Rise & Shine! Your Newport County guide for June 20
Rise & Shine! I’m Scott Barrett, managing editor for The Daily News, and today is June 20, the 171st day of the year — 194 days remain in 2022. On this day 1963, to ease the threat of inadvertently starting a nuclear war, the United States and the Soviet Union agree to establish a “hot line” between the nations.
Here & Now
• The Rhode Island Supreme Court recently upheld a lower court's ruling in the criminal case against the owner and former employees of Flint Audio Video in Middletown involving the alleged sharing of nude photos of customers. There are also three civil suits against the men pending. Reporter Savana Dunning has the latest here.
• Newport and Middletown will kick off their public information sessions for the proposed unified school district today with a pair of in person meetings. Both will be held at the Wyndham Newport Hotel, 240 Aquidneck Ave., in Middletown.
The first is scheduled for 3:30-5:30 p.m., and the second from 6-8 p.m. Both will be available in English and Spanish. If you can't make either of those, virtual sessions are being offered later in the week. Learn more here.
• The Middletown Town Council will meet tonight, and among the items on the agenda is a proposed amendment to the short-term rental lease ordinance.
• By the time you woke up Sunday morning, the Newport Bermuda Race already was over. Argo, a lightning fast catamaran became the first Saturday finisher in 52 editions of the event when it reached St. David's Lighthouse in just over 33 hours. Read more here.
• There was also some sad news that came out of the Newport Bermuda Race. A skipper on a 42-foot sloop fell overboard some 325 miles from the finish and did not survive. Read more here.
• The four-day Newport Charter Yacht Show kicks off today at Newport Shipyard. Find out what you need to know here.
• Newport Public Schools will provide free meals to children during the summertime. Check out the schedule here.
• ICYMI: Speaking of Newport Public Schools, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the new Rogers High School on Friday afternoon. Check out the photo gallery here.
• The Portsmouth Free Public Library is holding registration this morning for both its children's and adult summer reading programs. Learn more here.
• Town & Country has come out with a list of "Best Things to Do in Newport, Rhode Island," and it's exactly what you'd expect it to be. Check it out here.
• The state Department of Transportation has provided its roadwork schedule for the upcoming week for Newport County and the rest of the state. Find it here.
• As it puts the finishing touches on its multi-million dollar renovation project, the Newport County YMCA will be closed today though July 4 and reopen on July 5. Learn more here.
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Born today
Nicole Kidman (actress), 55
John Goodman (actor), 70
Lionel Richie (musician), 73
Brian Wilson (musician), 80
Weather report
Low tides: 7:31 a.m., 8:18 p.m.
High tides: 1:18 a.m., 1:51 p.m.
Sunrise: 5:09 a.m. Sunset: 8:24 p.m.
Water temperature: 65.2 degrees.
Municipal meetings
Middletown
Town Council, 6 p.m.
Portsmouth
School Committee — Negotiations Subcommittee, 9:30 a.m.
Tiverton
Harbor Commission, 7 p.m.
Local obituaries
Today is …
Bald Eagle Appreciation Day
National Take Your Cat to Work Day
National Vanilla Milkshake Day
Where in Newport County?
Touro Cemetery, located at the intersection of Touro and Kay streets and Bellevue Avenue. It dates back to 1677. Learn more about it here. Kudos to Ronna Lowenstein, Robb Canning, Susan Jorgensen, Andrew Lindh and Rita Cooney Brown, all of whom identified this one.
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This article originally appeared on Newport Daily News: Rise & Shine! Your Newport County guide for June 20
