The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority — for the third time in as many months — is warning E-ZPass customers about a smishing scam in which swindlers are falsely accusing their victims of ...

Residential Properties Ltd. has made its second big splash in town in less than a month by acquiring Island Realty. Just three weeks after announcing its absorption of Mansions & Manors, Residential ...

Eric Thomas Lexow passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Eric was born in New York City in 1934, and moved to Darien, Conn., in the late 1930s. He attended St. Lukes School and King School ...

The state of Rhode Island will begin a controlled, phased relaunch of the HealthyRhode, a customer portal associated with the RIBridges system. The system, which was hacked in December and had a ...

State environmental officials have confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza in a flock of birds in Washington County. The flock of about 40 birds was euthanized Friday to minimize suffering and ...

The approaching sesquicentennial of the Revolutionary War prompts Jamestown to reflect on its role in the great conflict 250 years ago. The nascent conflict spun out of control after Boston merchants ...

Residents of Jamestown are being asked to lend their voices to surveys that seek to build stronger, healthier communities. Rhode Island Voices, a partnership between the Brown University School 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 ...

The affordable housing committee is asking the town council to raise its annual contribution to at least $225,000 while also tying that outlay to the real estate conveyance tax. Bob Plain, chairman of ...

J. William W. Harsch, Esq. (Bill), a distinguished attorney and public servant, passed away Jan. 10, 2025, at age 85. Bill’s career spanned six decades in service to the State of Rhode Island and ...

Ellen Grimes Noble, 93, of Jamestown, R.I., passed away Jan. 20 with her family by her side. Ellen was born April 16, 1931 in Providence, R.I., to Paul J. Grimes Sr., and Alice Canning Grimes. She ...

The state agency in charge of coastal development erred when it endorsed a dredging project to expand the Jamestown Boat Yard, according to a ruling in Rhode Island Superior Court. Judge Jeffrey ...