 By Donna K. Drago
A Special Financial Town Meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 18, will ask voters to support a bond issue to purchase the development rights to island farmland and preserve the open space permanently. More...
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By Donna K. Drago
Shortly before the School Committee was scheduled to meet last Thursday evening, the Jamestown Teachers' Association ratified their new three-year contract, which will run until June 30, 2010. The school panel voted unanimously to accept the terms of the new contract. More...
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By Dotti Farrington
Rep. Bruce Long (R-Jamestown, Middletown) has maintained a perfect record of filing mandatory campaign finance reports in his 27-year career as a state legislator, according to the State Board of Elections. The status of his record was raised by two Middletown Democrats who attacked him for filing... More...
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Thanks to the kind folks at Conanicut Marina, an unusual antique sailboat is on display behind Spinnaker's at the East Ferry Wharf. The boat is an SS class sloop from the east end of Long Island, New York. Designed in 1908 and built over the course of many years, the SS class is the oldest contin... More... | |
Last Saturday, Sept. 8, the Jamestown Historical Society hosted its annual tour of historic houses on Jamestown. The event was an overwhelming success with more than 300 visitors and volunteers enjoying the wonderful houses and the hospitality of the Antine and O'Neill families. More... |
Questionable duck behavior
A reader, and I swear, I did not make this up, from a little known suburb of Wentzville, Missouri, wrote in to ask the Googlamaniacs if they would do some research on her pet ducks. For those of you who don't know, the Googlamaniacs are our crack team of researchers who spend nanoseconds of their... More... |
The Audubon Society of Rhode Island will sponsor a coastal cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 15, at locations around Rhode Island, including Jamestown. Anyone interested in helping to clean the area beaches is asked to call local coordinator Jack Yando at 787-4929, who will conduct a shoreside cle... More... |
Rhode Island's ballet theatre, a classical ballet pre-professional training and non-profit performing dance company, will hold its semiannual audition for new dancers. Rhode Island's ballet theatre is seeking talented dancers, ages 9 to 18, for membership in the company. The Company has two major... More... |
Thursday Sept. 13 Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew's church, 5:30 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous, St. Lucy's Church, Middletown, 8 p.m. Friday Sept. 14 Mellow Vinyasa yoga, 32 Pemberton Ave., 8:30 a.m., fee Senior bowling, Senior Center, 9 a.m. More... |
W hen islander Will Deffley puts on his LaSalle football gear he continues a great family tradition. He's the third generation of Deffleys to play football for the school, one of whom went on to be drafted by the Cleveland Browns. More... |
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. 100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 11, 1907 The annual meeting of the Jamestown Improvement Society was held September 10 a... More... |
Dr. Nathan Feigelman, 92, of 143 Columbia Lane, died Monday, September 10, 2007, at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of Mary (McCauley) Feigelman. Born in Newport on March 14, 1915, he was the son of the late Samuel and Rose (Ettinger) Feigelman. More... |
Fire runs 9:12 a.m., Sept. 4, Cars 1 and 3, EMS 1 and Engine 1 were dispatched to Hamilton Avenue for a carbon monoxide detector false alarm. 2 p.m., Sept. 6, Car 1 and Marine 1 were sent to East Ferry Wharf for a marina training exercise. More... |
CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIEN N. M. NO. 2007-0432 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO LORRAINE Y. MOSHER, the unknown heirs of LORRAINE Y. MOSHER, and the unknown devisees of LORRAINE Y. More... |
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