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October 12, 2006
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A challenging course, blue skies, cool temperatures, an enthusiastic crowd, and 800 participants - all the ingredients needed for a fabulous day of bicycle racing. And a fantastic race it was. The Tour de France had nothing on the 31st running of the Jamestown Classic Annual Bike Race hosted by the More...

The Town Council Tuesday failed to adopt an anti-casino resolution that they had discussed last month. Several towns have registered their opposition to the casino question that will be on the Nov. 7 general-election ballot. More...

The tenant and caretaker of the Beavertail Lighthouse, Richard Shutt, has refused to vacate the rent-free apartment even though his lease has expired and has filed a claim against the town. More...

The Planning Commission spent half of its Oct. 4 meeting reviewing a high groundwater ordinance amendment drafted by Town Solicitor Larry Parks. The document was created from suggestions received at the joint work session between the Town Council, Zoning Board of Review and Planning Commission last More...
Saying goodbye to one of our own
It is with sadness this week that we note the passing of Frank Caswell. More...
As the Captain of Team "Just Wings," I want to extend a huge thank-you to a very generous community. More...
Handles Muffins & 'Shrooms
Back in the days of exceptionally cool sleazy fashion, low-rise jeans were called hip-huggers. Worn exclusively by in-shape, slender girls with flat, taut tummies who had the panache to flash a little belly flesh, the revealing design succeeded in mesmerizing the world population of male Homo sapien More...
The Friends of the Jamestown Library will host "Common Ground/Kaleidoscope of Race: A Collage of Writers Address Issues of Race, Ethnicity & Culture," at the Jamestown library on Thursday, Oct.19, at 7 p.m. in the library meeting hall. More...
The Quononoquott Garden Club will meet at St. Matthew's Parish Hall on Monday, Oct. 16, at 11 a.m. More...
Thursday Oct. 12 Yoga with Rose Russo, golf course, More...
Two guys from Jamestown. What are the odds of two friends from the island who live only a couple of miles from each other hitting big in separate National Fantasy Baseball Championships. More...
Week of October 12
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 25, 50, 75, and 100 years More...
Francis W. "Frank" Caswell, 74, died peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006 at his Jamestown home after More...
Drunk driving charged + Shane Patrick Leach, 24, of Ivoryton, Conn., was charged with drunk driving Monday, Oct. 9, after a motor vehicle investigation on the corner of Walcott and Hamilton avenues. More...
JAMESTOWN SCHOOL COMMITTEE October 19, 2006 Lawn School Library More...