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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 ...
The annual prohibition on shellfish harvesting at Dutch Harbor and Fort Wetherill took effect May 24. The restriction will be lifted Oct. 14. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management ...
The Jamestown Historical Society needs volunteers to fill more than 230 spots so their properties and events can be staffed for the upcoming tourist season. The nonprofit organization is asking ...
Town Administrator Ed Mello’s proposed budget of $30.8 million is near the 4 percent tax levy cap. It also includes requests to borrow funds (Resolution #5 for $2.5 million and Resolution #6 for ...
Two restaurateurs had hoped to have been open by around this time, but while one still is working on it, the other hopeful’s plans have been dashed. Mindy Zhang is waiting on town approvals so she can ...
Most people think Jamestown is a great place to live, if you can afford it. Sadly, however, most people cannot afford it, and this very much includes the people who grew up and work here. For years, ...
About 40 people attended a workshop to consider the future uses of Fort Getty, The Jamestown Press reported June 3, 1994. Town Planner George Meservey said the consensus to attend the meeting was to ...
A native of Ukraine is exhibiting the bright side of life as her invaded homeland continues to push back against Russian forces for the 40th consecutive month. The artwork of Zoryana Tershovska ...
Maia Ashley has wanted to be a farmer since she was a child. That dream has come true. Ashley has been hired to manage the Jamestown Community Farm, a nonprofit organization at the corner of Eldred ...
Is hereby given by the Town Council of the Town of Jamestown, being the Licensing Board in said Town as provided under Title 3, Chapters 1-12 of the General Laws of Rhode Island 1956, and as amended ...
Three more warrants will be decided at the financial town meeting after bond requests were submitted by Jenna Craig, Paul Sprague and Kristan Peter-Hamlin. All three warrants seek money to support ...
A mother from Jamestown has collaborated with her daughter by co-authoring an essay about Taylor Swift that appears in a book alongside 74 other essays. The authors of these essays have written about ...