 Workers on the Newport Pell Bridge were erecting staging to make repairs to the catwalk beneath the bridge roadway this week. Photo by Jeff McDonough More...
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By Donna K. Drago
Local artists applauded the efforts of the Town Council at their Monday night meeting, when they gave a consensus that they would like to establish an arts district in Jamestown. State Rep. Bruce Long told the council that many neighboring towns were looking into the ramifications of allowing arti... More...
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By Dotti Farrington
The U.S. Coast Guard this month issued a preliminary ruling against most recent plans of Weaver's Cove for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Fall River, Mass., but the LNG company insisted it can resolve whatever problems the Coast Guard has cited. More...
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Earns degree Nicholas W. Blanton, of Jamestown, received a bachelor's degree in business May 5 from Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. Deans list + Justin Topp, of Jamestown, was named to the dean's list at Johnson and Wales University for the winter term. Topp is majoring in international h... More... |
By the time you are reading this newspaper, Rhode Island's first National Public Radio station will be heard in Jamestown. It used to be that in order to listen to the Providence based WRNI 1290 AM, you had to leave the island and head north. As of 12:01 a.m. today, WRNI started broadcasting on 10... More... |
Last Thursday evening my husband finished reading the Press, and commented, with absolute certainty, "He's going to get away with it." His reference was to the article about the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a recently completed commercial building on Clinton Avenue. More... |
Call of the wild
An alarming trend in the travel industry is causing aware readers good reason for concern. Advertisements in certain publications are luring vacationers seeking the so-called "ultimate adventure" with (GASP!) misleading information. More... |
Town officials have made copies available of budgets that voters will be asked to approve at the annual financial town meeting for fiscal 2007-2008. The proposed spending packages appear in their entirety in a special pull-out-andsave section of this edition of the Jamestown Press. More... |
The North Kingstown High School class of 1977 will hold their 30th reunion on Saturday, July 14, at 7 p.m. in the Quonset "O" Club. For more information, contact Judy (Lucas) Bernard at jlbernard@comcast. net. More... |
Thursday May 17 Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew's church, 5:30 p.m. Yoga Flow with Kim Ferguson, 32 Pemberton Ave., 6-7 p.m. Latin Workout, Community Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Latin Beginner, Community Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. More... |
OK guys, listen up. At this rather late stage in our life, we have come upon moments of total peace. It's called a facial. Now guys, before you skip ahead to the next item, stay with us and read on. During a discussion with a close friend, the subject of facials came up. They're not for us, we m... 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, May 14, 1907 Mr. Alton Head has secured the contract for rolling the ... More... |
Gray, 57 Linda L. (Sherman) Gray, 57, of Buckwheat Ave., Portsmouth, died Friday, May 11, 2007 at home. She was the wife of Kenneth S. Gray, Tax Assessor of Jamestown, to whom she was married for 36 years. She had previously resided in Somerset, Mass., and also in Newport. More... |
Fire runs 2:55 a.m., May 9, Ladder 1, Engines 1 and 2 were sent to Newport for a mutual aid call. 8:15 a.m., May 9, Car 1, Ladder1, Engines1, 2 and 3 went to Lawn Avenue for a false alarm call. 12:21 p.m., May 10, Car 1, EMS 1, Engines 1 and 3 were dispatched to Route 138 westbound for a vehicl... 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 MAY 22, 2007, AT THE JAMESTOWN LIBRARY, 26 NORTH ROAD, JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND AT 7:00 P.M. More... |
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