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Good Thursday morning!

Former Gov. Gina Raimondo stumps for Providence Mayor Brett Smiley today at a 4:30 p.m. rally with Rhode Island Building Trades at Construction and General Laborers’ Local Union 271 on South Main Street in Providence. Smiley was Raimondo’s chief of staff for three and a half years before becoming director of the state Department of Administration. His old boss will participate in a round of door knocking after the rally.

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Thanks to NBC 10 for having Reporter Christopher Shea on “Community Close-Up Wednesday. Chris chatted with Barbara Morse and Dan Jaehnig about U.S. Sen. Jack Reed’s incumbent advantage over his Democratic challengers in the Sept.9 primary, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority’s plans to relocate the Kennedy Plaza bus hub and the reopening of applications for cannabis licenses. If you missed the segment, catch it here.

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High tide in Westerly is at 9:23 a.m. and 9:34 p.m. Low tide is at 3:58 p.m. Sunrise is at 6:08 a.m. Sunset is at 7:28 p.m.

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Gov. Dan McKee speaks at the Opening Day Convocation at the Community College of Rhode Island’s Knight campus in Warwick at 9 a.m.

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and U.S. Rep Gabe Amo attend the 11 a.m. unveiling of the Atlantic Endurance, the first Coast Guard-approved autonomous offshore service vessel in the U.S., at the Rhode Island Fast Ferry Terminal at Quonset Point in North Kingstown.

Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos and Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green attend the official ribbon-cutting for a new food pantry at Woonsocket High School at 11:30 a.m. They will be joined by representatives from FeedRI and CVS.

Reed speaks at 4 p.m. at Sail Newport at Fort Adams State Park at BlueTIDE’s Showcase Alley, an interactive forum for maritime companies and representatives from the Department of Defense, Navy, funding organizations, industry leaders, and academia.