Dr. Rob Bierregaard, a professor of biology at the University of North Carolina and raptor expert, captured the attention of students in grades 5 through 8 last Friday at the Lawn Avenue School. More...

Channy Neale and Samantha Bucklin waited to get their ferret vaccinated against rabies at the island%27s annual rabies clinic held Saturday at the fire station. More...

The Jamestown Historical Society Bridge Memories contest ended March 31 with four winners selected. More...

The Jamestown Soccer Association opened the spring competitive season at the Eldred Avenue ball fields last Sunday under a blue sky and unusually warm weather. Jamestown is fielding five competitive teams this season. More...

Six sailors showed up for dinghy racing on last Sunday%27s warm and sunny spring morning. More...

The ospreys last week returned to their nest at Marsh Meadows. The first order of business was building a nest on the new nesting platform. Photo by Deb Seger-Pini More...

Only two or three living artists have had paintings auctioned at or near the $3 million mark. David Hockney, whose exhibition of portraits is currently at Boston%27s Museum of Fine Arts, is one of them. More...

Island artist Jillian Barber will discuss her work during a talk on Wednesday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the library. More...

Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation will host two free special waste collections on Saturday, April 8, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Narragansett Town Beach. More...

The American School Counselors Association has announced that North Kingstown High School has been designated as a Recognized ASCA Model Program school and will be recognized during a special ceremony at ASCA%27s annual conference in Chicago, Ill., o More...

The Membership Committee of the Rhode Island state Grange will conduct a membership campaign with a Grange event that will take place for the month of April so that prospective members can be obtained to join the Grange in their local areas. More...

The Parks and Recreation Department is currently accepting girls%27 softball registrations for the upcoming season. More...

Golden retriever Jake and Valen Coble await Jake%27s rabies vaccine at Saturday%27s clinic at the fire station. More...

Congressman Patrick Kennedy stopped by Melrose Avenue School on Tuesday morning to read "Sister Anne%27s Hands" to students in grades 2 and 3. The event was part of Reading Week. More...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has agreed to review the revised plan for transporting liquefied natural gas through Narragansett Bay and related inland waterways. No date has been announced for the review. More...