Ron Kitt from Newport Kite Festival, Musician Justin Pomfret, and Brad Read from Sail Newport joined us today on The Open Forum on WADK 1540 AM.

Ron joined us around 1:15pm to chat about this weekend’s upcoming Newport Kite Festival.

Justin joined us around 1:30pm to chat about his upcoming CD release party on Saturday in Coventry.

Brad joined us around 1:45pm to chat about Sail Newport’s new campaign to raise $10 million.

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Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...