© Amory Ross / 11th Hour Racing / The Ocean Race

Thursday, June 29 | By Ryan Belmore

🎉 Newport-based 11th Hour Racing Team has won The Ocean Race 2022-23, the world’s longest and toughest team sporting event – the first time a US team has won in the 50-year history of the Race.

🗳️ The Declaration Period for Congressional District 1 begins today. Candidates looking to replace David Cicilline in Congress have until 4 pm on Friday to enter the race officially.

👉 Most of last night’s two-hour Newport City Council meeting was spent discussing a late-added resolution about the dirt pile at Rogers High School, whether it is contaminated, and the best way to move forward. After a long conversation and despite much pressure from resolution sponsor Councilor Carlin to pass the resolution as is, the council voted 4-3 to continue the conversation to a special meeting next Wednesday when, hopefully, experts on soil contamination can address Council and neighbors regarding the soil. You can watch the council discuss the resolution starting at approximately 38:00 here (It was quite the conversation, and I encourage all to watch).

⚾ The Newport Gulls defeated the Danbury Westerners 8-2  on Wednesday night at Cardines Field. The Newport Gulls will hit the road to take on the Sanford Mainers at 6:30 p.m. Thursday night at Goodall Park. 

🖼️ Tonight, art enthusiasts and supporters of local talent will gather at the Top of Pelham for a local art show sponsored by Hangar 420.

🚢 On the cruise ship schedule, American Constitution and American Star are scheduled to visit on this day via Fort Adams.

👉 I’ll be joining 11 Rogers High School students, who are in Washington D.C. this week, on a visit to Senator Jack Reed’s Office and the United States Capitol this morning.

The students, who are visiting college campuses while in D.C., are enrolled in the Pathways Program at Salve Regina University. Offered in partnership with Rogers High School in Newport, the pathways program at Salve Regina University is designed to shepherd first-generation students and their families to high school graduation and college enrollment.

What’s Up Today

Weather

Marine Forecast

  • Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming S 5 to 8 kt in the afternoon. Patchy fog before 9 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Tonight: SSW wind 5 to 7 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt. Partly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Coastal Water Temperature: 65°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

  • Sunrise: 5:14 am | Sunset: 8:23 pm | 15 hours & 9 minutes of sun.
  • High tide at 4:29 am & 5:05 pm | Low tide at 10:09 am & 11:27 pm
  • Moon: Waxing Gibbous. 9.9 days, 76% lighting.

Things To Do

Live Music & Entertainment

  • JPT Film & Event Center: Asteroid City at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
  • Landing: Sean Rivers at 1 pm, Justin Pomfret at 4:30 pm, Timmy Smith at 8 pm
  • Midtown Oyster Bar: John Erikson at 8 pm
  • Narragansett Cafe: Nolan Leite from 8 pm to 11 pm
  • Newport Blues Cafe: Angelus Hall at 9 pm
  • newportFILM: It’s Only Life After All at Marble House at 8:40 pm
  • O’Brien’s Pub: Derrick Keane playing Irish tunes from 5 pm to 8 pm
  • One Pelham East: Sugarbabies at 9:30 pm
  • Pour Judgement: Live music at 10 pm
  • Perro Salado: C-Note & Company at 10 pm
  • Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia In The Barn from 6 pm to 8:30 pm
  • Stoneacre Garden: Dave Alves Trio from 8 pm to 11 pm
  • The Reef: Brian Scott from 7 pm to 10 pm
  • Top of Newport at Hotel Viking: Live music from 6 pm to 9 pm

Local Government

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11th Hour Racing Team wins The Ocean Race

11th Hour Racing Team wins The Ocean Race

11th Hour Racing Team has won The Ocean Race 2022-23, the world’s longest and toughest team sporting event – the first time a US team has won in the 50-year history of the Race.

On This Day in RI History: June 29, 1901 – Actor/Singer Nelson Eddy is born in Providence

He appeared with co-star Jeannette McDonald in several films including the Oscar-nominated “Naughty Marietta,” “Sweethearts,” and “I Married an Angel.”

Garrett and Segura lead the Marlins past the Red Sox, 6-2

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Six In A Row: Gulls take down Danbury 8 – 2

Wednesday night’s game was the second time the Gulls and the Westerners played against one another.

AARP awards grants to Bike Newport and three other Rhode Island organizations as part of its Nationwide Program to make communities more livable

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Human remains have likely been recovered from the Titan submersible wreckage, US Coast Guard says

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Potatoes, beef steaks, and other groceries that rose in price in the Northeast last month

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Eggs, cheddar cheese, and other groceries that dropped in price in the Northeast last month

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Air Quality Alert – Health Advisory issued for June 29 due to wildfire smoke

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Man’s death awaiting trial on charges he killed his mother at sea was not suspicious, autopsy says

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Where to find 4th of July fireworks in Rhode Island

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7-Day Weather forecast for Newport County

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3-day Surf Forecast for Rhode Island

Forecast includes rip current risk, surf height, weather, winds, and more.

What’s Up in Newport: June 26 – July 4

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Recent Local Obituaries

Isabella Mary Pedro

August 25, 1925 – June 25, 2023

Further Reading

Sydney Sweeney visits the State House after ‘Good Burger 2’ wraps up filming (ABC 6)

Portsmouth: Premature to support alternative cable route (East Bay Times)

About 65% of R.I. Water Systems Report PFAS Results Ahead of July 1 Deadline (ecoRI News)