Grade 7 students at the Lawn Avenue School performed a Greek comedy called "Frogs" on Tuesday morning. Pictured, with donkey, is Ryan Rosa; in the ferry are Matt Demieri and Nicole Perez. More...
Douglas Ouellette, superintendent of the town's wastewater treatment plant, has been awarded the 2007 grant of the Rhode Island Interlocal Risk Management Trust. His application earned $1,000 with which to buy a portable lift for his department. More...
The North Kingstown High School swim team had reason to celebrate on Sunday when the team took third place in a field of 34 teams at the Bay View Girls' Invitational Meet held at Brown University. The team had first-place finishes in four of the events. The 400-free relay team and 200-medley relay teams both broke state records. The 400-free team finished with a time of 3:45. More...
What interests me most in current attempts to come up with an answer for Iraq is the notion that the war must continue, in some form at least, so that those who have died thus far will not have died in vain. At first glance, this may seem a noble sentiment. To pick up the banner of those who have gone before and finish what they have started. More...
Small towns can have their issues: pettiness, misunderstandings, and hurt feelings come to mind. I, however, want to say something about the joys of living in a small community. My husband, Bruce, loved being in a small community. As the eighth-grade math teacher, he loved seeing his students on the street, at the House of Pizza or at play practice. More...
Last week's column marked two years of "You Can't Beat a System You Can't Understand" in the Jamestown Press. The time flew by while we walked, or so it seems. Last year, we covered a variety of subjects ranging from the high profits of crime to the perils of Blackberry thumbs, as well as a story about Santa Claus, and another that explored the cutting edge of toilet technology. More...
The Afternoon Book Discussion at the Jamestown library continues on Feb. 13, the second Tuesday of the month from 1 to 2 p.m. with "Cane River" by Lalita Tademy. "Cane River" was an Oprah's Book Club Selection. More...
Jamestown Schools will be holding a book fair Wednesday, Jan. 31 to Friday, Feb. 2. There will be evening shopping hours at Melrose School on Feb. 2 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. There will be books for all ages, including bestsellers for adults. More...
We usually think of the backstage crew as just that, out of sight backstage. But in the upcoming Jamestown Community Theatre's production of "Yours, Anne," the entire backstage crew moves on stage at one point to sing of hope. The crew is made up of two sisters from the Brown family, Stage Manager Erin, 17, and her sister Assistant Stage Manager 14- year-old Allie. More...
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 25, 50, 75, 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News comes from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. More...
Eileen M. (Devine) Pryor, 87, died Jan. 18, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Home in East Greenwich. She was the wife of the late Lt. Col. Richard E. Pryor, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel. A daughter of the late Joseph P. and Viola (Warnock) Devine, she had been a Jamestown resident for 12 years before moving to East Greenwich in 2004. Mrs. Pryor was a communicant of St. Mark Church. More...
The following construction permits were filed recently in Town Hall: Building permits Joy Kules received a permit Jan. 8 to reroof the house at 188 Conanicus Ave., work estimated to cost $4,500. Peter and Judith Twombly received a permit Jan. 8 to make roof repairs at 43 Marine Ave., work estimated to cost $1,000. More...
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