Residents walked a picket line in front the school to protest the decision to disband the Special Education Advisory Committee, The Jamestown Press reported on April 20, 1990. Regulations from the Rhode Island Department of Education require at least 51 percent of the committee to comprise parents of special education students. The school committee disbanded
A gubernatorial proposal to repair roads, bridges and sidewalks in Rhode Island would net $384,615 for Jamestown to improve its local transportation infrastructure. The $20 million program, as part of Gov. Dan McKee proposed fiscal 2024 budget, would require cities and towns to pay for two-thirds of each project. The remaining 33 percent would be
A nostalgic look at how students in Jamestown commuted to high school before the Pell Bridge was built will be screened at 7 p.m. March 8 via Zoom. From 1896 to 1969, local students took the ferry 2.5 miles across the East Passage of Narragansett Bay to attend high school. They experienced hurricanes, saw bombed
A proposal by the harbor commission to build a floating dock at East Ferry for the harbormaster’s boat has been challenged by the town council, The Jamestown Press reported Feb. 13, 2003. Instead of spending $15,000 to build the dock, the councilors are recommending relocating the boat to Fort Wetherill. Up until now, the boat