Nanotechnology is the new frontier that will impact every facet of society, from medicine to computers to the environment. Participants in the First LEGO League (FLL) Nano Quest Challenge, Jamestown School grade 8 students will explore unimaginably amazing new technologies that start in the "Nano"... More...

Next week, the Friends of the Jamestown Animal Shelter will meet twice to once again begin, and hopefully end, the process to transform the rickety former recreation garage at the back of the Town Offices property into a facility for wayward pets. Jamestown has lacked a proper animal shelter for m... More...

The Jamestown Community Band wishes to thank the Jamestown Press for the very excellent support for our Holiday CD sales effort. It was an outstanding success. More...

The staggering losses suffered during World War II had a sobering effect on the way people perceived war. Two world wars in less than three decades had more than taken its toll on the world population, and rebuilding to bring life back to normal in many countries appeared to be an insurmountable ta... More...

Music Director B. J. Whitehouse and members of the board of the Jamestown Community Chorus invite singers to join the chorus on Monday, Jan.15, at 7 p.m. at Central Baptist Church, 99 Narragansett Ave., for the first rehearsal of "Going Home," which will be performed on May 5 and 6. More...

The Friends of the Jamestown Library will present Vice Admiral Thomas Weschler, co-chairman of Amica Insurance Tall Ships Rhode Island 2007, on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Jamestown library. More...

Thursday Jan. 11 Yoga with Rose Russo, Community Center, 8:25-9:40, fee. Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew's church, 5:30 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous, St. Lucy's Church, Middletown, 8 p.m. Friday Jan. 12 Moderate yoga with Kim Chandler, Community Center, 9 a.m., fee. More...

Lola's first days of 2007 seemed bleak until Abby came along. On New Year's Day at about 4 p.m.while visiting Mike Messenger on East Shore Rd. the boxer decided it was time for a solo walk. Lola, a little over a year old, left the house near the toll plaza when no one was watching and headed out. 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...

Dr. Vincent I. MacAndrew Sr., 86, of Grinnell Street, formerly of Dean Street, Cranston, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2007 at South Kingstown Rehabilitation Center, West Kingston. He was the husband of Kathryn Marie (Horan) MacAndrew for 50 years. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Joseph V. ... More...

Fire 9:30 a.m., Jan. 1, the special services team went to Mackerel Cove for the Penguin Plunge. 10:42 a.m., Jan. 1, all units were dispatched to Watson Avenue for a false alarm. 7:00 p.m., Jan. 4, all units turned out for a training drill at the fire station. 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 JANUARY 23, 2007, AT THE JAMESTOWN LIBRARY, 26 NORTH ROAD, JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND AT 7:00 P.M. More...