The Jamestown Community Chorus will perform "Our Holiday Favorites," this weekend at the Central Baptist Church. More...
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By Donna K. Drago
In recent days, Bruce J. Long, Jamestown's representative at the Statehouse, has been the subject of scathing negative publicity, which began as allegations by his ex-wife, Valerie Long, that he has been a drug addict, a domestic abuser, a philanderer, a childsupport scofflaw, and a tax cheat. News of this broke statewide as part of a Jim Taricani I-Team investigation on Channel 10. More...
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A new shop, Pas de Chat, has pawed its way onto the retail scene at 16 Narragansett Avenue. Last week, Owners Dale Rocha and Jody Ziegler officially opened the doors to their store, which features, among other amenities, a mini spa offering "nice things for busy women" on site at the Cathryn Jamieson Salon. More...
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"Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. More...
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The 12 days of bowl games
The 12 days of Christmas are apparently being challenged by some stiff competition. Beginning on Dec. 19 and finishing on Jan. 8, bowl games will be played on approximately 12 different days. That's 12 days of wall-to-wall college football. Who has the time or the inclination to watch that many alleged championship games? It's crazy. How many championship teams can there actually be? More...
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The Jamestown Community Band capped off its rehearsal season with a sold-out concert on Tuesday night. Among its accomplishments this year, the band recorded a CD of holiday music that is now available at area retail locations. More...
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Parents getting cabin fever with the little ones can enjoy story hour at the Audubon Society's Environmental Education Center with their preschoolers on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 7 and 8. The program includes a reading of the favorite "Goodnight Owl," with hands-on activities followed by a nature craft.. More...
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Thursday Dec. 7 Yoga with Rose Russo, golf course, 8:25-9:40, fee. Open rec, Community Center, 3-5 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew's church, 5:30 p.m. More...
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Each year at this time, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, we ask islanders what gift they would like to have from Santa. We tell them money is no object, and they can have whatever they would like except peace on earth, which is not available. We start this year with Tom Stacom who would like a new hoop. Katrina Westall, "a horse. More...
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Week of December 7
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...
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Mark G. Allen, 57, of Seekonk, Mass., died Friday, Dec. 1, 2006. He was the husband of Paula Grady Allen, and the son of Elisabeth C. Allen of Jamestown, and the late Max G. Allen. Mark was a graduate of Moses Brown School and Lehigh University. Early in his professional career, he was a bank lending officer at Citibank in New York. In 1978, he was named chief operation officer of M.G. More...
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The following construction permits were filed recently in Town Hall: Building permits Lawrence McDonald received a permit Nov. 27 to replace a deck at 90 Reservoir Circle, work estimated to cost $4,000. Donna Drago received a permit Nov. 27 to replace 21 windows with energy-efficient ones at 44 Walcott Ave., work estimated to cost $19,786. More...
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TOWN OF JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT More...
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