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A ship that looms larger than nearly everything else moored off the Conanicut coast is now offering the public the opportunity to sail on the eight-story-tall vessel. Tree of Life, owned by Jamestown ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.” ...
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) ...
There will be a performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” in Veterans Memorial Square at East Ferry, the Jamestown Press reported June 21, 2001. Trinity Rep chose Jamestown as part of its summer ...
A pregnant skate and comb jellies are among the underwater denizens of Rhode Island that have taken temporary residence on land at Beavertail State Park. The Beavertail Aquarium opened for the season ...
Visitors to the heart of Jamestown at East Ferry Wharf will see changes this summer as new owners have moved into the restaurant and a club next door is allowing its members to cruise Narragansett Bay ...
If the article in The Jamestown Press on last week’s financial town meeting in any way reflects the word on the street, the meeting once again has shown the shortcomings of the town’s budget process.
A proposed arcade on Narragansett Avenue has taken another step toward reality. The planning commission, during a public hearing June 4, approved a change-of-use request from retail to arcade for the ...
The town has been awarded $500,000, and applied for another $1 million, to improve facilities that cater to senior citizens. The town council was informed about these initiatives during its May 5 ...