Well water safety workshop tonight
      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 ...
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Soapbox derby coming May 12
      The 12th Annual All-American Newport Lions Soap Box Derby will take place on Saturday, May 12, at Easton's Beach in Newport. The rain date is Sunday, May 13. Racing begins promptly at 9 a.m..
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Get tickets for chorus concerts
      The Jamestown Community Chorus is in its final days of rehearsal for its participation in RISings II, at East Providence High School on Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m. They are also working toward a great spring concert, called, "Going Home," at the Central Baptist Church.
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Book group reads 'White Women'
      The afternoon book discussion at the Jamestown library continues on Tuesday, May 8, with the book "One Thousand White Women: the Journals of May Dodd," by Jim Fergus. The group meets at the library at 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month.
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Arts summer camp forming
      Registration is currently taking place for Linden Place's annual Summer Arts Camp for Kids, a weekday summer camp focused on the arts, for children ages 6 to 14 with daily workshops in drama, music, art, and creative movement. Each week of camp is centered around a different cultural theme. Week ...
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Where in the World is the Press?
     Pete and Bette McGuirl took in some outrigger canoeing on a recent trip to Fiji and Samoa.
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Upcoming sport events
      Friday, April 27 Lawn Avenue School Baseball, at Davisville, 3:15 p.m. NK Girls' Softball, at Portsmouth, 3:30 p.m. NK Boys' Baseball, at LaSalle, 3:45 p.m. NK Boys' Lacrosse, at Wheeler, 4:15 p.m. NK Girls' Lacrosse, East Greenwich, 7 p.m.
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Wine to Dine
      Wine making has been around for many thousands of years. In its basic form, wine making is a natural process that requires very little human meddling. Human processing is necessary, but the less meddling the better. Through nature, Mother Earth provides everything that is needed to make wonderful w...
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Police parade on May 6
      The 24th annual Aquidneck Island National Police Parade will be on Sunday, May 6, beginning at 11:50 a.m. in Middletown. Organizers of the 2007 parade announced last week that New Bedford, Mass. police officers Joshua Fernandes, Steve Wadman and Captain Richard Spirlet will be this year's Grand Ma...
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Narragansett Bay seal watch tours end this weekend
      The last of the year's seal watch cruises will depart this weekend from Bowen's Wharf in Newport. Cruises include a lecture by an expert guide and binoculars are provided. Cruises depart on Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, at 10 a.m. and noon. Saturday and Sunday tours run two hours and in...
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