Eye catching beauties The 30th annual Fools' Rules Regatta included some 65 boats of all shapes and sizes competing for bragging rights. See the story on page 20. More...
Jamestown residents will be paying more for water they are not using under two budgets adopted by town councilors sitting as the Water and Sewer Commission on Monday. More...
A surprise 50th anniversary party for Joan and William "Andy" Anderson was celebrated July 14 in Raleigh, N.C. Joan is a native Jamestowner, who moved to Raleigh in 1996. Joan's sisters, Genevieve Currie and Peggy Sheehan, from Jamestown, attended the event. More...
The DPW facility, to be or not to be at Taylor Point that is the question? Obviously there was a dissenting vote by two council members not to locate the facility at Taylor Point. More...
"Home, home on the range where the deer etc., etc." For several summers, after a considerable expenditure of time, energy and money, my son Bruce's vegetable garden has been decimated before harvest by deer! Now I have come down with Lyme disease caused by a deer tick bite! Down with deer! More...
When I was a kid, as many of you know, I ran around with a noname ragtag group of ne'er-do-wells with questionable virtue, character, and sense of purpose. Our primary occupation and major pastime was attempting to survive childhood without actually working at it in the traditional sense of the word. More...
The first day of school for students attending North Kingstown High School is Wednesday, Aug. 29, with the opening bell scheduled to ring at 7:25 a.m. In Jamestown, classes for students in grades 1 to 8 will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 8:10 a.m. Students in kindergarten and pre-K will have an orientation on Sept. 5 and will begin classes the following day, Sept. 6. More...
Maria Muldaur, Cheryl Wheeler, Patty Larkin and Aine Minogue are just a few of the many big name acts lined up for the fifteenth season of Common Fence Music. The first concert of the year is on Sept. 15, with Bill Morrissey. For the complete schedule and ticket information, visit commonfencemusic. org or call 683-5085. More...
Thursday Aug. 23 Military Families Ice Cream Social, 830 East Shore Rd., 1:30 p.m. Teen Center Open Rec., community center, 3-6 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew's church, 5:30 p.m. More...
From taking coffee orders at the East Ferry Deli counter to a stage at the NBC studios in Los Angeles must be a heady experience for anyone. But islander Rochelle Rose, who turned 18 last Saturday, is taking it all in stride. She already went through the rigors of competing in the Miss Rhode Island Teen contest last September and walked away with the 2007 crown. More...
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago from the Newport Daily News came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. More...
A memorial celebration for Philip Wharton will be held Friday, Aug. 31, at 4 p.m. at the Wharton's home, 615 Wakefield St., West Warwick. Philip Wharton died suddenly on April 18 in Lake Placid, N.Y. More...
Building permits Paul and Suzanne Andrews received a permit on Aug. 14 to erect a post and beam barn with attached recreation room and bath at 55 Blueberry Lane, work estimated to cost $120,000. Alan DuBois received a permit on Aug. 14 to install seven windows and a 16- foot slider at 53 Conanicus Ave., Unit 5B, work estimated to cost $4,200. More...
CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIENN. M. NO. 2007-0420 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO LORRAINE Y. MOSHER, the unknown heirs of LORRAINE Y. MOSHER, and the unknown devisees of LORRAINE Y. More...
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