The 13th Annual All American Soap Box Derby will take place on Saturday, May 10, at Easton's Beach in Newport, a rain date is set for Sunday, May 11. More...

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What has happened to Lower Shoreby Hill? Home construction in keeping with its 19th century appearance? Or with pleasant blending? Or neighborly consideration by builders? Nothing. Gone with the winds! Witness next door to our Smith House, on Longfellow Road. More...

April 15 has mercifully passed. Did everyone survive? I hope so. Most Americans remember April 15 as the darkest day of the year because Federal Income Taxes are due. We suspected that its stigma was not unwarranted, but for more reasons than just taxes. We had our crack research team, the Googlamaniacs, check out the date throughout history to confirm our suspicions. More...

A library discard book sale at the Jamestown library will be held on Saturday, April 19, through Monday, April 21 during library hours. Some much-loved volumes will be available at great prices. The library has had to weed out more than 800 fiction and nonfiction titles in the last year to make room for new materials. More...

Hera Gallery's spring fundraiser will be a raffle of an entire portfolio of works created by several area artists. Raffle tickets for this fundraiser are $25, and are available at Hera Gallery. Only 200 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be on May 31, during the opening reception for Hera's 34th Anniversary Exhibition. More...

Thursday April 17 Life Cycles 1, library, 11 a.m. - noon Life Cycles 2, library, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Open Rec, grades 3 - 6, noon - 2 p.m., recreation center Teen center, grades 7 - 12, 2 - 7 p.m., recreation center Alcoholics Anonymous, St. More...

There were no bridges then. A little over a year later, the island would be slammed by The Great Hurricane, but in 1937 things seemed serene. Everyone knew everyone else and the only daily contact with the outside world was the youngsters attending high school via ferry to Newport. 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, April 15, 1908 The fishermen are busy today setting their lobster pots, the closed season on lobsters having ended at 12 o'clock last night. More...

Mary Allerton Newhall Maxwell, 90, formerly of Philadelphia, Pa., Worcester, Mass. and Jamestown, died April 10, 2008 at the Grand Islander Health Center in Middletown. She was the widow of Dr. James Ackley Maxwell. More...

Building permits Susan B. Rasmussen received a permit April 8 to construct a dormer and add a half bath to an existing home at 153 Beach Ave., work estimated to cost $41,000. Erin and Nancy Esher received a permit April 8 to build a 14-by 20-foot deck off the rear of a house at 252 Seaside Drive, work estimated to cost $2,500. More...

CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIEN N. M. No. More...