The author of “The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World” will discuss her book at 6 p.m. Monday, May 4, at the library, 26 North Road. The multimedia presentation ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has denied the town’s request to continue the use of the Beavertail Lighthouse caretaker quarters for affordable housing, The Jamestown Press reported May 3, 2007. In a letter to ...

Lorraine Isabel Brothers, 96, of Jamestown, R.I., died peacefully March 24, 2026, at South Kingstown Nursing and Rehab after suffering complications from a stroke Feb. 24. She was born July 8, 1929, ...

The status quo, a lottery system and segmented allocation are among the three types of RV camping at Fort Getty that will be considered by the ad hoc committee charged with exploring the future of the ...

There will be a presentation about the importance of framing artwork at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, at the Jamestown Arts Center. Nor’east Frameworks founder C.F. Hayback will offer guidance on ...

Republicans running for town council in the May 3 election will be Jane Anthony, Victor Calabretta, Charlotte Richardson, Valerie Southern and Anthony Vieira, The Jamestown Press reported April 28, ...

Emerson DuVally Bessinger, 20, of Jamestown, R.I., died unexpectedly April 12, 2026. Born at Newport Hospital in the middle of a snowstorm to Ramona and Tony Bessinger, he was raised in Newport and ...

The West Street Cafe is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekdays. Seniors should arrive for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Suggested fee is $3. Call 423-2658 for reservations 48 hours in advance. All takeout meals ...

Maria C. Pereira, 97, passed away Friday, April 17, 2026. She was the beloved wife of the late Leo V. Pereira. Born in Sao Miguel, Azores, she was the daughter of the late John and Maria (Medeiros) ...

Anna Marie Dutra, daughter of Joseph and Rose (Gomes) Botelho, was born July 1, 1934, at the Mott Farm in Portsmouth, R.I. She was the beloved wife of the late Manuel Furtado Dutra, Jr., with whom she ...

There will be a free presentation about 18th century food at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the Jamestown Philomenian Library, 26 North Road. The presentation by Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald, ...

Although it took Jamestown filmmaker Rebecca Miller about a year to produce her documentary, “Robert Flaherty Look Again: The John Howard Benson Film,” in a way, it has taken more than a half century ...