While government agencies across the state were left pointing fingers at each other after the first two major storms of winter blew through the region on Dec. 13 and 15, Jamestowners experienced very little inconvenience because of the preparedness of the town. More...
The Christmas Pageant, staged every year at the Shoreby Hill Green on Christmas Eve, has been a Jamestown tradition since 1975. Founder Jeanne Bunkley used a pageant held in Bronxville, N. Y. since 1914 as a model for the annual island event. More...
Hey, big guy. It seems like just yesterday - not a year ago - that you made your Christmas Eve visit to Jamestown. Time sure flies. I must be getting old. We have good things to report from our island home. The new award-winning Town Hall has opened for business. More...
State policies and the town's own Comprehensive Community Plan strongly support a viable farming community and the preservation of historic sites. Jamestown's Windmill Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a prime example of just what the State and the Comprehensi... More...
Last year, along about this time, I wrote the story of how I met Santa Claus right in my own kitchen. If my memory serves me correctly, I believe I was about 6 or 7 years old at the time. Anyway, I was in the second grade. It was Christmas Eve, and as usual, I couldn't sleep. More...
Parents are invited to enjoy story time with their preschooler, ages 3 to 5, at the Audubon Society's Powder Mill Ledges Refuge center on Dec. 21, at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. The program includes a nature story reading and hands-on activities followed by a nature craft. This month's story is "Strange... More...
These letters were sent overnight express so they would arrive at Santa's in plenty of time before the elves started packing the jolly one's sleigh. "Dear Santa, I want a John Deere tractor and a Crash 'N Go speedway please. 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, December 16, 1907 One of W. S. Bailey's horses attached to a delivery wagon made a lively runaway ... More...
Shirley B. (Teixeira) Quattromani, 77, of Park Street, passed away Sunday at the South County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, North Kingstown. She was the beloved wife of John L. Quattromani, Jr. for 57 years. A lifelong resident of Jamestown, she was a daughter of the late Manuel J. and Ethel ... More...
Drunk driving charged Melissa J. Shuhy, 27, of 86 Pemberton Ave., was charged on Dec. 16 with second offense drunk driving, refusal to take a Breathalyzer test, and driving with a suspended license, police said. More...
JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE is hereby given that there will be a public hearing by and before the Town Council of the Town of Jamestown on the 14th of January 2008 at 7:00 p.m. More...
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