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By Donna K. Drago While he doesn't post the numbers of Cal Ripken Jr.- Major League Baseball's "Iron Man," who is famous for playing in 2,632 straight games, over 16 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, Carl DeVellis has quite a streak going in his own right. More ... Exploring the costs and benefits of wind energy By Michaela Kennedy Technical, environmental and financial considerations were focuses of presentations by consultants at the June 12 meeting of the Wind Energy Committee. The committee listened to expert advice on proceeding with a feasibility study to bring the renewable energy source to Jamestown. More ... Make fireworks donations now The Fourth of July means many things to many people. It is the anniversary of an insanely courageous act of defiance. It was treason to the British. It represents the establishment of a great nation and a great democracy. It means families and picnics. It means parades and flags. And, it represent... More ... State may set water rules By Dotti Farrington While local officials last month talked about a full public reservoir supply and wondered if usual summer restrictions could be eased, state water officials talked about the need for everyone in the state to stop wasting water, especially on lawns and gardens. More ... Bridge authority votes to sell land to town By Dotti Farrington Yesterday, June 20, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority unanimously approved a proposal to sell for $97,500 the approximately 6,000 square foot parcel the town wants for a highway barn. If the Town Council chooses that location, the town would add the authority land to its own parcel ne... More ...
By Sam Bari The Jamestown Yacht Club Tuesday night yacht races, a summertime tradition, were shut down because of the required security zone surrounding a propane tanker as it passed through Narragansett Bay. "I called in the location and start of the races to Castle Hill Coast Guard station at 6 p.m. More ... Learn about adoption options The Department of Children, Youth and Families is hosting a Foster Care and Adoption Information Night on Wednesday, June 27, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the DCYF Office at 650 Ten Rod Rd., North Kingstown. DCYF staff, foster, and adoptive parents will be available to explain the program and answer qu... More ... Scholarships announced Two outstanding Jamestown students graduating from North Kingstown High School have been selected to receive the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association's (BLMA) W. Craig Armington Scholarship. Meryl Evangelista will begin studies in the fall at Elon University, and Caitlin Crawford will attend ... More ... Moses Brown graduates six At the June 7 commencement ceremonies at Moses Brown School, six Jamestown residents received diplomas. Graduating were Emily Ann Abbood, Zoe Lynn Amerigian, Alexander Raymond Easton, Andrew Donald Easton, Stephen Joseph Evangelista and Grace Samantha Smith Vidaurre. More ... Conservation remains an important island issue By Robert Morton-Ranney The Conservation Commission, at their June 12 meeting, discussed the Sole Source Aquifer (SSA) designation. More ... No-discharge compliance program in effect By Sam Bari After several revisions and legislative changes, the initially beleaguered and still controversial state Department of Environmental Management's No-Discharge Compliance Program, went into effect on June 1, 2006. This means that all boats subject to the program must be inspected and display a deca... More ...
Jamestown artist Andrea Good spent four months leading a team of six teens to create a peace mural at the Newport Martin Luther King Community Center. More ... SmartCycle steps up the evolution of recycled products By Michaela Kennedy Michael Brown knows plastics and manufacturing. His new brainchild is SmartCycle™, and the world stands to benefit from it. SmartCycle™ is a brand of packaging made to help overcome one of the planet's biggest waste problems, plastic containers. More ...
By Heather M. Lightner You may see them sitting on telephone lines, watching, waiting- calling out to their companions to communicate some sort of secret message. You may see them clustered in trees, so many in fact, that trees appear to have black leaves. More ...
By Roger Marshall Weed, weed, weed, that's the biggest garden job this week. I find that I weed carefully throughout the garden, turn around, and more weeds are growing. Weeds compete for nutrients and sunlight in the garden so you want to make sure that you get rid of them regularly. Once you've weeded, put down m... More ... Jamestown seniors take NK athletic honors By Adrienne Downing Jamestown graduated 43 seniors from North Kingstown High School last Saturday, and over half of those students were athletes who made notable contributions to the Skippers sports teams. Several also received the Athletic Directors 10+ award, receiving recognition for having played in at least 10 o... More ... Yacht Club's summer series race Race number 1 of the Jamestown Yacht Club Summer Series was held on 6/12. The following are the results for the race: A Class: 1. Jest, Quest 32, Hallowell/ Stookey; 2. Manic, Shaw 6.5, JAC Wadson; 3. Unplugged, Custom 30, S. Murray; 4. High Voltage, Viper 830, B. Jacobsen. More ... Athletes have opportunities to practice this summer By Adrienne Downing School may be out for the summer, but for fall athletes, summer is an ideal time to work on their skills and stay in shape. Several sports teams at North Kingstown High School have posted their captain's practice schedules for the summer. More ...
In a break from tradition, Fleet 12 will begin its Sunday race series next Saturday, June 30. The onetime switch was made in anticipation of an unusually high level of boat traffic on the lower bay racecourse July 1, due to the Tall Ships parade of sail. More ... Performing arts camp scheduled The Jamestown Recreation Department is sponsoring some exciting new creative programs this season. Performing Arts Programs, Inc., a provider of performing arts instruction throughout New England, as well as seasonally in Times Square, will be offering instruction to children ages 6 to 14. More ... School property planning talk set The community is invited to a meeting Monday, June 25, to share thoughts on the Jamestown Schools Best Land Use Plan. The session will be from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lawn Avenue School library and will be led by the award-winning landscape architectural design firm of Gates, Leighton and Associates... More ... Call to be part of 350th parade Anyone interested in participating in the 350th Celebration Parade in August, should contact Ed Morinho at 423-1784 or Jim McLoughlin at 423-0814. Every organization that would like to put together a float or walk in a group is welcome to participate. More ... Café fund-raiser this Sunday The Narragansett Café is sponsoring a "Taste of Jamestown," event to benefit longtime doorman Phil Hunt, who has been diagnosed with cancer. To help support Hunt through his long and expensive journey, everyone is invited to an afternoon of food, music and fun on Sunday, June 24, from 3 to 7... More ... Country group in Wickford concert The group Luv 'n Country will play June 26 as part of the Tuesday night concert series at the Wickford town docks in North Kingstown. The show begins at 7 p.m. and is sponsored by the North Kingstown Arts Council, Centreville Bank and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. More ... School recognized for high test scores The island schools have been named Commended Schools for the 2005-06 school year by the state Board of Regents for elementary and secondary education. In a letter to the school, Regents chairman James A. DiPrete said this award "honors schools for their excellent performance on the state assessme... More ...
Michaela Cohoon of Jamestown was the recent recipient of a Duffy Family Ambassador Scholarship and was named an Andrew B. Saxon Fellow in music. Here, she is being presented with her award by college President Richard P. Miller Jr. More ...
Kaitlin Morton-Ranney and Daniel Bentley were married June 2 at Central Baptist Church in Jamestown. Kaitlin is the daughter of Robert and Sonya Morton-Ranney of Jamestown and Daniel is the son of Bob and Dale Bentley of West Sand Lake, N.Y. More ...
The Mackerel Cove lifeguards keeping swimmers safe this summer are, from left, Mariah Vietri, Kyle Halavick and Brian Klochkoff. Photo by Vic Richardson More ...
These students were raffle winners in the May Bike/Walk/Bus to school month. From left are, Molly Tiexiera, Tori Martin, Hayley Carlisle, Anne Langan and Rachel Bryer. Not pictured is Matt Jewell. Some 55 percent of the Jamestown school students participated as frequent eco-commuters during the even... More ... Lawn Avenue School graduates 60 tonight At 7 p.m. this evening at the Lawn Avenue School, 60 island students will say good-bye to the Jamestown schools at the eighth grade commencement ceremony. More ... NK seniors receive scholarships Several Jamestown members of the North Kingstown High School graduating class of 2007 were recipients of scholarships and awards, presented at the annual awards night ceremony. Alyssa Davis received the Jamestown Rotary Club scholarship, David Frank was given the Honey Dew Donuts award and Meryl ... More ... |
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