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Perry named to party post The newly elected Chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Party has named Donna Perry of Jamestown as the Executive Director and Director of Communications for the state Republican Party. Giovanni Cicione, a lawyer and GOP Party activist from Barrington, was elected chairman in a state party elect... More ... Paiva-Weed to receive honor The CCRI Foundation will hold its first "Changing Lives Celebration," honoring three outstanding community leaders while raising funds to help even more students achieve their dreams. The Foundation will honor Sen. M. Teresa Paiva-Weed (D-Jamestown, Newport), Dr. Brenda Dann- Messier, and Thomas W... More ...
The Jamestown Lawn Avenue School Raised $1,500 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's program "Pennies For Patients." Students in grades 6 to 8 competed in "Penny Wars," and grade 7 won the competition. All money donated directly benefits Rhode Island teens with cancer. Brinks, one of the national... More ... Shoreby egg hunt winners proclaimed The winners of the annual Women's Club Easter egg hunt at Shoreby Hill Green are as follows: Preschool, Madaline Washburn and Isabella Varrecchione; Kindergarten, Nick Godena, Ula Mc- Carthy and Alexandra Adamiste; Grades three and four, Isaiah Ferrara, Charlie Tregenza, and Max Liebhauser. More ... Harbor panel seeks state input By Sam Bari The Harbor Management Commission voted unanimously at their regular April meeting to discuss the Harbor Management Plan and ordinances with the Coastal Resources Management Council. CRMC Marine Resource Specialist Kevin Cute agreed to attend the commission's May meeting if the date could be moved f... More ...
Parents and children all had a good time while learning safe bike-riding skills at last Saturday's event. Photo by Andrea vonHohenleiten More ...
By Sam Bari The dining room at the Portuguese American Citizen's Club at 138 Narragansett Ave. has returned to home-style, family-oriented cooking, says Holy Ghost Society President Joe Medeiros. "We tried hiring outside management to run the dining room as a gourmet restaurant and it didn't work out," Medeir... More ...
By Michaela Kennedy Thomas McAleer can be spotted traipsing all over the island and East Bay looking for the perfect venue of the day to paint. Layers of painted canvases line the rooms and hallways at his house, the finished products of a prolific artist. "My home is my studio," McAleer remarks about his Jamestown h... More ... Fees for consulting on development approved By Dotti Farrington Town Councilors last week unanimously approved the revised new ordinance that enables town boards, but not individual offi- cials, to hire experts on planning and zoning topics at the expense of developers. More ... Lobster v-notch program continues The Department of Environmental Management announced that it has filed permanent regulations barring the taking of female lobsters with a v-notch of 1/8 inch or more. They replace emergency regulations to protect the ongoing recovery of the lobster resource now that the North Cape restoration prog... More ...
These three Jamestown couples got together recently in Stuart, Fla.- the winter home of Karan and Charles Osenton. From left are Varoujan and Rose Karentz, Karan Osenton, Gloria O'Laughlin, Charlie Osenton and Donald O'Laughlin. More ...
Tenth anniversary this weekend By Donna K. Drago Many in Jamestown think about the "three sisters," as being the three stately Victorian houses that have faced east to Newport for more than 100 years. A lot younger, and no less important to the island are the three sisters who cheerfully come to work each day at the Secret Garden- a business that... More ... |
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