Good morning, Newport.

RKO Army, the Rocky Horror shadow cast that debuted at the Jane Pickens Theater on Halloween 1981, returns Friday, Sept.

25 with a live performance and film screening of Time Warp at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m., and tickets cost $20 with NewportOUT & Newport Pride as partners.

Survivor Season 51 premieres on Wednesday, Sept.

23 at 8 p.m. on CBS with a two-hour special while viewers can stream the show on Paramount+ the following day, and the season features 21 new players including three from Rhode Island.

September 21 marked the anniversary of the 1938 hurricane — the deadliest in New England that set a record 3.53 m water level in Newport and caused 100 deaths in Westerly.

President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy watched the fourth America’s Cup race aboard the USS Joseph P.

Kennedy, Jr. off Newport on Sept. 22, 1962, and he returned with his family the following year to visit Hammersmith Farm.

The Elms will reopen later this fall with a multi-sensory guest experience — featuring storytelling and interactive enhancements developed by the Preservation Society with Digital Kitchen.

The Carriage House café remains open daily for visitors.

Homes in Rhode Island are noted for their striking resemblances to famous TV and movie houses.

In Newport, two residences (the Elms on Bellevue Avenue and Seaview Terrace) evoke designs seen in Dark Shadows, linking local architecture with beloved pop culture.

Reality TV star Ashley Iaconetti, a West Greenwich local, said filming RHORI (The Real Housewives of Rhode Island) Season 1 made her feel like a fish out of water and boosted her husband’s Audrey’s Coffeehouse and Lounge.

She also enjoys meeting residents who discuss the show.

Forecasters say a powerful nor'easter will form on Wednesday off the Mid-Atlantic coast and track north near Southern New England later this week; heavy rain, strong winds and rough surf could affect coastal areas as early as Wednesday.

Newport County homes sold for about 98% of asking price with a 50-day median on market amid a 10% rise in active listings in August, giving buyers more time to review options despite premium prices (statewide median is lower).

Voting remains open for the Week 2 Providence Journal Football Player of the Week award with five nominees including Gavin Boylan from Cranston East & others, and votes can be cast until Friday with the winner to be announced next week.

Fifty-three teams raced in the Newport Yacht Club’s 2026 Tuesday and Wednesday series on Narragansett Bay’s lower end — Tuesday had 23 teams with Ryan Davis’s Hull Fliers winning a tiebreaker, and Wednesday saw 30 teams in five divisions; sailors can register for next season in April online.