One robotics team member presses buttons on a remote control, which maneuvers a robot around a miniature field course. Fellow teammates coach the operator while another workmate resets the student-made machine at the starting line. More...

I am writing in support of Jennifer and David Clancy in their ongoing struggle to have a retail studio for their hand blown glass. They are an asset to our community in many ways. Their studio is a place of beauty, education and preservation of an ancient craft. More...

The New Year is off to an auspicious beginning. The system is burgeoning with things we can't understand. Where should we start? That is the question. I suppose we could begin with discussing the way business is conducted in this crazy system, or lack of system, depending on how you want to percei... More...

The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority will be holding public comment meetings to discuss the Fiscal Integrity Study conducted by PB Americas, Inc. regarding bridge revenue for the Pell Bridge and Mount Hope Bridge. The first meeting is set to take place at the Jamestown Philomenian Librar... More...

The Junior League of Rhode Island, Inc. will host a Hotel Tour Preview Party on Friday Feb. 8 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Hotel Providence, 311 Westminster St., Providence. Tickets are $125 per person/$200 per couple which includes hors d'oeuvres, dessert, a silent auction and live entertainment. More...

Friday Jan. 4 Mellow Vinyasa yoga, Jamestown Country Club., 8:30 a.m., fee Senior bowling, Senior Center, 9 a.m., $3 Yoga basics, Jamestown Country Club, 10 a.m., fee Teen Center Open Rec., community center, 2-9 p.m. More...

It was an unusual wedding. Unusual only because it was attended by some women with their hair in various stages of being cut, dyed, set or any other process they had come for to the Cathryn Jamieson Salon on Narragansett Avenue the morning of December 19. More...

The news of 10 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, January 2, 1908 A carload of cows arrived today for Mr. Seth Pierce. More...

Margaret Hall Pease, 87, passed away at home in Jamestown on Christmas Eve. She was the wife of the late Captain Forrest A. Pease who passed away on Christmas Eve one year ago. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 2006. More...

Multiple charges Troy T. Davis, 31, of North Kingstown, was charged on Dec. 30 with first offense driving with a suspended license and first offense possession of marijuana after he was stopped for speeding on Route 138 East near the toll plaza, police said. More...

CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIEN N. M. No. 2007-0653 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO OLIVE WATSON HOFFMAN, the Unknown Heirs of OLIVE WATSON HOFFMAN, and the Unknown Devisees of OLIVE WATSON ... More...