Town Administrator Bruce Keiser recommended Monday to Town Council members that they consider three options for the highway garage that has been under discussion for more than 20 years. The council, staff and townspeople spent about 90 minutes discussing the options. More...
Downtown neighbors showed up at the April 4 Planning Commission meeting to discuss the new building for Jack's Electric on Clinton Avenue. The building, constructed by embattled owner John Brittain, has not been granted a certificate of occupancy due to discrepancies between the approved plan and t... More...
Wash those sneakers. Tune up those bicycles. Find the nearest bus stop and join island students in a celebration of fitness, clean air, safety and community. Walk, Bike, and Bus to School Month is slated for April 23 to May 18. More...
It's is good that we've established a committee to study the feasibility of harnessing the wind to provide all of our community's electricity. Indeed, wind energy is an exciting idea. The possibilities are compelling. The concept of free electricity derived from a non-polluting source is enough to... More...
The Town Zoning Board recently entertained an application for a zoning variance to build on a triangular waterfront lot, approximately 6,300 square feet in area, located in East Ferry approximately one hundred yards south of the marina. To the credit of the zoning board, the application was denied. More...
Everybody seems to think that columnists are allowed to write whatever we want even if our material does not contain so much as a grain of truth. In other words, people feel that we just sit at our computers and lie for a living. A 9-year-old girl once said to me at a family gathering, "You have no... More...
Free bus ride to health fair in Newport The Jamestown Medical Fund is sponsoring free transportation to the Newport Hospital Health Fair, this Saturday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A bus will make two trips to the fair from the parking lot at the Portuguese American Citizens' Club- at 8:30... More...
Students in the University of Rhode Island's Department of Art and Art History will hold an art sale April 27 to 29, from 1 to 7 p.m. each day. The sale will be held in the painting studio, room A-101, in the Fine Arts Center, located at 105 Upper College Road, Kingston. More...
Thursday April 12 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. Family caregivers talk, library, 7 p.m. More...
Kudos to Boy Scout Troop 1's Zack Volpe who passed his Eagle Board of Review on March 22 and is now an Eagle Scout. The 18-year-old attends Landmark School in Beverly, Mass. He has been in scouting for nine years. Volpe hopes for a career in boat building and construction management. The new kayak... More...
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. More...
M. Marjorie Moran, 84, of Pemberton Avenue, died Sunday, April 8, 2007 at home. She was the wife of the late Arthur "Cliff" Moran. Born in Jamestown, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Serpa) Matoes. Mrs. Moran worked for several Jamestown businesses before retiring. She was a member... 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 APRIL 24, 2007, AT THE JAMESTOWN LIBRARY, 26 NORTH ROAD, JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND AT 7:00 P.M. More...
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