Same-Sex Weddings Begin; Bridgefest Holds Scavenger Hunt

Here's 5 things you need to know today about what's happening around town. 

1. Today is the first day of August! This means less than a month before school starts. The official countdown has begun. 
2. Portsmouth Zoning Board meets tonight at 7 p.m. at Town Hall. 
3. Bridgefest continues in Newport today with many events around the city, including a Scavenger Hunt all day at Newport's art galleries. 
4. Same-sex weddings begin for the first time today throughout Rhode Island thanks to the passage of new legislation. 
5. If you feel like taking a drive down to Rosecliff Mansion in Newport tonight, there'll be a special showing of the film "Running from Crazy," a documentary examining the personal journey of model and actress Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway.