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News February 22, 2007
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March is colon cancer awareness month
      Colorectal cancer, commonly referred to as colon cancer, is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, claiming more lives than either breast or prostate cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, 690 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer in Rhode Island this year, a...
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Local architect harmonizes style with island
By Michaela Kennedy
      Architect William Burgin has a popular face about town - the face of his building designs, that is. With an award-winning style recognized locally, statewide, and nationally, Burgin designs are sought after for municipal, commercial, and residential projects.
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Town hopes to get federal money for marsh restoration
By: Robert Morton-Ranney
      At its Feb. 13 meeting, the Conservation Commission heard from Commissioner Carol Trocki that one of two attempts to obtain funding to restore Round Marsh was unsuccessful. The state Coastal Resources Management Council did not approve the commission's request for funding through the CRMC's Habita...
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Osprey Conanicus expected to return to island
By Sam Bari
      Chris Powell, scientist at the Wildlife and Fisheries Division of the state Department of Environmental Management, reports that the osprey news is for the most part good. Two Jamestown families have sponsored osprey-nesting poles that will be erected on their properties in the Ft. Getty area.
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Uttley selected to boys' soccer All-American team
By Adrienne Downing
      For one month in the summer, North Kingstown High School junior Brett Uttley may be found relaxing on the beach in Jamestown. After that month is over, Uttley is back to business, perfecting his All-American soccer game. Uttely was one of only 72 boys' high school soccer players named to the Natio...
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St. Mark girls' basketball team wraps up season
      Ten fifth- and sixth-grade Jamestown girls coached by Bill Storey and assisted by Chris Perrotti finished their three-month CYO season this week.
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Town solicitor resigns after interview with council
By Dotti Farrington
      J. William W. Harsch, town solicitor since July, 2003, submitted his resignation Monday. He had been interviewed by the Town Council during an intense special council meeting last Friday, Feb. 16, even though he had been told he was out of running in the search for a new solicitor earlier in the we...
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Harlequin duck population increasing in Rhode Island
      An analysis of historic records and current observations of the rare harlequin duck in Rhode Island waters in winter has found that populations have increased at about 3 percent per year since 1975. That is good news for the colorful species whose entire East Coast population numbers just 1,800, a...
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Three class-A ships added to tall ships festival
      Amica Insurance Tall Ships Rhode Island 2007 has announced that three more Class A tall ships have been added to the festival. Organizers have released the final ship lineup for this summer's event, which will fill Newport Harbor with masts.
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