Some 300 island residents were complimentary guests at Tuesday night's premiere of "Dan In Real Life," a Touchstone film shot in Jamestown from October to December of last year. The event was held at the Providence Performing Arts Center. More...
The Jamestown Downtown charrette is over, but the planning team continues to keep their sleeves rolled up. Formal zoning recommendations from the consultants will reflect weeks of community input, collected as an integral element of the planning project. More...
Town councilors took up several diverse issues at Monday night's town meeting. Town Administrator Bruce Keiser reported that he and Town Solicitor Peter Ruggiero would begin negotiations with Dutch Harbor Boat Yard (DHBY) over outstanding debts owed to the town. More...
Today, in New York, artist John Mecray of Jamestown will be honored by the National Maritime Historical Society when it presents its Distinguished Service Award during their annual Awards Dinner to be held at the New York Yacht Club on 44th Street in Manhattan. More...
Jamestown was well represented in the audience Tuesday evening at the Rhode Island premier of Disney's new movie, "Dan in Real Life," at the Providence Performing Arts Center. It was fun seeing the Hollywood magic transform our island on the big screen. Plenty of scenes were shot at East Ferry. T... More...
I would like to thank the residents who participated in and supported the Jamestown Vision that has been a public ongoing process since early September. Jamestown Vision was about community participation and making a conscious decision on how we want the Village to develop in the future. More...
The warm-up to Halloween in today's world is often a week's worth of really scary horror movies pre-empted by dad wanting to watch something dumb, like the World Series. When I stop and think about it, when I was a kid, life wasn't that much different. The big difference was that the movies weren'... More...
Everyone is invited to an open house to see the interior of the new Town Hall on Monday, Oct. 29, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Now that the construction is complete, furniture is in place and employees have adjusted to their new surroundings, town employees want to show off the new facility. More...
The Afternoon Book Discussion at the Jamestown library continues on Tuesday, Nov. 13, with the book "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia," by Elizabeth Gilbert. More...
"It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to be working with 'old friends' and 'new faces.' It also gives me a feeling of accomplishment to see some of the young people who started out as timid children now being featured in starring roles," Patty Vandal said about being cast as Cinderella's st... 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, October 22, 1907 Mr. J. P. Cotton of Newport, who has the contract for the new athletic field at F... More...
Fire runs 11:15 a.m., Oct. 15, Car 1 and 3, Ladder 1, Engines 2 and 3 answered an outside rubbish fire call on Narragansett Avenue. 8:50 a.m., Oct. 16, Car 1 and Engine 2 responded to a flammable liquid spill call on Park Street. More...
JAMESTOWN SCHOOL COMMITTEE November 1, 2007 7:00 PM Workshop Lawn Library AGENDA Call to Order and Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance 1.0 Public Forum 2.0 Workshop Topics 2.1 2008-09 budget format, schedule, process 2.2 Draft policy on building use 2. More...
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