The town's network manager, Donald Haskell, at top, is up to his elbows in loose wiring as he attempts to get everyone online at the new building. At center is the new pedestal clock. Below, Finance Director Tina Collins is working to get her files organized in time for today's grand opening. More...
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) has chosen Wilbur Smith Associates, with offices in New Haven, Conn., to oversee installation of an electronic toll collection system, commonly known by the brand name EZPass, on the authority's Claiborne Pell - Newport Bridge. More...
The owners of a parcel of land on Beavertail Road have been cited by the state Coastal Resource Management Commission (CRMC) for violating the state's coastal management regulations. More...
Fernwood Building Company's request for a variance to construct a mixed-use residential and business building on a property at 27 Luther St. was unanimously denied at the Sept. 25 meeting of the Zoning Board of Review. The application was strongly opposed by abutters and neighbors at the August me... More...
The article written by Tom Shevlin about Beavertail Lighthouse ownership in the Sept. 27 edition of the Jamestown Press needs some clarification. The "final agreement over the management of the light" as stated does not rest with the US Coast Guard. Only the present renewable license arrangement i... More...
About a year-and-a-half ago I bought this cool, little black cell phone. It had a camera feature that would make my life easier, or so I thought. Now I would no longer be burdened with a gargantuan press camera and an assortment of obscenely long lenses that Sherpas, elephants and bellhops would c... More...
The Friends of the Jamestown Library present "Amazon Adventure" with Chris Powell on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. as part of the Friend's series on travel. Join Chris Powell for an exciting trip on the motor yacht Tucano into the heart of Amazonas. From the capitol city, Manaus, travel more than ... More...
Singer, musician, environmentalist, photographer, composer and storyteller extraordinaire, Jim Stoltz, or Walkin' Jim as he is known to his fans, is coming to Jamestown. He'll be performing his multi-media show at the Melrose Avenue School on Oct. 12 for students, and will give a one-time public p... More...
Vic Calabretta is currently a town Planning Commissioner, Rear Commodore of the Conanicut Yacht Club and Deputy Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus. That's just what he's doing these days. He was the Town Moderator in the 1980s, president of the town council and a harbor commissioner from 1989 to 1... More...
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. 100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, October 2, 1907 Linesmen are at work cutting out the central office of the telephone company for t... More...
Edward (Ted) Comerford, 64, of 12 Green Lane, died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007 at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston. Born in Boston, Mass., he was the son of Gertrude and Edward Comerford. He is survived by his wife Jeanne (Elson) Comerford, son Teddy, daughter Michelle Grenier, and granddaughter... More...
Disorderly conduct charged Steven Hackett, 24, of Middletown was charged Sept. 30 with disorderly conduct after having a verbal argument with an person on North Main Road. Hackett fled the scene prior to police arrival and was apprehended by Narragansett police in Narragansett on a Jamestown war... More...
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