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 ...

There will be a screening of the film “Optics of Aging” at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at the Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley St. The 2024 documentary reveals the beauty of aging through five Rhode ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Forty-six eighth-graders graduated from Lawn School during a ceremony June 17 at the middle school. Members of the National Junior Honor Society who graduated were Bramble Ashton, David Barone, Sienna ...

Maggie Reed was honored for posting the highest GPA in the graduating eighth-grade class at Lawn School for the class of 2025. The awards were announced June 17 during the graduation ceremony. Reed ...

In his June 12 letter to the editor on the recent financial town meeting (FTM), David Martin provides an excellent synopsis of the meeting which showed the FTM is antiquated, inefficient, unfair and ...

The fire department has suspended its fundraiser after receiving complaints their contracted telemarketers are using high-pressure tactics and deceptive practices, The Jamestown Press reported July 2, ...

Jamestown became a flashpoint in the war between the British and their rebellious colony 250 years ago. On June 15, 1775, merchant John Brown’s sloop, Katy, fired the first naval salvos of the ...