With nearly $1 million earmarked to renovate 6 West St. into a modernized senior center, the department of senior services is preparing for its temporary move to the golf course.

The town council will determine whether arcades can operate more than 10 machines during a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 7. The applicant, Conanicut Marine Services, is requesting for the ...

Homeowners on Avenue B, Lawn Avenue, Marine Avenue, Narragansett Avenue, Ocean Avenue, Washington Street, Watson Avenue and West Bay Drive are being asked to schedule inspections with the wastewater ...

James Gillespie Geary, Jr., 76, of Jamestown, R.I., passed away Dec. 1, 2024. He was the son of Natalie Carroll Geary and James Gillespie Geary. He is survived by his sisters, Mary Alice (Geary) ...

Reed, a Jamestown resident and West Point graduate who served as a U.S. Army paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, criticized Trump as “an insecure despot,” for using the armed forces as “props.” ...

The town council is moving forward with plans to improve the RV campground at Fort Getty by hiring a landscape architect to consider parking, access, lighting, drainage, buffers, undersized lots and ...

There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the arrival of 12 affordable, accessible apartments at 2 Hammett Court at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 23. The event will include tours of the ...

The town council is considering a policy that would burden taxpayers with covering the cost of security details for public events that feature government officials. Vice President Erik Brine presented ...

When I’m walking my dog, and teaching him to relieve himself, I am appalled to report not one single day has passed in the last three weeks when I have not found a fresh pile of dog poop on the grass ...

Cornelia Van Hook Potter, 79, of Boston and Jamestown, R.I., died June 20, 2025 of Alzheimer’s. Born July 15, 1945, in New York City to Frederick Valentine Ferber Jr. and Elise Van Hook, she grew up ...

Italian pork chop, roasted potatoes, mixed greens, wax beans, vegetable barley soup, chocolate chip cookie. Takeout option is turkey sandwich.

Laura Meyerson was stepping through a marsh on the Housatonic River in Connecticut as a graduate student when an offhand remark changed her outlook on the landscape. She was observing a scenic view ...