Jason Gorelick, at right, a student at North Kingstown High School, teaches the after-school beginners' stringed instrument class at the Melrose school. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten More...
The Town Council sitting as the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners Tuesday night, agreed to allow the garage behind the Town Offices at 44 Southwest Ave. to be used as a temporary animal shelter. More...
After discussing the matter in committee and at monthly public meetings, the Harbor Management Commission last week accepted the suggested mooring permit rate increases for the 2007-08 boating season. At its Jan. More...
The following Jamestown residents were named to the dean's list for the fall 2006 semester at the University of Rhode Island: Richard S. Tutalo, Lydia M. Lis, Kyle M. Carlson, Rachel A. Wigton, Keith W. Simmons, Rebekah L. Wigton, Sarah J. Smyth, Alexander H. White, and Bethany C. Clarke. More...
It gets worse every year. Stop signs, red lights, yield signs, pedestrian crosswalks. These are some examples of places where it's entirely appropriate for motorists to bring their car to a complete stop. More...
Without a doubt, America and most of the world, at least the parts that have access to the media and fast food restaurants, are obsessed with fat. Our research department, the Googlamaniacs, tell me that the fat-obsessed are unevenly divided. Apparently, 60 percent are obsessed with talking about... More...
The Friends of Jamestown Library are sponsoring a Pajama Storyhour series for children 3 to 8 years old, which began Jan. 9 and will run on Tuesdays through March 6. Pajama Storyhours take place in the children's room of the library from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. More...
Writers Night Out will be held tonight, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. at Wickford Gourmet, 21 Main St. in Wickford. Reading from his newly published book "The Journals of Constant Waterman" will be Matthew Goldman. There will also be an open mike segment, beginning at 6:45 p.m., where writers are invited to... More...
For the many island residents who had their homeowner's policies yanked out from under them and are now paying four or more times what they once were, there is a glimmer of light on the horizon. Concerned legislators met with representatives of insurance companies for three hours last week in an a... More...
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News comes from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. 100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, January 16, 1907: A pleasing musical program was rendered at the mee... More...
Three charged in local assault Christopher Monroe, 20, of Newport and Joshua Neves, 18, of Newport, were each charged Jan 14 with one count of simple assault and one count of conspiracy for assaulting a resident of a house on Ranger Court. The next day, Jerome A. McDevitt, 20, of 20 Pemberton Av... More...
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