The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism offers help to those who are struggling with addiction to alcohol. According to the NIAAA, the questions that an alcoholic must answer are: Have you ever felt you should cut down on your drinking? More...

“Mom, where’s my _____?” (You can fill in the blank.) In my house, nine out of 10 times the sentence ends with the word coat. “Mom, where’s my coat?” I hear the question every day, and I was beginning to wonder if it was just my son who was “outerwear challenged” until I took a look at Lawn Avenue’s Lost and Found the Friday before Christmas vacation. More...

The holiday season of 2006 has been a remarkable one at Seamen’s Church Institute beginning with our Thanksgiving Dinner for the community when we cooked and served 75 dinners. The Christmas season began with the enchanting decorating of our 1930 historic building by the Newport Garden Club followed by Christmas morning breakfast when we cooked and served for 150 members of the community. More...

Every year most of us make at least a small effort to succeed at keeping one New Year’s resolution. We resolve to stop smoking, lose weight and myriad other standard things that affect our personal lives. Last year, I suggested that if we truly want this country to be united, as our name implies, then let’s identify ourselves as Americans and be proud of it. More...

The Chorus of Westerly has announced that longtime Celebration of Twelfth Night Jesters Randy Judkins and Tom Murphy will offer a Clowning Workshop on Sunday, Jan. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Christ Church Parish Hall, 7 Elm St. in Westerly. The workshop is open to the public, age 12 and over. More...

The Norman Bird Sanctuary opens all its doors on Saturday, Jan. 13, for a Winter Welcome Day. Visitors are welcome to join sanctuary staff for all or part of the day. More...

Thursday Jan. 4 Yoga with Rose Russo, golf course, 8:25-9:40, fee. Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew’s church, 5:30 p.m. Foreign Film Series, library, “Bon Voyage,” library, 7 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous, St. Lucy’s Church, Middletown, 8 p.m. Friday Jan. More...

We first met Giovanni Castiglione at the 99 Resturant & Pub in Newport. We had been seated in the area that he was serving. He took our orders and when we asked for a pint of ale, we chided him for not knowing how many ounces there are in a pint. His Spanish accent should have told us that he was used to a different measuring system all together. 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...

Building permits John Greco and Liz Byrnes received a permit Dec. 18 to add a garage and game room at 50 Umiak Ave., work estimated to cost $150,000. Georgia Dennen received a permit Dec. 18 to install vinyl siding on a house at 73 Clarke St., work estimated to cost $2,500. More...

TOWN OF JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 23, 2007, AT THE JAMESTOWN LIBRARY, 26 NORTH ROAD, JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND AT 7:00 P.M. More...