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Good Morning! Today is Friday, August 30, the 243 day of the year; 123 days remain in 2024.

🏫 Newport School Superintendent Collen Burns Jermain joined What’sUpNewp’s Ryan Belmore and Frank Prosnitz for nearly an hour-long one-on-one conversation on Thursday. Our wide-ranging discussion touched on the ongoing labor dispute, campus changes at Rogers High School, declining enrollment, budget challenges, strategic plans, cell phone policies, ‘Portrait of a Graduate’, and more. Read our full story and watch our conversation here.

⌛ This weekend is your last chance to tour some of the Preservation Society of Newport County’s properties before they close for the season. WUN’s Veronica Bruno has the full story and details here.

🍽️ To honor Newport – and Rhode Island as a whole – The Chanler at Cliff will present its second annual Harvest Dinner on the Cliff Lawn on September 15. WUN’s Ruthie Wood has the full story here.

💰 The Newport City Council unanimously approved a settlement agreement with the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) over a property dispute related to the bridge realignment project. Read More

🚰 Rhode Island’s Department of Environmental Management has awarded over $3.1 million in grants to improve water quality and aquatic habitats across the state, with significant projects slated for Newport and Middletown. Read More

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: Sunny, with a high near 71. Northeast wind 7 to 11 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon.
  • Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 61. East wind 5 to 9 mph.

Marine Forecast

  • Today: NE wind 6 to 10 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Tonight: ESE wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt after midnight. Increasing clouds. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Coastal Water Temperature: 69°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

  • Sunrise: 6:10 am | Sunset: 7:21 pm | 13 hours and 11 minutes of sun.
  • High tide at 5:48 am & 6:24 pm | Low tide at 12:18 am & 11:30 am.
  • Moon: Waning Crescent. 25.7 days, 16% 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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