Start pruning those fruit trees
Do you grow fruit trees? If so, winter is the traditional time to prune them. Most people wait until spring to begin their pruning, but with the warmer weather we have had, you can get this chore done early. More...
The purchase of Aquidneck Island in 1637 included the right to use grass from the meadows and marshes on Conanicut Island. Newport settlers valued those grasslands greatly. More...
Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, NECAP will no longer gauge reading, math
BY KAT MCKIERNAN
In less than three years students will test their math and reading skills on a new national test that will make American students more competitive with students from across the world. More...
BY TIM RIEL
A fire broke out in the Portuguese American Citizens Club early Friday morning, but a functional fire alarm in the closeddown restaurant triggered a hasty response from the Jamestown Fire Department, which worked into the early morning hours to find More...
A $5,000 check was donated this week to WAMO (WeAllMoveOn.org) from the New Year’s Day Jamestown 1st Day Plunge. More...
Scott Sherman was snow-blowing the front of his store this weekend to allow islanders clean access into the shop. More...
Dr. Tom Mather says cases of Lyme will drop if town can control deer population
BY KEN SHANE
As recently as 1986 the deer population on Conanicut Island was negligible, as was the incidence of Lyme disease among Jamestown’s human residents. All of that has changed however. More...
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