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Good Morning! Today is Wednesday, August 28, the 241 day of the year; 125 days remain in 2024.

🍎 With just a week to go until the start of the 2024-2025 school year, Newport School Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain will join What’sUpNewp for her monthly live one-on-one conversation at 1:30 pm today. During the conversation, we’ll discuss the latest negotiations with teachers, construction at Rogers High School, a preview of the upcoming school year, and more. Watch the conversation live or anytime afterward here.

👉 Newport City Council returns to City Hall for an Executive Session and a Regular Council Meeting. Among the agenda items are three resolutions. More on each of them below;

🗳️ With just two weeks to go until the Rhode Island State Primary, some Newport voters have already begun voting via mail ballot or early in person. As of 4:30 pm on Tuesday, August 27, 197 Newport voters had participated in the 2024 State Primary thus far.

Voters in Newport’s Ward 1, 2, and 3 will find on their ballot for the Democratic Primary the choice between incumbent Sheldon Whitehouse & Michael J. Costa for Senator in Congress and on the Republic Primary the choice between Patricia Morgan and Raymond T. McKay for Senator in Congress.

Voters in Newport’s Ward 1 will also find on their Democratic and Republican Primary Ballot a race for Non-Partisan Council Ward 1. They will have the choice between Hugo J. DeAscentis, Jr., Ellen M. Pinnock, and Charles F. Pattavina.

What’sUpNewp spoke to the three candidates on Monday and Tuesday; watch and read more about our conversations (in order of appearance);

Newport’s 1st Ward comprises precincts 2102, 2104, & 2109.

The Latest from What’sUpNewp

Newport School Committee to review superintendent applications

Newport’s School Committee will begin reviewing applications for an interim school superintendent on Wednesday to replace Colleen Burns Jermain, who announced in October that she will be leaving at the end of the school year.

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What’s Up Today

Weather

  • Today: Isolated showers after 1 pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tonight: Isolated showers between 8 pm and 1 am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of around 63. Northeast wind around 11 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%.

Marine Forecast

  • Today: SW wind 10 to 12 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. Isolated showers after 1 pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Tonight: NNE wind around 10 kt. Isolated showers, mainly between 8 pm and 1 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Coastal Water Temperature: 69°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

  • Sunrise: 6:08 am | Sunset: 7:24 pm | 13 hours and 16 minutes of sun.
  • High tide at 3:38 am & 4:20 pm | Low tide at 9:10 am & 11:32 pm.
  • Moon: Waning Crescent. 23.7 days, 34% lighting.

Things To Do

Live Music & Entertainment

  • Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
  • Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
  • Fifth Element: Ruby Mac from 7 pm to 10 pm
  • JPT Film & Event Center: Water Brother: The Sid Abbruzzi Story at 4:30 pm, CatVideoFest at 7:30 pm
  • Landing: Dan Decristofaro from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm, Nick Sproviero from 4 pm to 7 pm, Jim Devlin from 8 pm to 11 pm
  • Newport Harbor Island Resort: Live music at Torpedo Bar & Lounge from 6 pm to 9 pm
  • Newport Playhouse: Nunsense: A Musical! at 11 am
  • Newport Vineyards: Alex2E from 5 pm to 8 pm
  • One Pelham East: Adam Go from 9 pm to 12:30 am
  • Ragged Island Brewing Company: Rusty from 6 pm to 9 pm
  • Sardella’s: Live music at 7 pm
  • The Quencher: Karaoke at 9 pm
  • Top of Pelham: Karaoke from 10:30 pm to 1 am

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  • Insignia on August 31 & September 2
  • Silver Shadow on August 28 & August 30.

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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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