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Historian and former island resident Walter K. Schroder was inducted to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame during an April 28 ceremony at Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet. More ... Workers honored for longevity The Community College of Rhode Island honored 77 employees for longevity of service to the college during an Employee Recognition Luncheon last week. Two island residents were among the honorees. Elizabeth A. Mancini was recognized for 35-years of service. Martha M. Vigneault was honored for 10 ye... More ... School committee addresses issues related to substance abuse By Michaela Kennedy Members of the island's Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force presented statistics of local teenage drug, alcohol and tobacco use to the Jamestown School Committee last week. The task force offered updates on activities and a proposed budget in a lengthy discussion with the committee at its April 2... More ...
The Quononoquott Garden Club was the recipient of several state awards at the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Club's 77th annual awards ceremony, held April 26. President Gloria Westlake and club vice-president Jillian Meyer accepted the honors for the membership. More ... Lawn Avenue School honor roll The following students at the Lawn Avenue School were named to the honor roll for the third quarter. From grade 8, Exemplary Performance: Caia Diepenbrock, Liliane Flour, Eric Holtzman and Kaitlin Marquis. More ... Committee discusses spending grant money for Ft. Getty By Sam Bari The Fort Getty Master Plan Committee, at their April 26 meeting, prioritized the spending of a $150,000 state Department of Environmental Management grant to which the town added $40,000. Chairperson Mary Meagher said that the money was not nearly enough to accomplish everything in the Fort Getty M... More ... SELAC to meet The Jamestown Special Education Local Advisory Committee (SELAC) will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Melrose school. Any parents of special education children are encouraged to attend. The summer program for special ed students will be among the topics on the agenda... More ...
By Michaela Kennedy The 2007 Rhode Island Small Business Person of the Year Award has been awarded to Jamestowner Kimberly McDonough. McDonough is the president and founder of Advanced Pharmacy Concepts, a pharmacy benefit auditing and consulting firm. The award is bestowed annually by the state chapter of the U.S. ... More ... Rocky Hill honor roll Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich announced the names of Jamestown students who made the honor roll for the first semester. Seniors on the honor roll are Elise M. Flanagan and Sara A. Leonard. Christopher D. LaMantia, a sophomore, and Anthea J. Weixel, a freshman, were also named. More ... Island should 'boost' NK athletics By Adrienne Downing The Town of Jamestown sends 213 students, approximately 14- percent of the student body, to North Kingstown High School. More than 50 percent of those island students are student athletes, but the Jamestown presence is not represented accordingly in the athletic booster club. More ...
Children from military families throw out the first pitch at the opening day of island baseball. More ... Premier soccer match-up tonight in Jamestown By Adrienne Downing Jamestown Soccer Association has partnered with the University of Rhode Island to bring a higher level of soccer to the island. "We were approached by the URI coaching staff and asked if we would be able to host a premier U16 girls' team who couldn't play anywhere else in the state," Jay Sisson, J... More ... Ali's Run off to winning start Ali's Run won its season opener in the Newport Babe Ruth league with an extra innings, come-frombehind 3-1 victory over R & R Construction this past Sunday at Cardine's Field in Newport. Will Deffley pitched a fantastic game, striking out 12 batters in seven innings of work. He helped his cause wi... More ...
You may be surprised to learn a small change in habit can make a huge impact on Mother Earth. Getting your whole family involved in something as simple as recycling can really make a difference and can even be fun and easy. Take glass, for instance. All those jars of pasta sauce, beverage bottles ... More ... Get your kids involved with their own garden By Roger Marshall Recently, a study by Washington State University suggested that people who love to work with plants and enjoyed nature had grown up amid plants and the outdoors. Visiting parks and gardens during childhood gave the child an awareness of nature that lasted all his or her life. More ...
By Roger Marshall Last weekend was a great planting time. It was overcast, with a few rain showers, just the right weather that doesn't stress plants and makes it easy for them to start growing. I planted out onion sets and put them under spun fleece, started pumpkins and squash plants, plated out the outdoor peas a... More ...
You can almost hear the sizzle of the grill as millions of Americans take to their backyards and patios for dinners, lunches and parties this year. More ... Gutter smarts will save work By Roger Marshall I figured it was time to clean the gutter when the rain flowed right over the edge onto the deck below. The blockage was caused by a small oak tree that had actually sprouted new leaves as it tipped the gutter away from the soffit. More ...
They are easy to use and simple to build By Roger Marshall Psst, want some lettuce for your Thanksgiving table? Or broccoli when there's snow outside. Or maybe you want to grow some herbs to spice up the offerings at your table. If you don't want to grow vegetables or herbs, maybe you want to propagate some flowers to increase your supply next season. You ... More ...
Keeping the outdoors outside is just one function of a home. This is not to suggest we all don't like to invite daylight or a refreshing breeze into our homes, it's the denizens of the outdoors that aren't welcome inside - namely wildlife, rodents and other nasty critters. More ...
Even in today's highly interactive and short attention-span culture, the backyard still beckons to us as an accessible personal space where we can retreat from the pressures of everyday living. Life as we know it, has become increasingly defined as the flickering of a television, computer screen, p... More ...
By Roger Marshall Xeriscaping is derived from the Greek word xeros, meaning dry, and it doesn't mean that you need to develop a garden full of sand and cacti, but that you need to be highly aware of what you are planting and grow plants that have low moisture needs. Such plants can usually be determined from their l... More ...
Gas prices are on the rise again, the number of people traveling is down and families are choosing to spend more time at home enjoying their decks. And with so many accessories available that make the yard an oasis - from solar fountains and fire pit tables to stainless gas grills - the deck exte... More ... Meetinghouse opens for summer worship The 1787 Old Quaker Meetinghouse on Weeden Lane, which is maintained by the Jamestown Historical Society, will re-open for religious services on Sunday, May 6, at 10:30 a.m. Conanicut Friends Meeting (Indulged) holds unprogrammed worship services through the summer and into early fall since the par... More ...
State Rep. Bruce Long (R-Middletown, Jamestown) is serving this legislative session as a member of a special House commission to study the effects of natural disasters on property insurance costs in Rhode Island. The study panel began meeting at the beginning of the year in an ad hoc capacity. More ...
By Donna K. Drago The School Improvement Team at the Melrose Avenue School is putting on such a big yard sale they are calling it an "Extravaganza." The yard sale will serve multiple purposes, while offering great bargains to buyers on May 12, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. More ... |
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