On today’s edition of The Open Forum, Frank Prosnitz and I chatted about a wide array of topics on a city, state, national and global level.

Ryan from Norton Point joined us at 1pm today, which is World Oceans Day, to announce the launch of his company’s new line of sunglasses from recycled ocean plastic. More on that here -> WUN’s Founder Launches His New Company’s Line of Sunglasses Made From Recycled Ocean Plastic

Newport Mayor Jeanne Marie Napolitano joined us at 1:30pm today to announce that she would be re-running for her seat on Newport City Council and also chatted about local, statewide and national issues.

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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...