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News July 7, 2006  RSS feed

Dance troupe to hold cruise
     Off the Curb dance troupe will host a fund-raising cruise aboard the Viking Queen on Sunday, July 9 from 6 to 9 p.m.
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Garden tours to benefit plant society
     The Rhode Island Wild Plant Society will hold a Town & Country Garden Tour on July 15 and 16.
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J/22 Fleet 12 racing results from June 25
     Persistent showers and the threat of thunderstorms failed to dampen the spirit of Fleet 12s opening day as Race Committee co-chair and America's Cup veteran Joan Touchette set a starting line several hundred yards south of the club and announced a Race #1 course of Zp, 3p.
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Babe Ruth ball team a success in first year
     Ali's Run, Jamestown's team in the Newport Babe Ruth league, which includes 13to 15-year-olds, ended its season on Tuesday, June 27, by playing valiantly against R & R Construction before succumbing 9-7.
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Sailing time
     Youngsters launch their sailboats last week at the Conanicut Yacht Club. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten
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Hurricanes: Mother Nature's most powerful storms
     Most people would agree that hot and humid weather leaves us feeling zapped of energy, lethargic, and lazy. Ironically, heat and humidity are the energy sources that fuel hurricanes.
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Freedom parade marches on at North End
     The 17th annual North End Fourth of July parade kicked off Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. with blue skies and robust energy. Spectators parked their cars in a field near 933 East Shore Rd., the parade's starting point, as participants lined up waiting for the fanfare to begin.
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Long Family to Landscape Parker Property Parking Area
     The Ronald E. Long Family has volunteered to create a new look for the public parking area at the Parker property.
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More about fauna: The New England Cottontail is threatened by eastern cousin
     Our island deer population is only exceeded by our rabbit population, but what is hopping across the road at dusk or eating our lettuce?
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More about flora: Warm season grasses
     What are native warmseason grasses and what are their importance?
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The grass is growing - little bluestem, that is!
     "The grass is growing at the Parker Farm but don't expect to see URI #2 or Kentucky blue grass. We have just finished seeding three acres with little bluestem and Indian grass," said John Collins, a director of Conanicut Island Land Trust.
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Jamestown has a good year legislatively
     State Senator Teresa Pavia Weed (D-Jamestown, Newport) and State Rep. Bruce Long (RJamestown, Middletown) last week gave the Town Council a review of legislative actions taken in the just completed General Assembly session that will effect the town.
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Garage will now become animal shelter
     Renovating a garage for a teen center instead of an animal shelter is no longer being considered, the Town Council was advised at its June meeting.
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History of island's first responders on exhibit at Jamestown Museum
     The Jamestown Museum opened for the summer season on Wednesday, June 28, with a new exhibit featuring the Jamestown Fire Department and Jamestown Emergency Medical Services.
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Teen activities calendars available around town
     The Jamestown Teen Center's summer calendar is now available for all teens to check out what is going on this summer.
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Zoning board: home boat building is an island tradition
     At the June 27 meeting, the Zoning Board of Review voted 41, to allow Philip Steggal permission to erect a temporary structure to shelter a 39-foot trimaran racing boat he plans to construct on his property at 43 Plymouth Rd.
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BOC trophy on display at yacht museum
     The Museum of Yachting in Newport has been selected as the new home for the BOC Trophy for Single-Handed Sailors, which will be on permanent display in the Single-Handed Sailors' Hall of Fame.
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Harsch files ethic complaint against Lynch
     J. William W. Harsch, of Jamestown, Republican candidate for state attorney general in the November election, late last month filed ethics charges against incumbent Attorney General Patrick Lynch of Pawtucket, who is seeking his second four-year term.
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Summer fun
     Jamestown teenagers gathered at Fort Getty last week for a cookout and a bonfire on the beach. Photo by Andrea vonHohenleiten
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Neale named to Maine school's dean's list
     Tucker Neale was named to the dean's list at the Maine Maritime Academy for the spring semester. A member of the class of 2008, Neale is majoring in small-vessel operations.
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Biddick receives research fellowship
     Neal Biddick of Jamestown, was one of four students from the College of the Holy Cross selected to participate in an undergraduate research fellowship program, according to the Connecticut Business & Industry Association and Pfizer Global Research and Development in southeastern Connecticut.
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Woodside a top-10 student at NKHS
     Senior Julie Woodside of Jamestown graduated seventh in her class at North Kingstown High School.
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Tree plantings considered for Ft. Getty master plan
     Ft. Getty Master Plan Committee member Betty Hubbard met with the town Tree Preservation and Protection Committee last week to present an overview of the Ft. Getty Park Land Use Master Plan.
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Tuesday night sailboat races are a Jamestown tradition
     Racing sailboats on Narragansett Bay, the sailing Mecca of North America, is a passion enjoyed by many, and Jamestown is right at the heart of the action - especially on Tuesday nights.
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