Budget concerns and the possible loss of state aid to the town dominated last Friday’s joint meeting of the School Committee and Town Council, which got off to a collaborative start despite anticipation by both groups of another tough financial year. More...

There’s an art opening tonight at Town Hall. These are convivial events. We get to enjoy creations made by our friends and neighbors. These works are displayed in a great venue – a public place built with our money, thus multi-tasking our tax dollars. More...

I am one of many parents who attended last week’s School Committee meeting to hear the report of the High School Review Committee. Now that I have had the chance to process the discussion and data, I want to take the opportunity to offer some commendations and reflections. More...

At this stage of my life, sitting in front of the computer perusing the Internet before bedtime is about all the excitement I care to handle. I do this a few times a week, hoping to find inspiration for my next column. Lately, the exercise seems to take more effort. Inspiration isn’t as easy to come by as it once was. More...

The Jamestown Philomenian Library will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. More...

Thursday Jan. 14 8:30 a.m., Pilates, Jamestown Country Club, fee 3 to 8 p.m., Teen center, grades 7 to 12, recreation center 5:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew’s Church Friday Jan. More...

After many years as a summer visitor at her family’s cottage on Beavertail, Dorothy Strang moved to the island two years ago as a yearround resident with her husband, three cats and a friendly yellow Lab named Lyla. 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 Journal, Jan. 15, 1910 More...

Raleigh Emerson Utterback, 87, of Seaside Drive, formerly of Barrington, died Jan. 1, 2010, at Newport Hospital after battling congestive heart failure. He was the husband of Shirley (Caughey) Utterback. They had been married 63 years. More...

Driving under the influence More...

TOWN OF JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING JANUARY 26, 2010, AT THE JAMESTOWN TOWN HALL 93 NARRAGANSETT AVENUE, JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND AT 7:00 P.M. UPON THE FOLLOWING: More...