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Good morning, Newport! 👋 Today is Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2025. There are 112 days left in the year.

🚨 You need to know

Tonight’s Newport City Council meeting has been cancelled and will be rescheduled as soon as possible, according to a notice sent by the city’s communications department at 3:21 p.m.

The council was scheduled to convene at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at 43 Broadway to consider multiple contract awards, including police vehicle replacements, IT services upgrades, and copier leases. The agenda also included appointments to several municipal boards and commissions.

City Clerk Laura Swistak announced the cancellation in an email to media and city officials, stating the meeting “will be rescheduled as soon as possible.” No reason was given for the cancellation.

The rescheduled meeting will address items including contracts for police vehicle and equipment replacements, managed IT services, and renovations to the Florence Gray Center using pandemic recovery funds. The consent calendar also includes approval of several fall special events and daily liquor licenses for upcoming community gatherings.

Editor’s Note: An earlier story previewing tonight’s Newport City Council meeting has been updated to reflect the meeting’s cancellation.

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📅 What’s Up Today

Weather Forecast

  • Today: A chance of showers, mainly before 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 11 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Tonight: A slight chance of showers between 9pm and 1am. Patchy fog before midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 58. North wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Marine Forecast

  • Today: NNE wind 10 to 13 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. A chance of showers, mainly before 2pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • Tonight: N wind 9 to 11 kt. A slight chance of showers between 9pm and 1am. Patchy fog before midnight. Seas 1 ft or less.
  • The coastal water temperature is 68 degrees.

Sun, Moon & Tide

  • Sunrise at 6:21 am. Sunset at 7:03 pm. 12 hours & 42 minutes of sun.
  • High tide at 10:15 am & 10:39 pm. Low tide at 3:21 am & 4:04 pm.
  • The lunar phase is a Waning Gibbous.

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Cruise Ship Schedule

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