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Good morning, Newport! Today is Friday, June 27, the 178th day of 2025. There are 187 days left in the year.

🚨 You need to know

Graduates from four Aquidneck Island high schools will come together this August to celebrate their 60th class reunion, marking six decades since the Class of 1965 walked across their respective graduation stages. The reunion will bring together alumni from Rogers High School, Middletown High School, St. Catherine Academy, and De La Salle Academy for a two-day celebration at the Wyndham Newport Hotel.

The festivities kick off on Thursday, August 28, 2025, from 6 to 9 p.m. with a cocktails and reception bites event. Tickets for the opening night are $35 per person, offering classmates an opportunity to reconnect in a relaxed atmosphere after 60 years.

The celebration continues on Friday, August 29, 2025, also at the Wyndham Newport Hotel, with a dinner buffet featuring DJ entertainment and dancing. Friday evening tickets are priced at $65 per person, promising an evening of nostalgia and celebration as the Class of 1965 commemorates their milestone reunion.

Those interested in attending or seeking additional information can contact DeDe Pilotte Forgue at dedeforgue@gmail.com or by calling or texting 401-465-3051. Organizers encourage anyone with connections to Class of 1965 graduates to share the information with classmates who may not have received details about the reunion.

What else you need to know

🌺 The Preservation Society of Newport County’s Flower Show officially launched Newport’s fashionable social scene last weekend with a kaleidoscope of color and creativity that took over Rosecliff mansion on Bellevue Ave. WUN’s Veronica Bruno has the story and recap.

🎸 The Newport Folk Festival on Thursday announced its lineup of 2025 Aftershow Benefits. Tickets go on sale on July 2 at 1 pm.

🏡 Newport’s Secret Garden Tour returns today, showcasing the city’s historic Point section through Sunday.

🎶 The Puddingstone Music Festival continues this weekend with shows scheduled for this evening at Rough Point and tomorrow at Colony House.

🗓️ On tap this weekend: Newport Pride Festival, Secret Garden Tour, and more. Weekend Roundup

📈 Yesterday’s most-read

The following were yesterday’s most-read What’sUpNewp articles.

  1. Newport Folk Festival announces All-Star Softball Game Fundraiser
  2. Wayfinder Newport celebrates Independence Day with $17.76 room rate
  3. Portsmouth Police arrest repeat DUI offender with BAC over three times legal limit
  4. Obituary: Paul Dutra
  5. New affordable housing complex opens in Jamestown’s downtown
  6. What Sold: A look at 22 homes that recently changed hands in Newport County (June 16 – 20)
  7. Obituary: John M. “Jack” Curran
  8. More Than Bunnies: Hunt Slonem on faith, preservation, and his two Newport shows
  9. Assault weapons ban signed into law
  10. What’s Up in Newport County this week and weekend: June 23 – 29

📅 What’s Up Today

Weather Forecast

  • Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. East wind 9 to 13 mph.
  • Tonight: A chance of showers, mainly after 2 am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph. The chance of precipitation is 30%—new precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch are possible.

Marine Forecast

  • Today: ENE wind 8 to 11 kt becoming ESE in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Tonight: ESE wind 7 to 9 kt. A chance of showers, mainly after 2 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • The coastal water temperature is 64 degrees.

Sun, Moon & Tide

  • Sunrise at 5:13 am. Sunset at 8:23 pm. 15 hours & 9 minutes of sun.
  • High tide at 10:01am & 10:26 pm. Low tide at 3:58 am & 3:21 pm.
  • The lunar phase is a Waxing Crescent.

Things To Do

Live Music & Entertainment

  • Bally’s Tiverton: Live DJ at 8:30 pm
  • Busker’s Irish Pub: Live music at 8 pm
  • Johnny’s Restaurant: Group Therapy at 7 pm
  • JPT Film & Event Center: The Phoenician Scheme at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
  • Landing: John Erickson at 12:30 pm, Chelley Knight & The Dope Things at 4 pm, Inside Out at 8 pm
  • Narragansett Cafe: Gary Cummings & The G-Men at 8 pm
  • Newport Blues Cafe: Yacht Club Rejects at 9:30 pm
  • Newport Craft: Davey Allen at 4 pm, Mark Flynn at 6 pm
  • O’Brien’s Pub: John Erikson on the patio at 4:30 pm, DJ Remedy at 9:30 pm
  • One Pelham East: Live music at 3:30 pm, live music at 8 pm, DJ at 11:30 pm
  • Ragged Island Brewing: Jared Moore at 5:30 pm
  • Speakeasy: Justin Pomfret at 9:15 pm
  • Sunset Cove: The Girls at 5:30 pm
  • The Firehouse Theater: The Bit Players at 8 pm
  • Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm

Newport County Public Meetings

  • No meetings are scheduled.

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...