.1 days, 1% lighting.
Things To Do
Infosys Hall of Fame Open at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
11 am to 12:30 pm: Newport Classical Music Festival presents Classical Lieder at The Elms
12 pm to 6 pm: Ca’ del Bosco Wine Garden at The Chanler at Cliff Walk
2 pm to 6 pm: Aquidneck Growers Market on Memorial Blvd
3 pm to 5 pm: Free Senior Day at the Ballpark Presented by PACE-RI at Cardines Field
3 pm to 8 pm: Wednesday Flight Night at Newport Vineyards
4:15 pm to 5:15 pm: Senior Ballroom Dance Classes at Common Fence Point Community Center
5 pm: After5 Cleanup at Surfer’s End Second Beach
5 pm to 8 pm: Sip & Shop at OceanCliff
5 pm to 8 pm: Wednesday Music Series featuring The Teledynes at Newport Vineyards
5:30 pm to 7 pm: Adult Intermediate Ballet at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
6 pm to 8 pm: Jazz Series at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
6 pm to 8 pm: Music at Sunset: Concert Series 2023 at Blitehwold Mansion
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
6:35 pm: Newport Gulls vs. Upper Valley Nighthawks Doubleheader at Cardines Field
7:30 pm: Newport Dance Festival on the lawn of the Great Friends Meeting House
8 pm: Newport Classical Music Festival presents An Evening with Kelli O’Hara at The Breakers
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment
Blithewold Mansion: Music at Sunset: Concert Series 2023 from 6 pm to 8 pm
Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
Herreshoff Marine Museum: Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish from 6 pm to 8 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Past Lives at 4:30 pm, Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture 50th Anniversary at 7:30 pm
Landing: Mike Milazzo from 1 pm to 4 pm, The Naticks from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Jim Devlin from 8 pm to 11 pm
Newport Vineyards: The Teledynes from 5 pm to 8 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: Eoin Egan from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Perro Salado: The Z-Boys at 10 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Andre Arsenault from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Sardella’s: Live music at 7 pm
The Reef: Music Bingo at 7 pm
Local Government
Jamestown: Affordable Housing at 5:15 pm, Tree Preservation & Protection at 6:30 pm, Planning Commission at 7 pm
Little Compton: Agricultural Conservancy Trust at 6 pm, School Committee at 6:30 pm, Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
Middletown: School Building Committee at 5 pm, Open Space and Fields Committee at 5:30 pm
Newport: Canvassing Authority at 11 am, Cemetery Advisory Commission at 4 pm, City Council at 5:30 pm
Portsmouth: School Committee – District Building Committee at 4 pm, School Committee at 6:30 pm
See the agendas and a complete list of public meetings across Rhode Island here.
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