The Jamestown Press accepts letters to the editor. Submissions should be sent to news@jamestownpress.com by 3 p.m. on the Monday prior to publication. All letters should include your name, address and phone number. More...
Thanks to the generosity of Brookie Harding and the dedication of the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association, the slate plaque that was commissioned by the Jamestown Historical Society in 1951 to mark the site of the original 1749 Beavertail Light More...
Jamestown Conservation Commissioner Michael Brown will part of a panel discussion following a film screening of “Trashed,” an award-winning film about risks to the food chain through air, land and sea pollution. More...
The challenge is simple: Get your sailboat – monohull or multihull, large or small – around Conanicut Island as fast as possible. That is the premise of the recently concluded second edition of the Around Jamestown Record challenge, More...
Tickets are still on sale for the Jamestown Community Theatre’s production of “Dear Edwina,” a musical about a young girl who gives her neighborhood friends advice through song. There will be five shows: Saturday, Nov. More...
A legislative task force focused on behavioral health and firearms safety will meet Thursday, Nov. 7, at 3:15 p.m. at the State House, room 313. The panel will discuss the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Jamestown resident Rep. More...
A Jamestown woman has been put in charge of community service for an all-female volunteer organization that serves Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Victoria McNally was recently named to the board of directors of the Junior League o More...
Early-morning motorists should be prepared for slight delays and traffic detours on Sunday, Nov. 10, because of the Pell Bridge Run that is scheduled to begin at 6:30 a.m. More...
The Jamestown Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a meet and greet with new Town Administrator Kevin Paicos at the Narragansett Café on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 5:30 p.m. More...
Third- and fourth-grade students at Melrose School hold up paper chains they made for Unity Day, a day for everyone to link together and send a message against bullying. More...
John and Joan McCauley took the Press with them on their September trip to Germany, where they cruised the Danube. Above, the couple is in Passau, Germany, known as the City of Three Rivers. More...
Ron and Andy Wassel took the Press to Timor Leste, a Southeast Asian country that in 2002 became internationally recognized as an independent nation. More...