The annual second-grade Thanksgiving Pageant was performed to appreciative parents at the Melrose Avenue School Tuesday morning. Participating in the production are, bottom from left, Ian Andres, Evelina Pinto, and Amanda Bonnot. At rear are, Heidi Sakovits, Jackson Hawkins, More...
In an effort to help improve Jamestown's emergency response capabilities, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.) has announced that the Department of Homeland Security is awarding the Jamestown Fire Department $71,255 in federal funds for training, equipment, and modifications to its fire station and facil More...
"Carr Lane is a car lane, not a truck lane," Councilman William Kelly said at the Nov. 13 Town Council meeting, after Alena Caldarone of East Shore Road asked for relief for herself and Carr Lane residents, as well as truckers and others who need to cross the island. More...
US SAILING staff member Karen Davidson of Jamestown, coordinator for the keelboat program and the National Sailing Programs Symposium, has received US SAILING's C.R.E.W. Award. More...
The year was 1621. Not far from here, a ragtag group of Pilgrims gathered for an outdoor feast to celebrate their survival in a hostile new land. More...
As a member of the Jamestown Wildlife Committee, representing the hunting faction in Jamestown, I would be remiss in not commenting on two recent articles in the Jamestown Press. More...
A few hundred years ago, a group of New Englanders got together and celebrated the blessings of a bountiful harvest and plentiful game by declaring a holiday and throwing a feast. They invited their neighbors, the local tribe of Indians, and had a three-day party to commemorate their first wonderful More...
Charlotte "Polly" Magruder Buttrick, 92, of Jamestown died Nov. 19. 2006 at Newport Hospital after a short illness. At the time of her death, she was a resident of Blenheim Newport in Middletown. She was the wife of the late Duncan Buttrick. More...
Drunk driving reported + Lucas J. Cimaglia, 26, of Newport was charged Nov. 18 with driving under the influence after an accident on the Jamestown Bridge in which Cimaglia rear-ended another vehicle. More...
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A turkin? A pump-key?