Good Morning! Ryan Belmore here at 7:00 am on Thursday, February 3. Here’s the latest…
- - Aquidneck Island legislators added significantly to their campaign finance accounts, with State Rep. Marvin Abney, D-Dist. 73, representing Middletown and Newport, leading the way, increasing his campaign coffers to more than $184,000. WUN’s Frank Prosnitz with more - Abney top fundraiser among area legislators
- - Tonight, the JPT is screening the concert-documentary film New Worlds:The Cradle of Civilization. It’s about an unusual musical collaboration between national treasure Bill Murray and world-renowned German cellist Jan Vogler. Together, they created a genre-busting album that spans Bach to Van Morrison and Walt Whitman to West Side Story. WUN’s Sarah McClutchy with more - ‘New Worlds’ after a long Groundhog Day
- - The Rhode Island Brew Fest takes place in Providence this weekend. WUN’s Ken Abrams caught up with Lisa McCurdy of Gray Matter Marketing, the Portsmouth-based producers of the event - What’s Up Interview: Lisa McCurdy of RI Brew Fest – Coming to Waterfire Arts Center Saturday, Feb. 5
- - Clay Jones is one of America’s most popular political cartoonists. In 2013 he resigned from Creators Syndicate after being represented by them for over a decade to represent himself. Today he’s in some of the nation’s leading daily newspapers, including weekly in CNN’s Opinion Newsletter. What’s Up Newp is excited this week to welcome Clay to our contributing crew. Keep an eye out for his Claytoonz comic and opinion on What’s Up Newp regularly. Here’s his most recent - Comic – Claytoonz: NFL Racism
- - On Thursday morning, chief executive of the Australian National Maritime Museum Kevin Sumption held a news conference announcing that James Cook’s HMB Endeavour is resting in Newport Harbor. ABC 6 with more - Australia announces discovery of Endeavour ship in R.I. waters, local archaeologist say claim is ‘premature’
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Weather
Today: A chance of rain, mainly after noon. Areas of dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 46. Southwest wind around 6 mph. The chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight: Rain, mainly after midnight. Low around 42. South wind 6 to 16 mph. The chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Marine Forecast
Today - Variable winds 5 kt or less. A chance of rain, mainly after noon. Patchy dense fog before 10 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight - SE wind 5 to 8 kt becoming SSW 11 to 14 kt in the evening. Rain, mainly after midnight. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 39°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 6:54 am | Sunset: 5:03 pm | 10 hours and 9 minutes of sun.
High tide at 9:17 am & 9:40 pm | Low tide at 2:31 am & 3:06 pm.
Moon: Waxing Crescent, 2 days, 4% lighting.
Things To Do
2 pm to 9 pm – Gurney’s Ice Skating Rink
6 pm to 9 pm – The Cocktail Club Mixology Class at Hotel Viking
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment
JPT Film & Event Center – The Tragedy of MacBeth at 4:30 pm, New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization with Bill Murray and Jan Vogler at 7:30 pm
City & Government
6:30 pm – Newport Historic District Commission
7 pm – Jamestown Fire Department
Job Board
Here’s who’s hiring right now around Newport County;
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