Teacher performance – and the methods with which that performance is evaluated – was a topic of discussion during last Thursday’s meeting of the Jamestown School Committee. More...
Tania Kent, 8, of Jamestown is all smiles as she makes friends with a lamb during last Sunday’s spring open house event at the Secret Garden. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten More...
Not that it is a news flash, but the U.S. federal government’s deficit spending has reached critical mass. Rhode Island’s state government is on the brink of bankruptcy, along with states like California and New York. More...
Thursday April 1 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 6 p.m., Seder meal, St. 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, April 2, 1910 More...
The Conanicut Battery Historic Park will have a new trail this summer. Dillon Walsh and Nathan Hopkins planned, cleared and marked the trail as their Eagle Scout projects. The trail starts at the northeast corner of the parking lot, heading north. 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 April 27, 2010, AT THE JAMESTOWN TOWN HALL 93 NARRAGANSETT AVENUE, JAMESTOWN, RHOD More...
Spectators crowded a packed auditorium at the Community College of Rhode Island’s Newport campus last Monday night for a panel discussion on the liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for Weaver’s Cove – a project that would bring More...
Jamestown-born brothers Jared and Josh Furtado – co-founders and owners of Towerhill Associates in Newport – have hearts so big that they would climb a mountain for orphaned children in Kenya. Literally. More...
Eight inches of rain spelled disaster for Wright Lane on the North End of Conanicut Island. Rushing water undercut the road foundation and caused the blacktop surface to collapse. More...
Call this week’s spring storm what you will, it was major and memorable – just ask all those folks with the flooded basements and washed-out driveways. The weather prognosticators say the storm was a 100-year event. More...
Bless our country’s generous and forgiving heart, but I would like to think that the citizens of this great land, after generations of management by mob rule, would tire of losing the same dumb political game. More...
The Junior Women’s Club of Jamestown will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, April 3, at 10 a.m. sharp at the Lawn Avenue ball fields. More...
The Lawn Avenue School drama club will perform “Show and Spell” by Julia Brownell – a comical look inside the world of a middle school spelling bee. More...
Thursday, April 1 6:30 p.m., Town Hall, the Town Council meets for a budget work session. 7 p.m., Lawn Avenue School Library, the School Committee meets for a workshop. Monday, April 5 7 p.m., Town Hall, the Town Council meets. More...
11:30 a.m., March 22, Car 1 and Engine 2 were dispatched to Pierce Avenue for a carbon monoxide detector activation. 12:06 p.m., March 23, Car 1 and Special Services 1 went to Narragansett Avenue for a water evacuation. More...
Driving without a license • Michol Toppa, 45, of 41 Top of the Mark Dr. was charged March 23 with driving on a suspended license during a traffic stop on Narragansett Avenue, according to police. More...
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