The students at Lawn Avenue School had a special winged visitor, a red hawk, last week in connection with the Conanicut Island Raptor Project's latest fund-raising project. More...
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority voted unanimously Wednesday to install the E-ZPass system on the Pell-Newport Bridge. The rate for Rhode Island residents will be $0.83 per crossing with a Rhode Island transponder. RITBA officials indicated that the rate may increase after findings from the governor's Blue Ribbon Panel on Transportation are released. More...
Bill Hamel, and his friend Bryan Johnson, took the Press to South Dakota while on a three-week working vacation. Bill's motorcycle and sidecar were used as a platform to do a photo shoot, which will be used for the 2009 Indian Motorcycle advertisements. More...
Many thanks to all who participated in the RIEMA Disaster Drill on Saturday, Sept. 13. The drill was a simulation of needing to open our Melrose School shelter as a result of the effects of a hurricane. More...
A long-time friend recently reminded me over somewhere around 2000 beers on Friday afternoon that if I had taken his advice years ago, I could be as happily married as he is. He neglected to say that he is happily married for the fourth time. More...
Michael Casey, left, sets a good example for son Jonathan, 7, by giving blood at the blood drive. The drive was sponsored by the Jamestown American Legion and VFW posts. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten More...
A Hofstra University law professor will discuss, "Legal Dilemmas in Forensic Evidence" on Friday, Sept. 26, at the University of Rhode Island's Forensic Science Seminar. Professor J. Herbie DiFonzo's lecture will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Pastore Hall, 51 Lower College Rd., Room 124 and is free and open to the public. More...
One of our delights during the summer months is sitting on our deck observing the antics of the hundreds of birds flying in and out of the feeders and later watching in wonder as the night sky evolves into millions of tiny lights. More...
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, September 24, 1908 Little mackerel were quite numerous around the steamboat wharf this afternoon but were not biting, only a few stray ones being caught. A large iron derrick was brought across the ferry from Newport today, for use at Fort Wetherill. More...
Thomas "Tom" Patrick O'Callaghan, 66, of Jamestown, died peacefully in his home on Sept. 22, 2008. The youngest of six siblings who grew up in Newton, Mass., he was a renaissance man with eclectic tastes and many talents. As a teenager at the Christian Brothers School in Boston, he excelled in sports and went to Brandeis University on a basketball scholarship. More...
Building permits Mr. and Mrs. Neale received a permit Sept. 16 to erect a tent from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Sept. 26 at the Neale Farm on Weeden Lane, work estimated to cost $825. Mary Gayron and Phil Bryan received a permit Sept. 16 to rebuild a damaged master bedroom deck at 150 East Shore Rd., work estimated to cost $8,000. More...
CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIEN N. M. No. 2008-0490 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO WEST PASSAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Rhode Island corporation, BENEDETTO A. CERILLI JR. More...
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