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Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual Japan-America Friendship Festival is Back in Newport!.
Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• Jamestown Backs Free Fort Getty Trailer Parking Pilot (upriseri.com) — Jamestown's Town Council is backing a pilot for free Fort Getty trailer parking for commercial boat haulers with pier permits, while also accepting a major paving grant and advancing a $2.5 million shift toward sewer plant upgrades. Councilors also cleared the way for reassignment of the Island Rubbish trash contract, extended a future affordable housing purchase, and scheduled hearings on a possible fire or police substation.
• Jamestown, Narragansett mull sharing a school superintendent (wpri.com) — Jamestown school leaders are weighing an unprecedented plan to share a superintendent with Narragansett, aiming to save money as enrollment drops and leadership posts sit vacant. The proposal, up for school committee votes this month, would keep Jamestown's schools and elected boards independent while combining top administration, with a shared superintendent potentially in place by January 2027.
• DNA Breakthrough Cracks 41-Year-Old Newport Murder Case (thenewportbuzz.com) — A long-unsolved Newport homicide involving a 22-year-old Jamestown woman has finally led to an arrest, after new DNA analysis tied a Smithfield man to the 1985 killing. Rhode Island's Cold Case Unit and Newport police say preserved evidence and modern forensics were key in reviving the investigation and bringing long-awaited answers to the victim's Jamestown family and community.
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