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Learn to use the post office website Today is USPS.com Day at the Jamestown Post Office. There will be handouts and informational brochures available to help islanders understand how the post office Website works. Small business owners will be able to learn how "click-n-ship, carrier pick-up, and netpost," all designed to save users... More ... New at the library "Surveillance" by Jonathan Raban - Set in the not-too-distant future in Seattle, a country manipulated by fear of terror. "Speak Ill Of The Living" by Mark Arsenault - Providence Journal writer Arsenault's second book, a mystery set in Lowell, Mass. More ... Free tax assistance for the elderly available Free tax assistance will be provided to older taxpayers as well as low-income people through the Tax Counseling for the Elderly program. This free, confidential, one-onone income tax assistance, including E-filing, will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Jamestown... More ...
By Robert Morton-Ranney I trust you know, by now, what time it is. Time, like money, is whatever we agree it is. Or, in this case, whatever the government tells us it is. Three o'clock in the afternoon on March 15 was actually two o'clock last year. But, last year you had to wait for two o'clock to be three o'clock in a... More ... Scholarship offers opportunity for civic-minded women Women living in Newport County who need financial assistance to pursue education or job training could benefit from a Miss Swinburne Scholarship. The Miss Swinburne Fund, administered by The Rhode Island Foundation, is seeking scholarship applications until April 20, 2007. More ...
By Roger Marshall Last weekend was a nice change from the cold we've had recently and I spent it planting peas, spinach and some herbs - in the greenhouse, that is. It's still too cold to plant outside yet, but there's a lot you can do to get ahead of the curve when the ground is finally warm enough to plant. More ... Register now for softball The Parks and Recreation department is currently accepting girls' softball registrations for the upcoming season. Forms are available at Baker's Pharmacy and will be distributed at the schools. Forms can also be downloaded on the website at www.jamestownri. net/rec/rec.html. More ... Baseball sign-ups drawing to a close Jamestown baseball registration period continues. Players can register by picking up forms at the Recreation Center or at Baker's Pharmacy. Forms can also be downloaded at http://www.jamestownri. com/ (click on "Community Organizations, and then on Jamestown Baseball). More ... Lent observed at St. Mark Church The St. Mark Parish Lenten Mission begins this Saturday, March 17, at the 4 p.m. Mass and continues with the weekend Masses on Sunday, March 18, at 8:30 and 10 a.m. The presenter is Father Robert E. Lacombe, STL. On Sunday, March 18, at 7 p.m. there will be Stations of the Cross and Exposition of... More ... Lighthouse Association offers scholarship The Beavertail Lighthouse Association is once again announcing the availability of two $1,000 scholarships. The scholarship may be applied toward college tuition, books or fees related to the course of study. The scholarships are for graduating high school students who live in Jamestown and intend... More ... |
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