By Stephanie Heelan Cotsonas
The North Kingstown High School boys' lacrosse team will head into the playoffs more confident than ever after coming off a win against the undefeated division leader La Salle Academy.
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Jennie Calabrese, left, and Daniel Capuano took their granddaughter Alexandria De Crescenzo out for some pasta at the annual Boy Scout Spaghetti Dinner. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten More...
Former U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee will address the Friends of the Jamestown Library Annual Meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, June 4, at 7 p.m. at the library. More...
By Sam Bari
Barbara Paterson, one of the principals of Dutch Harbor Boat Yard, denied that the boatyard was being auctioned due to financial problems after being asked for a status report at the May 14 Harbor Management Commission meeting. More...
Wins weren't enough to move team to semi-finals
By Rudd Hall
The North Kingstown tennis team hosted Mt. St. Charles last week, with both teams looking to advance to the Division 1 semi-finals. The teams battled each other, as well as the heavy winds. More...
Save the Bay is offering Family Bay Days aboard the educational vessel M/V Swift. Collect and study local species while enjoying the Bay's beauty and fresh air. More...
By Sam Bari
The semi-annual meeting of the Beavertail State Park Advisory Committee focused on issues that must be resolved since the Town of Jamestown limited its involvement in the maintenance of the facility earlier in the year. The U. S. More...
By Sam Bari
When Jamestown Police Chief Thomas Tighe received a letter from Elizabeth V. Earls, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Council of Community Mental Heath Organizations, Inc., he read it and responded immediately. More...
Elizabeth Allen, Sarah Baines, Joan Briggs, Marcie Lindsey and Eileen McCarney Muldoon, members of the Jamestown Reading Group, took the Press to Santa Fe to meet with Hampton Sides, the author of "Blood & Thunder." More...
Magdalena Andres, of Jamestown, was inducted into the Sigma Xi honor society at the University of Rhode Island. The honor society includes research scientists and engineers. Andres is a graduate student at the Graduate School of Oceanography. More...
Kelly Easton of Jamestown has won the 2008 Asian/Pacific American Literature Award for her novel "Hiroshima Dreams." Set in Providence, the novel explores the lives of three generations affected by the bombing of Hiroshima. More...
Jonathan Pollack read the Press with visiting Pyongyang, North Korea. More...
As campers and other vacationers prepare for their upcoming holidays, the state's Department of Environmental Management, and colleagues from throughout New England, are urging them to refrain from transporting firewood to and from other areas, and More...
By Roger Marshall
It's not been very warm lately, and most of my heat-loving plants are still in the greenhouse, a far cry from a few weeks ago when it looked as if winter had gone for good. More...
$1.7 million approved for highway garage next to Newport Bridge
By Sam Bari
The Town Council approved a bid to design and build a new highway garage and salt storage facility at a cost of up to $1,697,500 at its Monday night session. More...
Heelan A son, Reed Thomas Heelan, was born April 3, 2008, at Women and Infants' Hospital to Beth (Ruggiero) and John Heelan of Jamestown. Grandparents are Jack and Judy Heelan of Jamestown and Sandy and Richard Ruggiero of Bristol. More...
The Jamestown Shores Association will hold a general meeting on Wednesday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center on West Street. Bring a friend or neighbor. Many topics relative to the Shores will be discussed. More...
The Hirsch family, Bennett, Dori, Julia, Madeleine, and Abigail, took the Press to Paris, near the Luxembourg Gardens, in March. More...
Bob Bowen took the Press to the waterfront of Zanzibar on a recent trip. More...
The opening of the annual Arts Alive student art show will be Thursday, June 5, at the Melrose Avenue School, with a reception from 7 to 8 p.m. The show will run Thursday and Friday, June 5 and 6 in the Melrose school multi-purpose room. More...
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