Voters to decide $28.7M budget Monday
BY TIM RIEL | June 1, 2023
Voters will be asked to approve a proposed $28.72 million budget Monday that would increase the property tax rate an estimated 21 cents per $1,000 valuation. The financial town meeting...
Town eyes grant to help pave roads
BY TIM RIEL | June 1, 2023
Town administration is recommending a plan to set aside $770,000 for road paving so a potential grant from the state can be maximized. Ed Mello, interim town administrator, said Gov....
Schools to have interim head during superintendent search
June 1, 2023
The school committee said it plans to hire an interim superintendent at its first meeting in June to succeed Ken Duva until a search for his successor is complete. Kristine...
Harbor officials to take over Gould Island efforts
June 1, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to present its preliminary findings from an environmental risk assessment of Gould Island at 6 p.m. June 8 at Town Hall. The...
Beavertail park to host meditative sound bath
BY BELLA HAWKINS | June 1, 2023
With the seemingly inevitable stress that goes along with our day-to-day lives, we can be grateful for the people who remind us to center ourselves and come together with the...
CORRECTION
June 1, 2023
There is a “maximum size limit of less than 31 inches for striped bass recreational fisheries,” according to an emergency order from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management that...
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Piano concert will be at Episcopal church
June 1, 2023
Italian pianist Daniela Roma will perform at 2 p.m. June 4 at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 87 Narragansett Ave. Roma will perform compositions from Alfonso Rendano, Franz Liszt and Alexander Scriabin during her free program....
Chorus rehearsals set for Saturday morning
June 1, 2023
The Jamestown Everybody Chorus will begin rehearsing for its summer concert at 9:30 a.m. June 3 at the recreation center, 41 Conanicus Ave. The one-hour rehearsals, under the direction of B.J. Whitehouse, will continue every...
James Richard “Jim” Tobin
May 25, 2023
James Richard “Jim” Tobin, 76, of Jamestown, R.I., died Monday...