Maddie Maddigan, left, and Roxane Robin work on a marine-related scavenger hunt at Save the Bay camp. The week-long camp is sponsored each summer by the Jamestown Education Foundation. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten More...
Rhode Islanders will celebrate Victory Day on Monday, Aug. 11. The Jamestown Press will be published on time next week, although the Press office will be closed on Monday. Here are the deadlines for next week's newspaper which will be published on Thursday, Aug. More...
The Quononoquott Garden Club invites the public to hear a representative from Rhode Island Resource and Recovery talk on the "Importance of Recycling" at the Jamestown library on Monday, Aug. 18, at 1 p.m. This green program should interest everyone with concerns about the environment. More...
I would like to thank all of my friends and neighbors for their expressions of sympathy. They were most comforting. Isabelle Verducci Jamestown More...
How's the summer going? Are we having a good time? Are we getting out in the fresh air and sunshine? Are we spending time getting close to nature? Probably. Hmmm . . . Getting close to nature — that seems to be a controversial subject. We have discussed today's topic before, but apparently not enough. We should have been more thorough. More...
The Rhode Island Tree Council will offer a course on becoming a tree steward at the Jamestown library starting in September. The course will cover tree biology, tree identification, tree planting and pruning, tree health, urban forestry and soils. More...
Jamestown violinist extraordinaire Emily Anthony will return to the Recreation Center stage on Wednesday, Aug. 13, to perform in the Jamestown Community Chorus' annual Talent Show. The entertainment event of the summer will begin at 7 p.m. Emily will play George Gershwin's "It Ain't Necessarily So. 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, August 3, 1908 This morning the passengers on the ferries had an unusual sight witnessing a large school of porpoises feeding and frolicking in the bay. More...
Irving Kreutz, 90, a Jamestown summer resident for 50 years, died Aug. 1, 2008 in Jersey City, N.J. He was the husband of the late Barbara McLaughlin Kreutz for 60 years. Born in Pecos, Texas on Sept. 5, 1917, he grew up in Darlington, Wis. More...
Building permits Harry Baird received a permit July 29 to strip and re-roof a house at 469 West Reach Drive, work estimated to cost $5,776. Robert Soucy received a permit July 29 to install a fieldstone retaining wall in the backyard area at 388 East Shore Rd., work estimated to cost $102,200. More...
CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIEN N. M. No. 2008-0391 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO WEST PASSAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BENEDETTO CERILLI and JACK F. PHELAN, JR. More...
Your Health 2010
Julio DiGiando, father, teacher, and civic leader