Mark Baker had a bird's-eye view as he swung high in a cage suspended from a crane last week to decorate the town Christmas tree at East Ferry. The tree was donated by Gertrude DeSoito of Columbia Avenue. More...
Town officials have been pondering in private a report dated Oct. 12 about estimated costs to close the town landfill and to build a public works barn there, the Jamestown Press learned Monday. The estimates are $627,564 to close the landfill and $1,218,095 to prepare a site within the landfill fo... More...
Reconsideration of Quonset Point in North Kingstown for port development is definitely not an option, according to Sav Rebecchi, a member of the Quonset Development Corporation's board of directors as liaison for Jamestown. He spoke at the open forum of the Nov. More...
Island resident Jeanne Archambault has just published a children's picture book called "The Leaping Grasshopper," which is colorfully illustrated by Dwight Smith, also of Jamestown. The book follows the high-jumping antics of the grasshopper who leaps vigorously across each page as he visits the v... More...
Newspapers are making news as much as reporting news these days. The big metro newspapers - the dailies - are struggling with declining circulation and therefore sagging readership. These stalwart media giants are no longer the unchallenged kings of the hill. More...
This letter is written in response to the article in last week's Press regarding new plantings on the corner triangle at Walcott and High streets. There is an untold story that began on May 9, 2005 with an application for the America the Beautiful Grant with permission from then Town Administrator ... More...
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 all... More...
The Jamestown Community Chorus will welcome the holiday season with its presentation of "Our Holiday Favorites" this Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 10, at 3 p.m. at Central Baptist Church. The chorus has produced many outstanding concerts since 1949. More...
Come and see the area's cutest furry visitors in their winter playground aboard the M/V Alletta Morris for an up-close look at the seals of Narragansett Bay. Each cruise includes a lecture by an expert guide and binoculars will be provided. Upcoming cruises will run on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 10 a.... More...
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...
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... More...
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...
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 lend... More...
Town Councilman Michael Schnack took exception to a story in last week's Press that might give the impression that he is against putting the teen center at the Community Center. Written by Dotti Farrington, the article said that Schnack "balked about officially authorizing any town teen center. More...
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Chorus ready to sing of the holidays