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Good Morning! Today is Thursday, August 29, the 242 day of the year; 124 days remain in 2024.

🍎 Take Two: Due to technical difficulties, we rescheduled our conversation with Newport School Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain for noon today. If you have a question for the Superintendent, Ask The Superintendent. You can watch the conversation live or anytime afterward here.

🆕 In our ongoing efforts to engage, inform, and inspire, What’sUpNewp is announcing three new community engagement tools and opportunities we are launching.

Ask The Superintendent (4th Wednesday of every month)

Newport School Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain will spend thirty minutes with What’sUpNewp on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 1:30 pm, answering our and your questions about what’s happening in Newport Public Schools. Interview Schedule

Ask The City Manager (3rd Wednesday of every month)

Newport City Manager Colin Kennedy will spend thirty minutes with What’sUpNewp on the third Wednesday of every month at 10 am, answering our and your questions about what’s happening in the City of Newport.

Ask The Candidates (Ongoing)

What’sUpNewp has invited local and statewide candidates to join us for one-on-one conversations. During these conversations, candidates will answer our and your questions about their candidacy, platforms, and critical issues to voters. Interview Schedule

Ask The Mayor & Ask The Council (Monthly TBD)

We’ll launch these two programs shortly after the November 5 General Election.

Ask Questions & Watch

At each link above, please tell us what you’d like us to Ask The Superintendent, Candidates, or The City Manager.

Ask The Superintendent, Candidates, and The Manager can be watched live, or anytime afterward, on our website, Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube.

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What’s Up Today

Weather

  • Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Northeast wind around 11 mph.
  • Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

Marine Forecast

  • Today: NE wind around 10 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Tonight: NE wind 5 to 8 kt. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Coastal Water Temperature: 70°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

  • Sunrise: 6:09 am | Sunset: 7:22 pm | 13 hours and 13 minutes of sun.
  • High tide at 4:45 am & 5:28 pm | Low tide at 10:35 am.
  • Moon: Waning Crescent. 24.7 days, 24% lighting.

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Cruise Ship Schedule

Coming up next on the 2024 Cruise Ship Schedule;

  • Friday, August 30 | Silver Shadow
  • Saturday, August 31 | Insignia
  • Monday, Sept. 2 | Insignia
  • Wednesday, Sept. 4 | Viking Mars
  • Sunday, Sept. 8 | Enchanted Princess

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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...

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