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January 26, 2006  RSS feed

During the legislative session that began Jan. 3, Jamestown’s representatives in the state General Assembly will be introducing bills to help the town ensure a supply of clean drinking water, create a municipal court, provide education funding, stop LNG tankers from coming up the bay, and to stiffen More...

Town Councilors opened their meeting Monday with festive flourishes to mark the official introduction and swearing-in of new Town Administrator Bruce Keiser of South Kingstown. A brief reception, featuring coffee and pastries from Slice of Heaven, followed. More...

Ruth Durning of Jamestown was named to the dean’s list at Roger Williams University for the fall 2005 semester. A senior, Durning is majoring in psychology and secondary education. More...
Compiled by Sue Maden Week of January 26
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News comes from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. More...
Dialogue is a great thing, and I was delighted to see a response to my letter, “What kind of a nation do we want?” There is no point debating the writer’s criticisms because I suspect he is pretty inflexible in his views, and it would not be constructive. I would, however, offer some observations an More...
Dress for success: a necessary indulgence
It’s true. Dressing well is a necessity if one desires to be successful. Naked people have very few opportunities for promotion or elevation of social status in mainstream society. More...
Chinese New Years for youngsters today Today, Jan. 26, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, there will be a dragon paper-bag puppet workshop at the Jamestown library. Materials will be supplied. This program is for children ages 5 and up. More...
Jamestown resident Lynda Sutton will give a talk and demonstration at the library entitled “A Journey in Design – from designing quilts to design and styling for national magazines.” More...
Thursday Jan. 26 Yoga with Rose Russo, golf course, More...
Islander Claire Ferguson is going to the Winter Olympics More...
The Reverend Nigel Lyon Andrews, 84, died on Jan. 19, 2006 after several months of declining health. Born in Syracuse, N.Y., the son of Paul Shipman Andrews and Hannah Sargent Sessions Andrews, he studied at Pebble Hill School and graduated from St. George’s School, Newport, in 1939. More...
The following construction permits were filed recently in Town Hall: More...
JAMESTOWN SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING February 2, 2006 More...