This week in Island history
Compiled by Sue Maden Week of April 6
     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.
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An island landmark that will be missed
     Next week the center three spans of the old Jamestown Bridge will tumble into the West Passage of Narragansett Bay - if all goes as planned. It will be an inglorious ending for a structure that had much to do with changing the nature of Conanicut Island.
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