An African missionary named Lamec Msamange visited Islander Carol Sousa's church in Middletown in 1985. He told the congregation about Malawi, a small South African nation that was little known to the world outside its borders at the time. Knowledge of the country and the plight of its people have not greatly improved since. More...
Valmont "Bucky" Caswell, 80, started hanging around the Jamestown Fire Department when he was 14-years old. He trained to be a fireman in 1948 and officially joined the department in 1949 when he turned 21. He has been a Jamestown fireman ever since. More...
The Jamestown Press has a long-standing policy of not publishing letters concerning obvious campaigns. During this election season, the Press will not print letters supporting or opposing local or national candidates who are running for public offices. More...
Statistics and experience tell us that as we age, our memory banks take on a new identity and serve us differently. The days of remembering chapters of text that we had read the night before as we crammed for exams are replaced by weak attempts at remembering where we put our car keys an hour earlier. More...
David and Jennifer Clancy, from Clancy Designs in Jamestown, will be exhibiting their work as part of the "Glass & Paint" show at DeBlois Gallery in Newport. There will be an opening reception for the show on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. and the show will run through Tuesday, Oct. 28. More...
The Friends of the Jamestown Library will host Dr. Thomas Mather from the University of Rhode Island's Tick Encounter Resource Center and the film "Hidden in the Leaves" on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. More...
Broadway is coming to East Ferry! Mary Wright, the Jamestown Community Theatre's artistic director, reports that the JCT is producing a one-man show on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and 16 at the Recreation Center. Born in England, Jon Peterson, a professional Broadway and off Broadway actor will be performing in a show he has written called "Song Man, Dance Man. 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. More...
Julie Lynn Murphy, 40, of Bellevue Avenue, Newport, died Sept. 26, 2008 at home. She was the companion of Jon Monti. Born in Sayre, Pa., she was a daughter of Hugh A. and Janice C. (Coldwell) Murphy of Jamestown and the late Paul A. Caputo. More...
Building permits Gayen Thompson received a permit Sept. 23 to re-roof the front of a house at 52 Grinnell St., work estimated to cost $1,600. Arthur and Paula King received a permit Sept. 23 to build a deck on to the house at 155 Beacon Ave., work estimated to cost $3,200. More...
CITATION STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT PETITION TO FORECLOSE TAX LIEN N. M. No. 2008-0506 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND CHRISTOPHER J. DORGAN, the unknown heirs and/or devisees of Christopher J. More...
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