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Celebrate Holy Ghost feast with Portuguese specialties
The Holy Ghost Society of Jamestown is busy cooking and preparing for hundreds of guests expected to attend the Portuguese Feast of the Holy Ghost this weekend. The Holy Ghost Hall, in front of the Portuguese American Citizens' Club at 138 Narragansett Ave., is the venue for the feast from 9 a.m. to More...
Holiday deadlines at the Press

The Press office will be closed on Monday, Aug. 14 for Victory Day. Deadlines for the Aug. 17 issue: More...

 News
• article has image Where in the World is the Jamestown Press?
The Clavennas took the Press to their new home at McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, Wash. Here they are in front of the Space Needle in Seattle. They were recent Jamestown residents while attending the Naval War College. More...
• CYC sweeps Island Cup team race regatta with stunning 9-0 performance
• Nearly half a million visited Godspeed
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 Editorial
• article has image The Island Garden
Well, last week was a surprise. I was at a marine show in Las Vegas for the week, where temperatures hovered around 110 degrees. When I got back, my new neighbor's tree-trimming service had cut down two oak trees bordering my property, one on my neighbors and one on my property. They didn't ask. The More...
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 Letters to the Editor
• Support Senate bill S.2686
It was reported recently that Cox Communications will be increasing its prices for the second time this year and for the third time in two years. Surely Rhode Islanders have had enough increases in the cost of living in recent times, whether it be from increased property taxes or rising gas prices. More...
• Garden club's good work!
• Are we waiver-ing?
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 Sam Bari
• article has image You can't beat a system you can't understand
The anger bar saloon
Leave it to the Chinese to take a great American idea and improve it beyond our wildest dreams. But before we look at the accomplishments of the Chinese, let's explore the history of today's subject - anger management. More...
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 About Town
• Book group takes on 'Kate Vaiden'
The Afternoon Book Discussion at the Jamestown library continues on Tuesday, Sept. 12, the second Tuesday of the month, from 1 to 2 p.m. with the novel "Kate Vaiden" by Reynolds Price. More...
• Turtles, lizards and snakes at the library
• Fools Rules set for Aug. 19 at East Ferry
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 Upcoming Events
• article has image Marshall looking for national sailing title
Michael Marshall of Jamestown is competing this week in the U.S. Sailing National Youth Championships, which are being held in Galveston, Texas, from Aug. 9 to 13. To qualify for the national event, Marshall finished in the top three in the Narragansett Bay youth single-handed events, and then took More...
• Help vets remember Victory Day on Monday
• Islanders walk to fund cancer research
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 Island Calendar
• Island Calendar
Thursday Aug. 10 Yoga with Rose Russo, golf course, More...
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 The Walrus Says
• article has image The Walrus Says
With the Jamestown Community Chorus' 17th annual talent show rapidly approaching, there is some question whether or not one of its most popular acts from the past will be appearing this year. More...
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 Island History
• This week in Island history
Week of August 10
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 25, 50, 75, and 100 years More...
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 Obituaries
• article has image Daniel E. Lilly Sr., 65
Daniel E. Lilly Sr., 65, of Seaside Drive, died Aug. 3, 2006 at his home. He was the loving husband of Jean (Brennan) Lilly and proud grandfather of Rian Brennan Hines. More...
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 News of Record
• Town Hall records
The following construction permits were filed recently in Town Hall: More...
• Real Estate transfers
• Town Meetings
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 Legals
• Legal notices
TOWN OF JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW NOTICE OF PUBLIC More...
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