“Nothing was working out,” Lou Midura said, as he approached rock bottom 30 years ago. Married with three children, a fledgling construction business and “a lot of stress,” Midura was heading toward ...

A prolific number of web-footed flocks are spending their winter along the Jamestown shoreline while they escape the colder northern climate. At least 10 species of sea ducks spend their winters in ...

One of the best ways to experience Conanicut Island from the comfort of your own couch has just been published. Onne van der Wal, whose nautical photography has literally taken him around the world, ...

John Enright was born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1945, the fifth of six children in an Irish Catholic household. After 14 years of Catholic schooling, he served stints in semi-pro baseball and the ...

Lawn School sixth-grader Torehan Walls solders during a workshop Friday with Kylie Pasternak, a professor from the University of Rhode Island who taught the class about remotely operated submersibles.

Visitors had the opportunity to take a stroll back in time as they walked through three Victorian cottages built in 1874 during the Jamestown Historical Society’s annual tour of hallowed homes. The ...

A local couple whose oversight of a historic farm on Fort Getty Road is being honored by Preserve Rhode Island for their stewardship of the property. Jeff and Abby Boal, who purchased Fox Hill Farm in ...

A resident of Jamestown for 64 years has spent nearly 70% of that time at the University of Rhode Island. Fred Pease was inducted into URI’s Lifetime Service Society during a ceremony Dec. 2 with 14 ...

A trio of restaurateurs is looking to make it three-for three. Tony Lanni, Jeff Merlino and Anthony Quetta are hoping to open their newest restaurant at 14 Narragansett Ave. in early September. The ...

The position of town planner has been amended to the director of planning and zoning as that second responsibility no longer is part of the building official’s duties. Hired for those positions were ...

The town council has reaffirmed its belief that the former ambulance barn at 11 Knowles Court provides “a tremendous opportunity to provide necessary affordable and workforce housing.” President Nancy ...

The Jamestown Community Theatre, with its current production of Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” is taking a break from tradition in three ways. First, it’s not a musical; second, it’s not at the recreation ...