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Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, August 27, the 240th day of the year; 126 days remain in 2024.

⛳ On this day in 1995, Tiger Woods won the 1995 U.S. Amateur Championship at Newport Country Club.

🗳️ What’sUpNewp kicked off our 2024 live virtual video conversation series on Monday at noon when Hugo DeAscentis, one of the three Newport City Council First Ward candidates, joined us for a one-on-one conversation. Read More + Watch

Our conversations with Ward 1 candidates continue today when we host Ellen Pinnock at 10:30 am and Charles Pattavina at 11:30 am. Watch live or anytime afterward on whatsupnewp.com.

🎶 The Rhode Island Folk Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday with over 40 performers, dozens of vendors and food trucks, and a guitar giveaway at Crescent Park in East Providence.  WUN’s Ken Abrams was there. Story & Photo Gallery

⛵ The Louis Vuitton Cup for the five challengers, including New York Yacht Club’s American Magic, starts Thursday in Barcelona. The winner advances to face two-time defending champion Emirates Team New Zealand in the 37th America’s Cup in mid-October. Ashton Lambie is pursuing the America’s Cup while his wife Chris Birch aims for outer space

🏖️ Postponed from last night, the Town of Middletown will wrap up its 2024 Second Beach Music Series tonight with a performance by The Ravers and a fireworks display. More Details

⚓ On tap this week/weekend: Around The Island Race, newportFILM, Newport Polo, and more. Events, Live Music, and Entertainment

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What’s Up Today

Weather

  • Today: Patchy fog before 8 am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
  • Tonight: Patchy fog after 10 pm. Otherwise, it is partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Marine Forecast

  • Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming S 5 to 7 kt in the afternoon. Patchy fog before 8 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Tonight: SW wind 6 to 8 kt. Patchy fog after 10 pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Coastal Water Temperature: 66°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

  • Sunrise: 6:07 am | Sunset: 7:26 pm | 13 hours and 18 minutes of sun.
  • High tide at 2:34 am & 3:11 pm | Low tide at 7:45 am & 10:35 pm.
  • Moon: Waning Crescent. 22.7 days, 44% lighting.

Things To Do

Live Music & Entertainment

Newport County Government

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Cruise Ship Schedule

Coming up next on the 2024 Cruise Ship Schedule;

  • 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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