What's Up Today: Wednesday, October 26
Regionalization is on our mind when Newport Schools’ Superintendent Jermain joins us today for a virtual conversation
Good Morning,
🍁 Governor Dan McKee joined What’sUpNewp yesterday for a one-on-one conversation about what he’s accomplished and what he hopes to accomplish if re-elected in November. Watch
🍁 At 11:30 am today, Daniela Abbott (D), candidate for Portsmouth Town Council, will join us for a conversation. Watch
🍁 Regionalization will be the topic of conversation when Colleen Burns Jermain, Superintendent of Newport Public Schools, joins us for her monthly conversation today at 1:30 pm | Watch
Leave your questions or comments for Daniela or Colleen in the comments.
🍁 Speaking of the upcoming General Election, we want to hear from you;
🍁 The Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County will host Arts Around the Fire, an informal networking and social event for artists, writers, performers, and supporters of the arts at Cabana at 6 pm. Lynne McCormack, the new Executive Director of the RI State Council on the Arts, will discuss RISCA’s mission to support Rhode Island’s arts and cultural community. Read More
🍁 Newport City Council will host a Regular Council Meeting at 6:30 pm. Here’s what’s on the docket. Agenda
🍁 Dress up, have a Michael Meyers beer from Rejects, rock out with the Z Boys, and celebrate Halloween with a screening of Halloween (1978) at The JPT this evening. Live music at 6:30 pm, film at 7:30 pm. Details
What’s Up Today
Weather
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 9 am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9 am and 11 am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11 am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 67. East wind around 6 mph, becoming calm in the afternoon. The chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Areas of fog before 3 am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low of around 57. Southwest wind around 6 mph.
Marine Forecast
Today: Variable winds 5 kt or less. Showers and thunderstorms likely before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Areas of fog. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: Variable winds 5 kt or less. Areas of fog before 3am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 60°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 7:10 am | Sunset: 5:48 pm | 10 hours and 38 minutes of sun.
High tide at 8:51 am & 9:13 pm | Low tide at 1:56 am & 2:46 pm.
Moon: New Moon, 0 days, 0% lighting.
Happening Today
Things To Do
12 pm to 6 pm: Trinity Church’s Annual Pumpkin Patch
2 pm to 6 pm: Aquidneck Growers Market on Memorial Boulevard
6 pm: Arts Around The Fire at Cabana
6 pm: America’s Eden: “The Colonial Landscape at Newport Art Museum
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
Fifth Element: Live music from 7 pm to 10 pm
Irish American Club: Mel from 8 pm to 10 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Don’t Worry Darling at 3 pm, Halloween Party with The Z-Boys at 7:30 pm
One Pelham East: Adam Go & live DJ from 7 pm to 10 pm
Perro Salado: The Z-Boys from 9 pm to 12 am
Ragged Island Brewing: Live music from 4 pm to 7 pm
Sardella’s: Live Jazz music at 7 pm
Vieste Simply Italian: John & Joanne at 7:30 pm
City & Government
Jamestown: Beavertail State Park Advisory at 2:30 pm
Middletown: Technical Review Committee at 9 am
Newport: City Council at 6:30 pm
Portsmouth: Planning Board at 7 pm
Tiverton: Historic Preservation Advisory Board at 9 am
See the full list of public meetings in Rhode Island here.
Cruise Ship Schedule
October 27 – Caribbean Princess (Capacity: 3,142 passengers, 1,200 crew)
October 29 – Caribbean Princess (Capacity: 3,142 passengers, 1,200 crew)
October 30 – Enchanted Princess (Capacity: 3,660 passengers, 1,346 crew)
The Latest from WUN
Here’s the schedule of our WUN-ON-ONE conversations with the candidates
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Charter Books to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff on Nov. 4
Teachers Association of Newport opposes the regionalization ballot question
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Recent Local Obituaries
Colleen has to tow the line on this, given she and school committee were not involved in the decision to consider regionalization. Ask her if Newport gets 80% reimbursement, what happens to those specific savings - Not the administration savings. Also, how would AP class at one high school benefit the other high school? Student have to make a mad dash to make the class?