Jamestown Newport Ferry. Credit: Conanicut Marine Services

Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, July 26. Today’s newsletter is 1,582 words, approximately an 8-minute read.

Governor Dan McKee will join Newport Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong this morning for a visit to the Newport Public Schools’ Cyber Camp, held this week at CCRI’s Newport Campus, to promote learning beyond the formal school day and beyond the traditional 180-day school year.

Speaking of education, Newport School Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain will join What’sUpNewp for a live virtual video conversation at 1:30 pm today.

Our conversation with candidates for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District continues today with Aaron Regunberg at 12 pm and Gabe Amo at 2:15 pm.

Newport City Council will convene for a Regular Council Meeting at 6:30 pm this evening. Before that meeting, there will be a special meeting at 5:30 pm where DEM is expected to speak about the excavated soil at Rogers High School. Due to ongoing elevator issues at Newport City Hall, these meetings will occur at Pell Elementary School.

Newport Vineyards continues its Wednesday Music Series this evening at 5 pm with a performance by Kate Guillen & The Drive! Ragged Island Brewing continues its Summer Concert Series this evening at 5:30 pm with a performance by Those Guys!

What’s Up Today

Weather

  • Today: Sunny, with a high near 85. Light west wind becoming southwest at 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
  • Tonight: Patchy fog after 5 am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph.
  • 7-Day Weather Forecast | 3-day Surf Forecast

Marine Forecast

Sun, Moon, & Tide

  • Sunrise: 5:34 am | Sunset: 8:08 pm | 14 hours and 34 minutes of sun.
  • High tide at 1:59 am & 2:33 pm | Low tide at 7:26 am & 8:47 pm.
  • Moon: First Quarter Moon. 7.4 days, 51% lighting.

Things To Do

Live Music & Entertainment

  • Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
  • Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
  • JPT Film & Event Center: Past Lives at 4:30 pm, Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd at 7:30 pm
  • Landing: Dan Decristofaro from 1 pm to 4 pm, Mark Flynn from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm, Jim Devlin from 8 pm to 11 pm
  • Narragansett Cafe: Fausto Palma from 8 pm to 11 pm
  • Newport Vineyards: Kate Guillen & The Drive from 5 pm to 8 pm
  • O’Brien’s Pub: Eoin Egan from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm
  • One Pelham East: Live music and DJ from 8 pm to 1 am
  • Perro Salado: The Z-Boys at 10 pm
  • Ragged Island Brewing: Those Guys from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
  • Sardella’s: Live music at 7 pm
  • The Reef: Music Bingo at 7 pm

Local Government

Cruise Ship Schedule

Here’s what’s left on the July cruise ship schedule;

  • July 27 – American Star via Fort Adams & Caribbean Princess via Perrotti Park
  • July 29 – American Constitution via Fort Adams State Park

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Atlantic Shark Institute dives into shark attacks and its rarity in Rhode Island (WJAR)

Salve Success: Amanda Goodheart Parks ’08 featured on the History Channel (Salve Today)

In the Hot Seat: The Jamestown Fire Department Memorial Museum (RI Monthly)

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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...