Good morning, Newport.

Three Newport projects, the Agassiz Mansion at Castle Hill, the Lead Paint Adaptation and Mitigation handbook project, and Michael Semenza, are among Preserve Rhode Island’s 10 Rhody Awards honorees, and the public can vote for the Audience Award through noon Friday, Oct.

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The Providence Journal's online poll will decide Rhode Island's top high school cheer team, with West Warwick facing North Providence; voting is open through Saturday, Oct.

31 at 11:59 p.m. and only votes on the paper's website count. West Warwick leads the semifinal tally 63,585 to 12,346, so recruit friends + classmates to vote.

Abby Lee Miller confirmed on the Virtual Reali-Tea podcast that she filmed a cameo for The Real Housewives of Rhode Island Season 2, teaching a dance class that was shot at Bryant University on Saturday, Sept.

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Jamestown Community Theatre will stage Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along Thursday, Nov.

19 through Sunday, Nov. 22 at Jamestown Recreation Center (41 Conanicus Ave). Performances are 7 p.m. Nov. 19 and Nov. 20, 1 and 7 p.m. Nov. 21, and 1 p.m. Nov. 22; tickets are $20 general and $15 seniors and students.

Nine properties sold across Newport County last week, with prices ranging from $179,500 to $2,300,000; the top sale was 147 Purgatory Road in Middletown for $2.3 million, and other closings included homes in Newport, Portsmouth, and Tiverton.

Juan Martín del Potro won the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2027 fan vote, the Newport-based Hall announced Monday (Ash Barty was second, Svetlana Kuznetsova third), and del Potro will receive a three-point bonus in the official balloting before the Class is announced in November.

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority closed the westbound right lane of the Pell Bridge at 7 a.m. Monday and reopened it at 3 a.m. Tuesday, while the eastbound left lane closed at 9 a.m. Monday and reopened at 3 a.m. Motorists should allow extra travel time; similar closures are planned next week with dates to be announced.