The ad hoc committee charged with exploring the future of Fort Getty has been buried knee-deep in data after nearly 1,100 people, including 882 full-time residents, responded to its survey. The ...

Now in the wake of its sixth edition, the Narragansett Cafe has been showcasing Jamestown’s talent with an open-mic night every third Wednesday of the month. The cafe, locally known as The Ganny, has ...

Liam Chapman, 7, foreground, builds a fort in the snow Sunday in his yard on Lincoln Street. His sister, Abby, 9, was building a snowman. Nearly 1.5 feet of snow already has fallen in Jamestown, which ...

Lisa Bryer, who has led the planning department since 1997, has been recognized for her 28 years of “outstanding service” to Jamestown. The town council at its meeting Monday night unanimously passed ...

Town Administrator Ed Mello intends to propose a $1.8 million bond to replace a 25-year-old ladder truck when he presents his recommended budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year. Mello briefed the town ...

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 ...

The 2,000-mile-long blizzard that swept across the nation reached the island Sunday and dropped about a foot of snow before departing Jamestown. Nobody lost power, however, and roads were passable by ...

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.

The vice chairman of the tree committee said his board would like to have a say in the potential plantings that could accommodate the proposed plan to improve Fort Getty. Richard Kingsley submitted ...

Coastal wetlands, like salt marshes, keep pace with sea-level rise by accumulating sediment and burying organic carbon in their soils, which is a natural process that also helps sequester the element.

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 ...

Anne Murphy O’Brien was born in Providence, R.I to parents, now deceased, Neale D. Murphy and Mary Behan Murphy. She passed away on her birthday, December 21, 2025. Anne was the oldest of six children ...