Newport, good morning!
The 206th day of 2025 is today, Friday, July 25. The year has 159 days remaining.
You need to know
With 273 contributions from the community, the GoFundMe effort to support Middletown resident Jake Cathers in his fight against Stage 4 pancreatic cancer has raised $38,584 of the $45,000 target. In February, Cathers received a diagnosis of the illness.
In collaboration with Newport This Week, the Newport Gulls are hosting the #CathersStrong fundraiser to collect money for Cathers, who receives weekly chemotherapy treatments at Newport Hospital. Along with his spouse, Leslie, and their three kids, Jackson, Merritt, and Georgia, Cathers resides in Middletown.
Throughout his career, Cathers, a graduate of Rhode Island College and Rogers High School, has been actively committed in community service. In addition to teaching girls’ softball and tennis at several local schools, such as Gaudet Middle School and Middletown High School, he is also a member of the Newport County Regional Special Education Advisory Committee and the board chair of the Middletown Prevention Coalition. In addition, he has coached Middletown Little League girls softball and Unified Volleyball at Middletown High School.
In addition to writing for Newport This Week, Cathers has contributed to The Newport Daily News. Additionally, he keeps a blog where he shares his experiences with Jackson, his kid with Angelman’s Syndrome, a rare genetic condition. He has been recognized in the community by the Women’s Resource Center as a Man Who Makes a Difference and by Newport Life Magazine with the Groundbreak Award.
To celebrate and show support for the local writer and his family, the community is asked to join Jake Cathers Night today (Friday, July 25) at 6:35 p.m. when fans will assemble at Cardines Field for the Newport Gulls game versus the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks. Regine Painting is giving out free posters to the first 250 admirers. Every penny raised goes straight to the Cathers family to help them fight pancreatic cancer.
What else you should know
Today marks the official start of the sold-out 2025 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park! The festival will be covered by WhatsUpNewp all weekend long.
Exclusive recordings of daily performances will be made available via MVYRADIO for one-time broadcasts every night from 7-9 p.m.
During the sold-out festival, Newport police will impose heavy traffic restrictions around Fort Adams, limiting automobile access on Harrison Avenue and establishing a dedicated bicycle lane.
As part of ongoing construction, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority will start imposing lane limitations on the Bristol approach to the Mount Hope Bridge on Sunday.
On Tuesday night, Bike Newport will host a community celebration to commemorate the installation of solar power at its Big Blue Bike Barn.
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- Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
- Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rainfall. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
- Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
- Sunrise at 5:33 am. Sunset at 8:08 pm. 14 hours & 35 minutes of sun.
- High tide at 8:52 am & 9:18 pm. Low tide at 2:56 am & 2:16 pm.
- The lunar phase is a New Moon.
- The coastal water temperature is 71 degrees.
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Newport Folk Festival
at Fort Adams State Park
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10 am:
Annual Cultural Survival Bazaar
at Tiverton Four Corners Art Center
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6 pm:
Last Friday Social Vibes, Community, Tunes & More
at Newport Pride Center
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8 pm:
Improv with the Bit Players
at The Firehouse Theater
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Bally s Tiverton:
DJ
at 8:30 pm
- Busker s Irish Pub: Live music at 8 pm
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Johnny s Restaurant:
Ride The Vibe
at 7 pm
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JPT Film & Event Center:
Friends of New Time Music with Brad Cook: Newport Folk Aftershow
at 9:30 pm
- Landing: John Erickson at 12:30 pm, Timeless at 4 pm, Straight Outta Rehab at 8 pm
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Narragansett Cafe:
Bar Fly
at 8 pm
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Newport Blues Cafe:
Matthew Logan Vasquez with Snacktime
at 10 pm
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Newport Craft:
Island Time Steel Band
at 6 pm
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Newport Harbor Hotel:
Alger Mitchell
at 4:30 pm
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O Brien s Pub: John Erikson on the patio at 4:30 pm,
DJ Remedy
at 9:30 pm
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One Pelham East:
DJ
at 11:30 pm
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Parlor Newport:
The Deslondes with Langhorne Slim
at 10 pm
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Ragged Island Brewing:
Dan San Duo
at 5:30 pm
- Speakeasy: Justin Pomfret at 9:15 pm
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Sunset Cove:
Okie & The Bandits
at 5:30 pm
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The Firehouse Theater:
The Bit Players
at 8 pm
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Top of Pelham:
Dueling Pianos
at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm
- No meetings are scheduled.
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