Newport Mayor Jeanne Marie Napolitano will join What’s Up Newp for a live virtual video conversation at 1 pm on Friday, January 29.

We’ll chat about the most recent city council meeting, COVID-19 in the city, and much more.

Watch the conversation below live as it happens or anytime afterward.

This interview was originally scheduled for 11 am on Thursday, January 28. Due to technical difficulty, we had to reschedule this to 1 pm on Friday, January 29.

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...