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Ed Mello, who started as town administrator this week, said his focus will be on “maintaining the quality of life that we all enjoy.” Ed Mello, who has been a police officer his entire professional career, officially has traded his badge for a necktie. “After knowing what to wear every day for the past 35

The town council has chosen a streamlined approach to appoint a chief executive to replace Jamie Hainsworth, who is leaving the post to become administrator of the Rhode Island District Court system. Hainsworth at Monday’s meeting with the town council recommended the “quicker” option, which is “very similar” to how he was chosen during the

Marla Romash and Marc Alexander opened Our Table at 53 Narragansett Avenue in April at the lot formerly used by Baker’s Pharmacy. Although the COVID-19 pandemic led to record highs in positive cases in January and February, the year in review for 2022 will be the first in two years not monopolized by the coronavirus.

Town Administrator Jamie Hainsworth at a meeting in November. Hainsworth announced his resignation Monday. PHOTO BY ANDREA VON HOHENLEITEN Town Administrator Jamie Hainsworth has resigned “with a heavy heart” after accepting a post that more closely compares to the duties he performed during his first 44 years of public service. Hainsworth, a former police chief

Although it wasn’t the first time Grace Bogart gave birth, it was the first time she gave birth in an ambulance, The Jamestown Press reported Dec. 12, 1991. It also was the first time emergency medical technician Pat Lyons, with the help of fellow volunteers Bert Brodin and Keith Godena, delivered a baby. “It was

Jamestown sailor Mike Plant has completed repairs to his yacht, Duracell, and is now head­ing full speed to the Australian city of Sydney in the second leg of the BOC Challenge, The Jamestown Press reported Nov. 29, 1990. Plant, in the midst of the global circumnavigation, was in good spirits when he contacted the Duracell