Good Morning,
🍁 Breaking this morning: Rhode Island-based CVS says it has reached a proposed $5B deal that would make it the first pharmacy chain to settle opioid lawsuits across US. Read More
🍁 Put on your tie-dye t-shirts, hop in your VW van and plan on heading on down to The JPT on November 20. The Sixties Show is coming to town. WUN’s Ken Abrams spoke with musician Craig O’Keefe about the show. WUN Interview
🍁 Greenlove Foundation has donated its 25th water bottle filling station to Blithewold Mansion and Gardens in Bristol.
🍁 Portsmouth firefighters said they helped rescue three people after a fire broke out on their fishing vessel, WPRI reports.
🍁 George T. Marshall, the creator of the Rhode Island International Film Festival has died, WPRI reports.
🍁 Just two cruise ships remain on the schedule this season - the Norwegian Sun on November 4 and MS Insignia on November 7.
🍁 Charter Books will welcome Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff on Friday to discuss her new biography The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams. Read More
🍁 Reminder: We’ll be falling back this weekend. On Sunday at 2 am, clocks fall back to 1 am. Enjoy that extra hour of sleep!
Have a great Wednesday,
Ryan Belmore
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What’s Up Today
Weather
Today: Sunny, with a high near 66. North wind 9 to 11 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low of around 45. Northeast wind around 6 mph.
Marine Forecast
Today: N wind 8 to 10 kt, becoming NNE in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 59°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 7:18 am | Sunset: 5:39 pm | 10 hours and 20 minutes of sun.
High tide at 2:58 am & 3:29 pm | Low tide at 9:20 am & 10:29 pm.
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 8.1 days, 57% lighting.
Things To Do
4:15 pm: Senior Ballroom Dance Classes at Common Fence Point Community Center
6 pm: Back To Events America’s Eden: “The Genteel Landscape” at Newport Art Museum
6 pm: Stone Enders: An Early American Architectural Style in Rhode Island with Shantia Anderheggen at Redwood Library
6:30 pm: Masses for All Saints’ & All Souls’ Day at St. John the Evangelist Church
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
Fifth Element: Randy Robbins from 7 pm to 10 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Teton Gravity presents Magic Hour at 7:30 pm
Narragansett Cafe: Trivia from 7 pm to 9 pm
One Pelham East: Stu Sinclair at 9 pm
City & Government
Jamestown: Affordable Housing at 9 am, Board of Canvassers at 10:30 am, Planning Commission at 7 pm
Little Compton: Agricultural Conservancy Trust at 7 pm
Middletown: School Building Committee at 5 pm
Newport: Beach Commission at 5 pm
Portsmouth: Technical Review Committee at 9:30 am, Harbor Commission at 7 pm, Melville Park Committee at 7 pm
Tiverton: Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
See the full list of public meetings in Rhode Island here.
Cruise Ship Schedule
November 4 – Norwegian Sun
November 7 – MS Insignia (Capacity: 824 passengers, 400 crew)