 Firefighters Mike Cabral and Bill Marsh recently practiced using the Jamestown Fire Department's ladder truck. More...
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By Sam Bari
The cost for curbs and rails at the town-owned steel pier at East Ferry could be nearly $284,000, Commissioner Bob Bowen reported at the March 14 meeting of the Harbor Management Commission. The cost is expected to increase from $159,000 to between $250,000 and $284,000, Bowen said. More...
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By Michaela Kennedy
The Jamestown School Committee continued discussions on a new food service provider and welcomed a new appointee, David Dolce, at its meeting last Thursday, March 15. In an update on food service providers, committee member Julie Kallfelz said two vendors showed up at the mandatory prebid conferen... More...
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The Jamestown Special Education Local Advisory Committee (SELAC) will present its fifth annual Educational Awareness Day Conference on Saturday, March 31, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The conference will be held in the multipurpose room at the Melrose Avenue Sschool. More... |
The Jamestown Education Foundation will host the first "Toast of the Town," on March 31, at 6:30 p.m. This is an evening to honor the significant contribution Mary S. Wright has made to the community. JEF invites everyone to the Portuguese American Citizens' Club to thank Mary for her commitment an... More... |
Dr. James Halley, superintendent of North Kingstown Schools, has decided to retire in 2008. Dr. Halley has guided the system well and helped make North Kingstown High School arguably one of the best performing high schools in the state. The North Kingstown school system is large and draws from a d... More... |
You can't beat a system you can't understand
Writing about this system that we can't understand isn't always an easy task, but it never lacks for subject matter. If I can write five to ten minutes worth of amusing or at least mildly entertaining bathroom reading, then I've had a good day. More... |
Annual two saints dinner planned The St Mark Council of Knights of Columbus will hold its annual Two Saint Dinner celebrating St Patrick's Day and St Joseph's Day on Saturday, March 24, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The menu includes corned beef, cabbage, potatoes carrots, pasta, bread, butter, coffee a... More... |
The Jamestown Teen Center and the Youth Advisory Board will host a "Night in New York City" dance on Saturday, March 31, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the recreation center. The semi-formal dance is open to all sixth, seventh and eighth grade students that live in Jamestown. The cost of admission ... More... |
Thursday Mar. 22 Open Rec, Community Center, 3-5 p.m. Teen night, Community Center, 5:30-9 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew's church, 5:30 p.m. Yoga Flow with Kim Ferguson, 32 Pemberton Ave., 6-7 p.m. More... |
Chris Crawford has received first-class recognition for his long devotion to the Indianapolis Colts. While visiting in Newport, a neighbor of the Colts' president Bill Polian read an item in this column about the island 14 year old's enthusiasm for the Colts and sent the column off to Polian. More... |
Week of March 22
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. 100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, March 19, 1907 The Republican caucus last evening was a cut-anddried ... More... |
Edward Lindquist, Jr., passed away at the Royal Manner nursing home in Palm Beach, Fla., on March 10, 2007 after a long illness. He is survived by his parents, Elizabeth and Edward Lindquist. His father is a former director of the Jamestown recreation center. His brother, Gunnery Sgt. More... |
Two arrests for DUI + Alan H. Hoff, 52, of 11 Pettaquamscutt Lake Rd., Saunderstown, was arrested on March 13 and charged with first offense DUI. He was stopped for erratic driving on Rt. 138 westbound and arraigned at Newport District Court where he was given a pretrial court date of March 30, p... More... |
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 27, 2007, AT THE JAMESTOWN LIBRARY, 26 NORTH RD, JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND AT 7:00 P.M. UPON THE FOLLOWING: Application of Allan and Nancy Randall, whose property is located at 61 Narragansett Ave. More... |
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