These students were raffle winners in the May Bike/Walk/Bus to school month. From left are, Molly Tiexiera, Tori Martin, Hayley Carlisle, Anne Langan and Rachel Bryer. Not pictured is Matt Jewell.
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Kaitlin Morton-Ranney and Daniel Bentley were married June 2 at Central Baptist Church in Jamestown. Kaitlin is the daughter of Robert and Sonya Morton-Ranney of Jamestown and Daniel is the son of Bob and Dale Bentley of West Sand Lake, N.Y. More...
The island schools have been named Commended Schools for the 2005-06 school year by the state Board of Regents for elementary and secondary education. In a letter to the school, Regents chairman James A. More...
The group Luv 'n Country will play June 26 as part of the Tuesday night concert series at the Wickford town docks in North Kingstown. The show begins at 7 p.m. More...
Anyone interested in participating in the 350th Celebration Parade in August, should contact Ed Morinho at 423-1784 or Jim McLoughlin at 423-0814. More...
The Jamestown Recreation Department is sponsoring some exciting new creative programs this season. More...
By Adrienne Downing
School may be out for the summer, but for fall athletes, summer is an ideal time to work on their skills and stay in shape. Several sports teams at North Kingstown High School have posted their captain's practice schedules for the summer. More...
By Adrienne Downing
Jamestown graduated 43 seniors from North Kingstown High School last Saturday, and over half of those students were athletes who made notable contributions to the Skippers sports teams. More...
By Heather M. Lightner
You may see them sitting on telephone lines, watching, waiting- calling out to their companions to communicate some sort of secret message. You may see them clustered in trees, so many in fact, that trees appear to have black leaves. More...
Jamestown artist Andrea Good spent four months leading a team of six teens to create a peace mural at the Newport Martin Luther King Community Center. More...
By Robert Morton-Ranney
The Conservation Commission, at their June 12 meeting, discussed the Sole Source Aquifer (SSA) designation. More...
Two outstanding Jamestown students graduating from North Kingstown High School have been selected to receive the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association's (BLMA) W. Craig Armington Scholarship. More...
By Sam Bari
The Jamestown Yacht Club Tuesday night yacht races, a summertime tradition, were shut down because of the required security zone surrounding a propane tanker as it passed through Narragansett Bay. More...
By Dotti Farrington
While local officials last month talked about a full public reservoir supply and wondered if usual summer restrictions could be eased, state water officials talked about the need for everyone in the state to stop wasting water, especially on lawns More...
By Michaela Kennedy
Technical, environmental and financial considerations were focuses of presentations by consultants at the June 12 meeting of the Wind Energy Committee. More...