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In today's newsletter:

  • How new impact-glass rules could change Newport's historic window repairs.
  • Why are more Newport students switching to home instruction this year?
  • What Newport riders need to know about changing E-bike rules

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Paddle for Progress RI and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 68, low: 58.
  • Sunday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 66 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Newport Board Weighs Impact-Glass Code vs. Historic Windows (upriseri.com) — Newport's Historic District Commission is wrestling with how state impact-glass safety requirements mesh with the city's long-standing rule to repair historic windows before replacing them, especially at 562 Bellevue Avenue and a K Street garage. Commissioners approved both applications with conditions but warned that, since most of Newport now falls under the impact-glass zone, they need clearer citywide guidance before future window projects come forward.
   

2. Newport Schools: Home Instruction List Rises to 44 (upriseri.com) — Newport families may soon see the School Committee dig into why 44 students are now receiving home instruction, a sharp jump from the usual 29. Members want data on why families are leaving district schools and how a new private school might be affecting enrollment, with a fuller discussion expected on an upcoming meeting agenda.
   

3. Solving the E-Bike Dilemma (newportthisweek.com) — If you ride or share the roads in Newport, new attention on e-bike rules, safety, and enforcement could affect your daily commute. Bike Newport and island officials are pushing for clearer statewide regulations, better education, and stricter age limits, while offering local training courses to help riders understand the law and stay safe on Aquidneck Island streets.
   

4. Humanities Grants Support Newport Projects and Others (newportthisweek.com) — Several Newport cultural organizations are receiving long-delayed Rhode Island Humanities grants, supporting projects from cemetery storytelling in the Common Burying Ground to new educational programs by Newport Classical. Funding also backs the Newport Restoration Foundation's work on the Cato Vernon Freedom Library and Rose Island Lighthouse's expanded interpretation of Indigenous, military, and environmental history, deepening how locals experience their own past.
   

5. Newport Classical brings a prize-winning piano trio and a quartet playing Bad Bunny to Dearborn Street in October (whatsupnewp.com) — Newport Classical is packing October with two evening chamber concerts at its Dearborn Street recital hall plus free afternoon performances, all within easy reach for local music lovers. Programs range from a prize-winning piano trio to a string quartet mixing William Grant Still and Bad Bunny, and every visiting musician also plays in Newport-area schools through the group's education initiative.
   

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