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 ...

The position of town planner has been amended to the director of planning and zoning as that second responsibility no longer is part of the building official’s duties. Hired for those positions were ...

Jamestown, in the eyes of many of its residents, is a paradise. How the architecture and landscape have helped mold that paradise has become the subject of a new book that explores hundreds of years ...

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 ...

Visitors had the opportunity to take a stroll back in time as they walked through three Victorian cottages built in 1874 during the Jamestown Historical Society’s annual tour of hallowed homes. The ...

ABOVE: Billie Cabral, from left, Jan Murphy and Alexa Runyan participate in Saturday’s World Wide Knit in Public Day at Beavertail State Park. The annual event, founded in 2005, takes place on the ...

A local couple whose oversight of a historic farm on Fort Getty Road is being honored by Preserve Rhode Island for their stewardship of the property. Jeff and Abby Boal, who purchased Fox Hill Farm in ...

Attorney General Peter Neronha announced last week he will retire from politics after his term expires at the end of 2026. The announcement ends months of speculation as to whether Neronha, a longtime ...

The site that has housed a Simpatico restaurant for almost 30 years is giving way to Beech. The site at 13 Narragansett Ave. sold for $1.7 million Oct. 20 to a group led by several Jamestown residents ...

The body of a dead person was found floating Sunday on the western side of Jamestown off the coast of Head’s Beach, leading to a six-hour closure of the area as state troopers investigated the death.

Town Administrator Jamie Hainsworth has resigned “with a heavy heart” after accepting a post that more closely compares to the duties he performed during his first 44 years of public service.

Firstly, don’t worry about Jamestown being divided; that happened years ago with the new highway that divided the island. Secondly, Jamestown is divided by wealth. The houses that were here 50 years ...