Justin Sularz and Jack Romano dragged a battered dinghy out of the water at East Ferry during the Earth Day cleanup last Saturday. More than two tons of refuse was picked up by volunteers that day. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten More...
Town Councilors ratified a letter of opposition Monday prepared by Council President David Long about ongoing work to site a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Weaver's Cove in Fall River, Mass. Long cited the town's lengthy and consistent opposition to the LNG efforts. More...
Weighing in at Monday night's Town Council meeting, were employees of the town's highway department who have been waiting more than two decades for a new highway barn. Paul Robertson, representing union workers with the town Department of Public Works, said union members at a recent meeting voted ... More...
Town Councilors last week agreed to hear more details about the petition initiated more than a year ago by the Concerned Conanicut Citizens (CCC) for a sole source aquifer designation from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The council agreed to host a presentation about the aquife... More...
North Kingstown School Committee Chairman Douglas Roth has offered Jamestown an olive branch. In a letter to the editor, which appears in this issue of the Press, Roth has invited Jamestown School Committee member Bucky Brennan to return to the N.K. school committee table as the island's liaison. More...
The intent of my statement during Open Forum at the Jamestown Town Council meeting on April 9, 2007 and reported in the Jamestown Press on April 12, 2007 was misunderstood by the reporter. More...
The number of companies that are streamlining their operations by outsourcing labor to third world countries and downsizing facilities at home is alarming. Anything manufactured in America is practically a collector's item. I knew things were not as they should be when, less than a mile from my ho... More...
The Friends of the Jamestown Library will host "Gardening in Containers" tonight, Thursday, April 26, at 7 p.m. at the Jamestown library. This program, presented by Holly Howard from the Secret Garden in Jamestown, will feature tips and hints on the best practices to get the most from your contain... More...
Tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Portsmouth Town Hall the University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension (URI CE) and the RI Department of Health will conduct an educational workshop on private well water protection. "Approximately 10-percent of Rhode Island residents depend on private wells for ... More...
The Boy Scouts of Troop 1 will add aprons to their uniforms on Saturday, May 5, and with the strains of beautiful opera music in the background, they will serve dinner to hundreds of islanders at the troop's annual Pasta Supper at St. Matthew's church. 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. 100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, April 23, 1907 Messrs. Harrison Littlefield and Ralph Wright left Sun... More...
Penelope S. Clarke, 91, of Virginia Beach, Va., formerly of Jamestown, died April 15, 2007 after a short illness. Born in Jamestown, she was the daughter of the late William A. and Ethel M. Clarke. More...
In last week's edition of the Press, the tuition figure that the Jamestown School District pays to North Kingstown for educating its high school students was incorrectly reported. For the 2006-07 school year, the total tuition cost for both regular and special education students is $2,056,000. More...
JAMESTOWN SCHOOL COMMITTEE Thursday, May 3, 2007 Executive Session 6:00PM RIGL 42-46-5: Exception (a) 1 Personnel Exception 2, Contract Negotiations Workshop Session 7:00PM Lawn Avenue School 55 Lawn Avenue Jamestown, RI 02835 AGENDA Call to Order Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance Public Fo... More...
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Town Council inspects East Ferry piers; plans improvements