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Newport City Council will be meeting in remote session today at 4:30 p.m. for their regular weekly update on the City’s COVID-19 response from City Manager Joe Nicholson.

This is a What’s Up Newp broadcast. To view or participate in the official meeting, click on the following link https://buff.ly/3kWawX6 or call 1-833-548-0276 and enter the following Meeting ID: 922 6938 0490.

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...