Just over 70 residents gathered at the Lawn Avenue School on Monday night to vote in the town's annual Financial Town Meeting. In proceedings that lasted just thirty minutes, Town Moderator James Donnelly guided town offi- cials and residents through a swift and unanimous vote to approve the town... More...
State Water Resources Board officials late last month renewed recommendations to rule the Jamestown Water Department in non-compliance because required water supply data is long overdue. A board vote on the recommendation is set for June 12. More...
There's a new public opinion question this week at www.jamestownpress. com. Readers may vote on whether the Financial Town Meeting should be abolished. The previous question "Where do you think the new highway garage should be built? More...
What if there were a Financial Town Meeting and no one came? Only 70 people out of the 4,580 registered Jamestown voters - about 1.5 percent - attended the Financial Town Meeting held Monday evening at the Lawn Avenue School. There was little discussion and the annual budget was approved in abo... More...
Last Saturday I attended the Tick Control Awareness Day on behalf of the Jamestown Conservation Commission. There is no question that the spread of disease by ticks is a serious problem in Rhode Island and the presenters from URI did an excellent job of informing us on the hazards of tick bites. More...
Our crack research department, the Googlamaniacs, dedicated hundreds of nanoseconds to gather statistics on laws that need to be written, but for unknown reasons have never been considered by a lawmaking body. We call the list "Bari's Law" because the ordinances, if passed, would make the world a... More...
Mary Beth Murphy will teach a summer dance camp for children ages 4 to 12 at the Jamestown Recreation Department's dance studio located at 32 Pemberton Ave. during the months of July and August. Creative Dance for children ages 4 and 5 years will explore a story or theme through movement, imagery... More...
The Rhode Island Historical Society will begin their "Concert under the Elms," 2007 summer series on June 28, at 6 p.m., with a performance by the American Band. "Concerts under the Elms" are held Thursday evenings through Aug. More...
Thursday June 7 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...
Thursday, June 14, is Flag Day. It is a holiday many Americans ignore. Others, due primarily to the lack of fanfare and it being an ordinary work day, forget about it until it's too late to participate. We're giving fair notice this year. 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. More...
Robert deLancey "Red" Moser, 80, of the Rockhill Mennonite Community, Sellersville, Pa. and formerly of Hagerstown, Md. and St. Louis, Mo., passed away Thursday, May 31, 2007. He was the husband of the late Ethel "Beth" (Gamble) Moser, who passed away in 1992. More...
In the May 24 article about graphic artist Jason Hamel, the Tall Ships photographer was misidentified as Clint Clemens. The photographer of the ships is Thad Koza. More...
CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIEN N. M. NO. 07-226 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO JOSEPH J. More...
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