9+ hour, 29+ min ago   (526+ words) Board members said sample ballots never ran in the Jamestown Press before the September primary, and debated whether the town should buy ad space before early voting starts October 14. Jamestown voters may or may not see a printed sample ballot…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (661+ words) Jamestown's council funded a $275,000 renovation of the Fort Getty lower bathroom, approved $192,695 for court repairs and tabled a $40,000 netting project. Fort Getty's lower bathroom is slated for a full interior rebuild; the Lawn Avenue tennis and basketball courts get a…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (524+ words) Providence's Board of Contract & Supply opened bids on storm drain cleaning, water supplies and paving work Tuesday, extended snow-removal solicitations that drew no bidders, and approved three award items on a roll call vote. City snow-plowing and ice-control contracts for…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (549+ words) Planning Board members told the consultant drafting New Shoreham's comprehensive plan that federal census figures showing no four- or five-person households, and only 3 percent of residents under 17, do not match the island they live on. The demographic figures under dispute…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (687+ words) A state change in career and technical education tuition math could cost Tiverton schools about $776,000 this year, the business administrator told the School Committee, which also trimmed its capital request to the town to roughly $108,000. Tiverton schools face an estimated…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (503+ words) The East Providence School Committee voted 3-2 to require committee approval of non-union employment contracts, after a member challenged why the policy was drafted by one person instead of the policy subcommittee. Contracts for East Providence principals, administrators and other non-union…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (805+ words) Hopkinton's town manager told the council its finance director left the previous Friday — news to members at the table — as an outside CPA firm takes over payroll and audit prep by the hour. Hopkinton's finance office is down to one…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (472+ words) Hopkinton's council adopted a retiree health trust for police, heard that state regulators found no violation in tree cutting at Brushy Brook, and hired interim finance help after the finance director left. Police hired now can get town-paid retiree health…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (236+ words) Paratransit is the only transportation option for many elderly and disabled Rhode Islanders, so a fleet replacement can affect the vehicles, equipment, and reliability those riders depend on. The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority has unveiled the state's new paratransit…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (566+ words) Coventry's Building Committee approved minutes, pressed project managers over a $190,000 budget line with only $2,275 in actual costs, and weighed districtwide window replacements. Fire protection work at Coventry High School may finish early, the high school is now on sewer service…...