The tourism bureau for Newport and Bristol counties is sharing stories of people in the nine cities and towns comprising that ...

Celebrating the semiquincentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Jamestown will be expansive, explosive and expensive. The rockets’ red glare from the annual fireworks display ...

Jamestown has grown and evolved over the 20 years I’ve lived here, and with that growth comes a responsibility to ensure public assets like Fort Getty serve the entire community year-round. Gathering ...

Town Administrator Ed Mello has been directed to study the financial feasibility of operating a trailer park at Fort Getty with 62 sites, which is 13 fewer than today. The town council met Monday to ...

Joseph Anthony Vietri, born June 2, 1938, in Middletown, R.I., passed away peacefully June 28, 2026, at Regional Hospital in ...

Voters in Jamestown will have four unopposed candidates on the ballot in November as the expiring seats for school committee, town moderator and state representative will be uncontested. There will be ...

Veterans Memorial Square at East Ferry will be a patriotic paradise for the Fourth of July with more than 100 American flags flying in the breeze as the Declaration of Independence is read by a ...

Like many Jamestown residents, I recognize affordable housing is a real challenge on our island. Teachers, healthcare workers, municipal employees, young families, and longtime residents increasingly ...

A multimedia group of artists are collaborating on an exhibition to “explore humanity’s deep and enduring relationship with trees” through painting, sculpture, photography and film. There will be an ...

Anne Ewing Zettek, 98, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2026. She was born April 13, 1927, and grew up in Valley Forge, Pa. She was the second of five children, and only daughter to Joseph and Anne ...

Seventeen meetings in 10 months with input from nearly 1,100 residents on the future of Fort Getty have been distilled into a 55-page report now in the hands of the town council. The ad hoc committee ...

Declared candidates for 2026 election (Incumbents in italics) Town council (choose five) MARY G GLACKIN, Democrat NICHOLAS JAMES INSANA, Democrat JOHN PETER PREECE, Democrat MARISA A QUINN, Democrat ...