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 financia More...

Christopher Hyder, a.k.a. “Frenchie,” and Amanda Gallagher, both of Jamestown, took the Jamestown Press along on a two-week trip to France for the Christmas and New Year holidays. More...

In its first meeting of the New Year last Wednesday, the Jamestown Planning Commission tackled an ongoing issue: Minimum lot sizes for duplex and multi-family dwellings. 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. 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...

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...

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, RH More...