Five Jamestown students were named winners in the annual Youth Art Month Poster Contest sponsored by the Rhode Island Art Educator's Association. From left are Benjamin Stewart, Jan Trousilek, Raeshelle DeValerio, Audrey Tuttle, and Olivia White. More...

Team championships for the New England Division of the U. S. Fencing Association were held on Saturday and Sunday, March 25 and 26, at Prise de Fer Fencing Club in North Billerica, Mass. More...

Wouldn't it be easier if weddings were more like funerals? More...

Jamestown Bridge Project Manager Dick Zellen and Project Superintendent John McNulty of Cashman Equipment Corporation of Boston were all smiles Tuesday afternoon. More...

The state Department of Environmental Management has approved a mini-grant for $200 worth of materials to be used in the Earth Day Shoreline Cleanup set for April 22, Conservation Commission Chairman Christopher Powell announced last week. More...

The Quononoquott Garden Club is preparing for its upcoming May 20 plant sale and is looking for gardeners who might have perennials to share with the club for this annual fundraising event. More...

The Friends of the Jamestown Library have announced that their speaker for their annual meeting will be the artistic director of Trinity Repertory Company, Curt Columbus. The program will be held on Wednesday, June 14, at 7 p.m. at the library. More...

Town officials are looking for volunteers to fill vacancies on six committees and boards. More...

The Quononoquott Garden Club and the island's Tree Protection and Preservation Commission will join forces Friday, April 28, at 10 a.m. for a celebration of Arbor Day. More...

Morgan Parker, a Jamestown resident and a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences studying history at American University, participated in American University's College of Arts and Sciences Ann Robyn Mathias Student Research Conference, on April 1 More...

The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News comes from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. More...

Jamestown resident Adam Sugalski recently earned his private pilot certificate as a student studying aviation/flight operations at Daniel Webster College, Nashua, N.H. More...

"The General Assembly has embraced the idea. Unless they change their mind for some reason, the no-discharge law will be in effect as of June 1," said Harbor Management Commission Chairman Mike de Angeli at the panel's April 12 meeting. More...