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For Project Superintendent John McNulty of Cashman Equipment Company of Boston, the average workday starts at 6 a.m. More ... On April 29, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Rebuilding Together Greater Newport, an affiliate of Rebuilding Together Providence, will participate in a workday to assist some designated homeowners with repairs to their homes. More ... "I'm number one." "No, I'm number one." "No, I want to be. My mommy and daddy wanted me to have the number one license." These are some of the rantings and ravings recently heard from our loving but bickering pets as they frolicked at Forts Getty and Wetherill. Just like most Rhode Islanders would t More ... St. Michael's Country Day School will soon release its cookbook: "Flavors of a Newport Summer," put together by the Parents' Association. More ... Spring is in the air and next month the Jamestown Community Chorus will present its concert, "Love and Spirit," to welcome the month of May. More ... The Pennfield School in Portsmouth will hold an Admissions Open House on Friday, April 14, from 8:15 a.m. to Noon. More ... Baseball registrations for major and minor league players are now closed. Registrations for rookie league, approximately 7to 8-yearolds, and instructional league, 5to 6year-olds, will continue to be accepted until Friday, April 28. Contact Tony Rafanelli, 423-3953, for more information. More ... The Jamestown Parks & Recreation Department has started registrations for its Summer Playground Program at Ft. Getty. More ... After studying the matter for some months, the students at Jamestown School have selected the image of the wolf to be their new mascot. The wolf replaces a Native American warrior image. More ... Spring is here, and with it comes the awakening of the dreaded tick, those ugly creatures that lurk in the woods and lawns, just waiting, perhaps, to give us Lyme disease. Here in Jamestown we live in a part of New England that boasts the highest incidence per population of Lyme disease in the Unite More ... By Michaela Kennedy The Planning Commission last week held a public hearing on a proposed nine-lot subdivision on Cedar Lane. More ... Central Baptist Church Central Baptist Church will hold a Maundy Thursday service at 7:30 p.m. and have their Easter Sunday service at 9:30 a.m. More ... The Jamestown Science Olympiad Team brought home several medals from the April 1 science event. The Lawn Avenue School Science Olympiad Team, coached by Jim Kaczynski, traveled to Rhode Island College to participate in the Rhode Island Science Olympiad. The 13-member team consisting of representativ More ... The Federal First Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to postpone action on requests before it from interveners in the Weaver Cove plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Fall River, Mass, that would require LNG tankers to pass through Narragansett Bay and connecting inland waters. More ... Sarah Nixon was named to the dean's list at American University for the fall 2005 semester. Nixon, a senior, is majoring in an interdisciplinary program that includes communication, legal institutions, economics and government. More ... Students at the Melrose Avenue school collected hundreds of food items during Hunger Awareness Week. These fourthgraders made the posters and helped with the collection. They are, from left, Jamie Mielde, Kelsey Cabrera, Julia Hirsch, Ben Stewart, Mady Brown, Holly Bobola, Evin Barrett, and, at rear More ... The state Department of Environmental Management "is supportive of the idea (of designation of Jamestown as a solesource aquifer) and would be happy to work with the town on the petition," according to a DEM spokesman. More ... It will soon be Farm Kids time at Watson Farm. This six-week outdoor afterschool program starts Friday, May 5. It offers children in the fifth and sixth grades the opportunity to explore and experience the various habitats that make up the 265-acre Watson Farm. Woodlands, wetlands, shoreline, farml More ... The Jamestown Chamber of Commerce elected officers for 2006-2007 at its recent board meeting. More ... |
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