$29.61M spending plan proposed for 2024-25
BY TIM RIEL | March 14, 2024
A proposed budget of $29.61 million for fiscal year 2024-25 would prompt an estimated increase of 28 cents to the property tax rate. Town Administrator Ed Mello presented his proposal...
Polls open for primary elections
March 14, 2024
Early in-person voting for the presidential preference primary is underway at Town Hall. Polls opened Wednesday to determine Rhode Island’s preference for who should be the Democratic and Republican nominees...
$3M affordable housing bond tabled
BY TIM RIEL | March 7, 2024
A proposal to authorize a $3 million bond to streamline the development of affordable housing was dispatched without a vote by the town council at its meeting Monday. The affordable...
Adoption program proposed for rights-of-way
March 14, 2024
The town council has endorsed a program that would allow rights-of-way to be adopted. The proposal was presented to the councilors by Robert Layman at their March 2 meeting. Layman,...
Local cop to take 24 plunges in 24 hours
BY RYAN GIBBS | March 14, 2024
A local man will voluntarily undergo a reoccurring shock to his system when he plunges into the icy Atlantic 24 times in 24 hours to raise money for Special Olympics...
ConanicutRaptors.com overhauled; ospreys return home
BY CHRISTIAN SILVIA | March 14, 2024
The online presence of the Conanicut Island Raptor Project has received a facelift after using the same website since its inception. And with the return of the osprey Tuesday to...
Fastest member of animal kingdom visits fourth-graders at Melrose School
March 14, 2024
Students in the fourth grade sat captivated, even speechless, as the fastest member of the animal kingdom circled the classroom March 4 during a visit to Melrose School. Capable of...
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March 14, 2024
The West Street Cafe is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Seniors should arrive for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Suggested fee is $3. Call 423-2658 for reservations 48 hours in advance....
deLancey Moser Converse
March 14, 2024
Mrs. deLancey Moser Converse, of Jamestown, born Jan. 14, 1930,...
Valmont Kenneth ‘ Bucky’ Caswell
March 7, 2024
Valmont Kenneth “Bucky” Caswell, a resident of Jamestown, passed away...
James Mercer Garnett Jr.
March 7, 2024
James “Jim” Mercer Garnett Jr., of Darien and Cornwall Bridge,...