These kindergarten kids took a break from their studies Tuesday to give the slide a go at the Melrose school playground. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten More...
Improvements to the town's water treatment plant are set to begin early next month, according to Town Administrator Bruce Keiser. The improvement project, which was part of a 2004 $6.2 million water improvement bond issue, will feature state-of-the-art technology that is expected to operate at 99-percent efficiency. More...
Heidi Lessard, Holly Howard, and Helenna Fountain are three sisters who built a color-infused empire together from a chat around the kitchen table ten years ago. Since then, the Fountain sisters have established a well-visited business on the island, The Secret Garden. More...
LETTERS: Send your let ters to: Ed i tor, The Jamestown Press, 42 Nar ragan sett Ave., Jamestown RI 02835. Our fax number is (401) 423-1661. Our e-mail ad dress is news@jamestownpress.com. Please in clude your name, ad dress, and a day time telephone num ber for ver i fica tion. Anon y mous letters will not be con sid ered for pub li ca tion. More...
I grew up in the days when "Hey! Watch this!" should have been the epitaph on many tombstones as the final words of the person for which the mini-monument was erected. Warnings like, "Do not try this at home. The following stunt is only to be attempted by highly trained experts," was a phrase of the future. More...
The Anime Club meets at the library every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. The group gets together and views and discusses Japanese Anime films. This club is free and open to all teens and registration is not required. More...
The Friends of the Jamestown Library will host a special program on Thursday, September 27, at 7 p.m. in the Sydney L. Wright Museum room. The program "John Howard Benson: the Artist, the Scholar and the Teacher, 1901 - 1956," is an illustrated talk given by Johannes H. von Gumppenberg. More...
Kathleen Brown will narrate, Hannah Cordes will be Cinderella and Michael Liebhauser will play Jack in the upcoming production of "Into the Woods" to be staged by the Jamestown Community Theatre. More...
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. 100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 19, 1907 A gang of men are at work under the direction of the Improvement Society, extending the wall along the water front south from Union street. More...
A memorial service will be held for Richmond Lee Walton, 83, who died Feb. 4, 2007 and his wife, Barbara Clarke Walton, 82, who passed away on July 6, 2007. The couple lived in Marion, Indiana. The service will be at St. Matthew's church on Sunday, Sept. 30, at 2 p.m. More...
Building permits David and Mary Spitzman received a permit on Sept. 12 to replace a roof and siding at 28 Howland Ave., work estimated to cost $1,259. Helen Davis received a permit on Sept. 12 to install a sliding glass door at 82 Mount Hope Ave., work estimated to cost $2,000. More...
TOWN OF JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2007, AT THE JAMESTOWN LIBRARY, 26 NORTH ROAD, JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND AT 6:00 P.M. More...
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