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Jamestown resident Kathryn Safford was named the North Kingstown High School representative to the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership (HOBY) program, which is offered to high school sophomores. Safford was nominated after writing a leadership essay that was evaluated and judged by a school faculty nominating panel. The three-day HOBY seminar will take place from June 8 through June 10. More ... The Jamestown Community Theatre is offering two $1000 awards to graduating seniors for achievement in theater and performing arts. The awards will be given based on an essay, not to exceed 500 words, describing the student's involvement in theater and/or performing arts. Two references or letters of recommendation from teachers, coaches and directors will also be considered. More ... Resident and town committee volunteer Pat Bolger has filed an independent complaint with the state attorney general about frequent executive sessions by the Town Council on matters involving potential litigation. More ... Town Administrator Bruce Keiser presented his 2007-08 budget plan to small audiences, mostly town workers, at three relatively short Town Council workshops, totaling not quite five hours, earlier this month. A mid-April session for council adoption of the budget is due to be scheduled. More ... Valerie Southern took her copy of the Press to Italy. She is standing in front of the Leaning tower of Pisa. More ... Baseball players can register by picking up forms at the recreation center or at Baker's Pharmacy. Forms can also be downloaded at www.jamestownri.com/ (click on "Community Organizations, and then on Jamestown Baseball). Boys and girls, who are ages 5 through 12 by April 30, are eligible to play in the Cal Ripken divisions. More ... Forty-two Cub Scouts gave up sleeping in and morning cartoons on Saturday and flocked to the Jamestown Community Center for the annual Pinewood Derby. The scouts put their cars to the test after weeks of designing, shaping, painting and perfecting them. There was a pit area for anyone who wanted to make last-minute adjustments, but for most, the problem solving was complete before the race. More ... The Rudman-Roberts family spends a lot of time in their car. Teddy Roberts and Ben and Jessica Rudman keep their parents busy driving to two different pools, six days a week for practice, but parents and children alike say the sacrifice is worthwhile. More ... Eight sailors had a lively day of close racing under partly sunny skies and in shifty, puffy winds. Four different sailors won races. Three of the six races had boats over early at the start and they had to go back and restart. In four of the races, boats fouled each other requiring the at-fault boat to do a penalty 360-degree circle on the course. More ... Joseph G. Samartano Jr., DDS, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island. Dr. Samartano, a resident of Jamestown, is chief of the Division of Dentistry and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at St. Joseph Health Services. More ... The Jamestown Tree Preservation and Protection Committee focused on the annual budget and a transition to a new team of officers at its March 20 meeting. Tree Warden David Nickerson reported that his term as Tree Warden officially ended March 1, and that he has not heard whether the town would like him to continue in the position. More ... Three neighbors of the town water towers on Howland Avenue asked the Town Council Monday for help with what they said are potential radiation dangers associated with antennas being installed on the new tower near their homes. Reenie Rubino, Eileen Tiexiera and Gaeli Greene, all of Howland Avenue, asked for council help. More ... Town Councilors agreed Monday, by a vote of 3 to 0, to adopt a resolution about the growing nonrenewal of insurance for coastal properties. Two members were absent. More ... I want to thank the Press and reporter Dotti Farrington for the thoroughness in reporting details of the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2008 and the discussions at the recent Town Council workshops. Some might consider talking budget numbers a good antidote for insomnia; Dotti might be commended for staying focused for the lengthy, three hour budget workshop. More ... "What She Wears at Newport!" was the headline article of the August 26,1909 issue of Vogue, reporting on the most minute details of what was worn at the fashionable beaches and about town. This perennial comment is the inspiration for The Preservation Society of Newport County's 2007 costume exhibition at Rosecliff, In Vogue: Newport and the American Fashion Press 1880-1920. More ... Charles F. "Chuck" Kelley has been promoted to vice president of operations of Jupiter Systems, where he has been responsible for streamlining and restructuring manufacturing operations and ensuring product quality. More ... Quononoquott Garden Club members took several blue ribbons at the Federation of Garden Club's "Art in the Garden" in the Rhode Island Spring Garden and Flower Show at the Providence Convention Center, February 22 through February 24. More ... A class of 15 volunteers gathered at the Melrose school on March 21 to learn how to operate the emergency shelter at the school. American Red Cross Director of Emergency Services Nick Logothets, a 20-year veteran of the Red Cross, taught the class with the assistance of Deborah Tanner, executive director of Seniors Helping Others (SHO) and a five-year Red Cross volunteer. More ... A proposed "developer" ordinance has a number of islanders worried that the town may hire high-cost consultants at a developer's expense. The amendment is scheduled for a continued public hearing with the Town Council on April 9. More ... There may be a new name on the manager's office door inside Jamestown Hardware, but you won't find much else different. Scott Sherman recently purchased the Narraganset Avenue institution from his father, Steve. Scott has been working alongside his father at Jamestown Hardware for eight years. Before that he spent nine years at Home Depot. He's well versed in the hardware business. More ... The cost of a fire tanker, as recommended in the budget proposal for the year to start July 1, is $190,000. The tanker is expected to be acquired through a five-year lease purchase with interest costs projected to total $22,200. The annual cost was listed incorrectly in the Jamestown Press March 15. More ... The Jamestown Women's Club is accepting applications for two, $500 annual scholarships. The scholarships will be awarded to two Jamestown senior high school students who are planning to further their education. Scholarship applications are available at the library and should be returned to Jamestown Women's Club, PO Box 412, Jamestown, RI 02835, before the May 12 deadline. More ... The Planning Commission offered advice and opinions on a major land development project being proposed for the southeast corner of Howland and Narragansett Avenues at their March 21 meeting. More ... |
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