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The Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge, constructed in 1992, connects Jamestown with mainland Rhode Island. Jamestown was a bustling summer destination in the early 1900s, and it had nine hotels in 1903. The golden age of large resort hotels was brief, however, in Jamestown and elsewhere, and patronage rapidly declined in the 1920s.
Since Rhode Island has no county level of government, cities and towns provide services commonly performed by county governments in other states. [4] The state's cities and towns may adopt one of four forms of government: council–manager, mayor–council, town council–town meeting, or administrator–council. [5]
In 1856, the town of Fall River was split off from Tiverton but was ceded to Massachusetts six years later in 1862 as part of the settlement of the boundary dispute between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. In 1963, the town of New Shoreham was transferred to Washington County.
DiMeglio purchased her Jamestown home in 2016, but had to move out once the well ran dry. The town has fought her hooking in to town water ever since.
The task force, chaired by Superior Court Judge Linda Rekas Sloan, shared the results with the Rhode Island Supreme Court Committee on Racial and Ethnic Fairness, created by Chief Justice Paul A ...
The ruling came in response to complaints by The Journal and WPRI-TV
The Shoreby Hill Historic District encompasses a major residential subdivision north of the central business district of Jamestown, Rhode Island.The 58-acre (23 ha) district was farmland until the late 19th century, and was laid out in two phases.
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