Former Town Council member arrested on murder charge
By Dotti Farrington
Former Town Council vice president David Swain, owner of Ocean State Scuba on North Main Road, was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 14, at his business location on a charge that he murdered his wife, Shelley Arden Tyre, 46, while they were scuba diving in 1999 in the British West Indies.
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Former councilman is charged with murdering his wife while on a diving vacation in Tortola
By Dotti Farrington
The extradition hearing for former Jamestown Town Council vice president David Swain, 51, set for Nov. 22, has been postponed two weeks at the request of his federal public defender.
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In a split 3-2 vote during a special Town Council meeting on Tuesday, Julio DiGiando was elected Town Council president, over top vote-getter Robert Sutton. More...
According to experts in the field of climate change, the future of the East Coast of the United States is rather grim. Although opinions differ dramatically, the best case scenario, which is not good, is that seas could rise from two-to fivefeet by 2100. More...
A bit of history was made Saturday evening when the Dutch Island Lighthouse once again flashed a beacon across the waters of Narragansett Bay's West Passage. Built in 1857, the lighthouse had been dark for nearly 30 years, made obsolete by advancing technology. The abandoned landmark had fallen t... More...
A few days before the Nov. 6 election, a postcard was mailed to residents of Jamestown that had derogatory and misleading comments regarding the two independent candidates for Town Council. Unfortunately, there was no possible way to respond to the charges because of the last minute timing of the ... More...
Our crack research team, the Googlamaniacs, have unearthed startling data that needs to be addressed. Apparently, the television networks have us so brain-washed, mesmerized and brain dead from watching years of nonsensical programming, that we don't even notice when we are being bombarded with an... More...
Jamestown Troop 1 Boy Scouts are sponsoring Jamestown's third annual "Starry Night," to be held Dec. 1, the same night as the tree lighting. At 4:30 p.m., participating Jamestown businesses and residences will light up their walkways, steps, entrances, etc. with rows of luminaries provided by Tro... More...
Thursday, Nov. 22 All town offices closed for Thanksgiving. Friday, Nov. 23 All town offices closed. Monday, Nov. 26 7 p.m., Town Hall, the Town Council meets. Tuesday, Nov. 27 7 p.m. More...
We open this week's column with a very special message we have been asked to convey to an island sixth grader. The request came from her mother via e-mail and reads: "I am not impressed by a lot, yet my daughter continues to amaze me. As a parent, sometimes I forget that she likes to hear that I t... 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, November 20, 1907 The local farmers are harvesting and shipping more than the usual fall crop of c... More...
Roger C. Vaughn, 90, died Nov. 16, 2007 of renal failure. He was the husband of Mary Frances "Friday" Lyons. Born in Cuba, Mo., he was retired Navy commander and former college math instructor. A 1935 graduate of Cuba High School, he attended the University of Missouri and graduated from the U.S.... More...
In last week's planning commission story, the Randall Gallery building was reported to be moved in a major land development on Narragansett Avenue. The gallery building will not be moved, but will be incorporated and attached with a new construction to the east. The mansard-roofed building to the ... More...
CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIEN N. M. No. 2007-0595 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO STEPHEN J. More...
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