Cub Scouts, parents, and leaders from Jamestown Pack 1 learn fire safety and campfire building skills from den leader and firefighter Scott Rafferty during their weekend campout at the Conanicut Battery National Historic Park last month. More...

Islanders will go to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes on the many candidates and state ballot questions in the Nov. 7th general election. Some will vote straight party, but the rest of us will have harder choices to make. More...

As a concerned resident of the Beavertail Road (Mackerel Cove) area of Jamestown, I was deeply concerned about the inaccessibility of Beavertail Road as an "emergency evacuation" route as well as the devastation to Mackerel Cove Beach last Saturday d More...

Church school participants from Central Baptist Church have spent six weeks preparing and painting handcrafted bowls to contribute to the Empty Bowls 2006 project, which culminates Friday, Nov. 3, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Melrose Avenue School. More...

The 18th annual Jamestown Jack O' Lantern Jog 5K Road Race was held this past Sunday. More...

Works from the Bay Light painters, a group of six plein air artists from southern Rhode Island, which includes Jamestown resident Evelyn Thistle Rhodes, will be on exhibit at the Spring Bull Gallery from Saturday, Nov. 4, tthrough Nov. 30. More...

On Thursday, Nov. 9, a group of galleries, shops and artist's studios will open their doors for a festive holiday stroll from 4 to 9 p.m. More...

The Afternoon Book Discussion at the Jamestown library continues on Nov. 14, the second Tuesday of the month from 1 to 2 p.m. with the book "A Covenant with Death" by Stephen Becker." More...

Thursday Nov. 2 Yoga with Rose Russo, Community Center, 8:25-9:40, fee. More...

Members of Boy Scout Troop 1 trekked the island's soggy and windy neighborhoods Saturday handing out plastic bags in the first leg of the 19th annual Scouting for Food drive. More...

The following construction permits were filed recently in Town Hall: More...

Fire runs 8:48 a.m., Oct. 25, Cars 2 and 3 and Engine 3 went to Route 138 westbound for a car accident. More...

Juveniles charged + A 17-year-old male was charged Oct. 31 with possessing marijuana after police stopped him at the Cumberland Farms store. More...