What's Up in Newport: Thursday, January 11

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Good Morning! Today is Thursday, January 11, 2024.

⚓ Newport City Council’s Regular Meeting lasted just 45 minutes last night. During the meeting, Council approved special event licenses for the Newport Folk Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, and U.S. Senior Open Championship; approved an entertainment license expansion for the Fifth Element to add an outdoor skating rink; honored Michael Coury, Director of Human Resources, for his 34 years of service to the city; and more. Watch the meeting here.

⚓ Newport Senator Dawn Euer was appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Government Advisory Committee, the agency announced Wednesday. Read More

⚓ Sen. Louis P. DiPalma, Sen. Dawn Euer, and Sen. Pamela J. Lauria traveled to Washington on Wednesday to participate in a White House event highlighting the impacts of major federal investments in Rhode Island and Connecticut. Read More

⚓ Historians discovered three inches of flooding in the basement of the Newport Historical Society on Wednesday after a powerful rain storm came through. WPRI reports that the flooding damaged 8,000 photos at the Newport Historical Society.

⚓ Some six weeks ago, Russ Partridge, executive director of the WARM Center, a homeless shelter in Washington County, was hopeful a new 12-family shelter would open near the University of Rhode Island campus in West Kingston. Six weeks later, Patridge is still waiting, still hopeful, and the building remains shuttered. Read More

WHAT’S UP TODAY

Weather

Flood Watch until January 13, 7:00 PM
Coastal Flood Watch in effect from January 13, 7:00 AM until January 13, 1:00 PM
High Wind Watch in effect from January 13, 1:00 AM until January 13, 01:00 PM
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. West wind 9 to 13 mph.
Extended Forecasts: 7-Day Weather Forecast & 3-day Surf Forecast

Marine Forecast

Storm Watch in effect from January 13, 1:00 AM until January 13, 1:00 PM
Today: WSW wind 9 to 12 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: WSW wind 8 to 11 kt, becoming WNW after midnight. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 44°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

Sunrise: 7:10 am | Sunset: 4:35 pm | 9 hours and 24 minutes of sun.
High tide at 7:16 am & 7:41 pm | Low tide at 12:16 am & 1:27 pm.
Moon: New Moon. 0 days, 0% lighting.

Things To Do

9 am: Conversations with Women of Distinction at Innovate Newport
9:30 am: Baby Bookworms Storytime at Newport Public Library
11 am: Poetry Circle at Portsmouth Free Public Library
2:30 pm: Computer Workshop: Google Docs at Newport Public Library
6 pm: SHANNON MULLEN – IN OTHER WORDS, LEADERSHIP at Charter Books
6 pm: Run N Chug at The Fastnet Pub
6 pm: Drink + Draw 2 at Newport Art Museum
7 pm: Ski Club Meeting
7 pm: Yoga with Cats at Bajah’s Cat Cafe

Live Music & Entertainment

JPT Film & Event Center: The Boys In The Boat at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Midtown Oyster Bar: John Erikson at 8 pm
One Pelham East: Adam Go at 8:30 pm
VFW Post 5390: Open Mic with Michelle and Don at 7 pm

Local Government

Discover Newport: Newport Tourism Marketing Management Authority at 9 am
Jamestown: School Committee at 6 pm
Middletown: Pension Trust Fund Investment Committee at 10 am, Tree Commission at 4 pm, Town Council at 5:30 pm, Comprehensive Community Plan Update Committee at 6 pm
Newport: Housing Authority at 3 pm, Waterfront Commission at 6:30 pm
Portsmouth: Tax Assessment Review Board at 7 pm
Tiverton: Zoning Revision Committee at 5 pm, Economic Development Commission at 6 pm
See the agenda for meetings here

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