Thanks to tree lighting volunteers
      I would like to thank all of the Jamestowners who pitched in for the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony this year. The air may have been cold, but the community spirit was very warm indeed. There are many folks involved, but thanks especially to the guys from Conanicut Marine who helped move and ere...
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Farm had another successful year
      The winter rye is planted and the Community Farm is pretty much put away for the winter. The birds and the deer remain active through the winter, but the rest of us humans, bugs and weeds are taking a break. This year was again a very productive year and we produced and gave away in excess of 12,...
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Warbling by young and old
      Everyone had a wonderful time at the Jamestown Education Foundation's Singalong Sound of Music family night last week at the Jane Pickens theater, with enthusiastic warbling by young and old.
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Still willing to contribute
      A clarification needs to be made regarding the report in last week's Press about my resignation from the Quonset Development Board. On Oct. 31, I received a letter from the Town Clerk's office acknowledging that my three-year term on the QDC Board would be expiring Dec. 21, 2007.
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Name chambers for Rosamond Tefft
      This letter was sent to the Jamestown Town Council and copied to the Jamestown Press. I, John Doty, Jr., who has lived at 17 Union St. my entire life, would like to propose that the new town council chamber from the old town hall, located within the new town hall building, be named: the Rosa...
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Vandals ruin light display
      Has anyone wondered why the outside lights are out at 89 High St? Well, you can thank the brats that broke and threw the things all over the front lawn and broke into our cars. I hope they can look their little brothers and sisters in the eye and tell them that the house that always puts up thin...
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Boat tests questioned
      I have been following with interest the situation concerning the Harbormaster's boat since the problem first arose last spring. Common sense dictates that Ribcraft doesn't design and build a product subject to the type of (premature) failure experienced in this instance.
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