Children line the docks Saturday at East Ferry, including Maeve Woodbine, 16 months, (below), to eagerly await the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Clause via ferryboat (below). PHOTOS BY ANDREA VON ...

R & B Auto Repair, formerly Sylvia’s garage on North Road, is under new ownership, The Jamestown Press reported on Dec. 14, 1989. Bruce Warcup, who owns a security business in Warwick, and Walter ...

Sue Maden, who died two days before Thanksgiving, called herself a collector, a trait she jokingly attributes to being a middle child. Nevertheless, her lifelong impulse to gather and preserve things ...

Leonard Field Hubbard, MD, of Jamestown, R.I., beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, passed away Nov. 26, 2025. A dedicated hand surgeon, he spent more than five decades improving the ...

While the arrival of Santa Claus via boat and the lighting of the community Christmas tree signal the arrival of Christmastime in Jamestown, another rite of passage for the yuletide season will be ...

The ad hoc committee charged with exploring the future of Fort Getty is distributing a survey so it can gauge the interest of the visitors who use the municipally owned park. “Given the value of the ...

IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT ...

The town council has reaffirmed its belief that the former ambulance barn at 11 Knowles Court provides “a tremendous opportunity to provide necessary affordable and workforce housing.” President Nancy ...

Santa will sail into the marina at East Ferry as children draped over the railings eagerly wait for the jolly old elf to dock at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. The annual visit from Santa and his wife, Mrs.

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Police Chief Jamie Campbell, left, shows off his haul of trash after helping 7-year-old Seamus Gibney clean Fort Wetherill for Earth Day with Coral Brown, from left, Adam Niedelman, Jill Niedelman, ...

In 2004-2006, I served on the committee to update the 1994 Ft. Getty Master Plan. That plan had three primary goals: Improve residents’ use of the park, develop additional (and improve existing) water ...