An early season schedule laden with away games has North Kingstown High School boys' basketball coach Aaron Thomas thinking a little like Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz." There will be no place like home when the Skippers take on Bishop Hendricken o More...

From noon to one o'clock every weekday, the Jamestown Senior Center hosts a lunch for anyone who enjoys a home-cooked meal and a chat with neighbors. More...

Jamestown Police Officer Keith J. Woodbine was promoted to the rank of sergeant at a ceremony held at the beginning of Monday's Town Council meeting. More...

The staggering losses suffered during World War II had a sobering effect on the way people perceived war. More...

The Rhode Island Historical Society is now recruiting energetic, inquisitive lovers of history to be volunteer museum guides and educators at its John Brown House Museum in Providence. More...

Sterling College is currently accepting applications for the Environmental Steward Scholarships. Each fall, two students are awarded the scholarship to cover tuition expenses for four years of study. More...

Boys from the Warriors basketball team hope for a winning season. They are coached by Eric Bush. More...

Thursday Jan. 11 Yoga with Rose Russo, Community Center, 8:25-9:40, fee. Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew's church, 5:30 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous, St. Lucy's Church, Middletown, 8 p.m. Friday Jan. 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...

Nicholas Coste, 71, of Flourtown, Pa., died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007 at his home. He was the husband of Anne Hord Coste for 42 years. Mr. Coste grew up in Jamestown. He attended St. Michael's School in Newport and graduated from the Kent School. More...

Baxter Venable, 76, of Lawrenceville, N.J., a longtime summer resident of Jamestown died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007 at the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Hamilton, N.J. Born in Lakewood Ohio, he was an acquisitions editor for the D. More...

Dr. Vincent I. MacAndrew Sr., 86, of Grinnell Street, formerly of Dean Street, Cranston, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007 at South Kingstown Rehabilitation Center, West Kingston. He was the husband of Kathryn Marie (Horan) MacAndrew for 50 years. 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 More...