2013-04-11

Earth Day cleanup scheduled for April 20



The Conservation Commission will once again organize its annual Earth Day cleanup on Saturday, April 20. Anyone interested in helping clean Jamestown’s shorelines should meet at the recreation center at 8:30 a.m. Volunteers will be assigned to teams and scattered around the island to 12 access points, including shorelines at East Ferry, Potters Cove, Sunset Beach, Fort Getty, Mackerel Cove, […]

Proposed bridge tolls seem fair to motorists



The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority has finally released its proposed tolls for the Sakonnet River Bridge and they do not appear as onerous as opponents have predicted. If readers will recall, last year the state General Assembly assigned the Sakonnet and Jamestown bridges to the care of RITBA, which was already charged with maintaining the Newport Pell and […]

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