Nearly 78 percent of students at Melrose School who took the statewide assessment in 2024 were proficient in both math and English. That represented the second- and third-best rate in Rhode Island, ...

Jamestown police posted about a “frightening incident” on their Facebook page after an officer was nearly mowed down by a speeding car on Route 138. The man driving the speeding car was arrested on ...

The attorney general of Rhode Island is again calling for the legislature to reform the state agency that has jurisdiction of the territorial sea limit ranging 3 miles offshore to 200 feet inland of ...

Two ad hoc committees have been reinstated for the 2024-26 session of the town council. The tick task force and elections training/advisory committee both were unanimously reinstated by the councilors ...

Town Administrator Ed Mello presented the town council with four potential bonds for the 2025-26 budget cycle that would total $4.38 million, not including interest, if all were approved. “It should ...

Camille “Camie” Collart Bates, 78, passed away peacefully in her sleep Jan. 26, 2025, following a long battle with a variety of health issues. She was born Aug. 24, 1946, in Jamestown R.I., to the ...

Residential Properties Ltd. has made its second big splash in town in less than a month by acquiring Island Realty. Just ...

To ensure Americans can access critical information during emergencies, a bipartisan group of lawmakers banded together to ensure AM radio will continue to be a free service in all cars. U.S. Sen.

The school department, Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association, Jamestown Yacht Club and Seamen’s Church Institute of Newport are accepting applications for their scholarships that total $8,000 in ...

The village’s restaurant scene — seemingly always in a state of ebb and flow — is flowing once again with another eatery ...

Shirley Anne Utterback, 99, died Nov. 24 at home in West Kingston, R.I., surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of ...

The sixth person in nine years to serve as the executive director of the Jamestown Chamber of Commerce will approach the position with the same goals as her predecessors. Those goals, summed up, is to ...