October 2, 2008 RSS feed / News

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Bucky Caswell, a Jamestown fireman for nearly six decades

By Sam Bari
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. More...

Chamber Chatter

By Vicki de Angeli

The Jamestown Chamber of Commerce is proud to report that our annual fundraiser, "Night At …", which this year was aptly titled, "Gettywood," was once again a huge success. More...

Flotsam and Jetsam

Turning lemons into limoncello in Italy
By Donna Drago

I just returned from a fabulous vacation in Italy, but it didn't start out that way. We should have known things would go downhill fast when we smelled burning wires shortly after leaving the car rental garage at Rome's Fiumicino airport. More...

TOWN MEETINGS

Wednesday, Oct. 8 7 p.m., Town Hall, the Harbor Management Commission meets. Thursday, Oct. 9 7 p.m., Lawn Avenue School library, the School Committee meets. More...

North Kingstown girls' volleyball beats South

By Stephanie Heelan Cotsonas

The North Kingstown High School girls' volleyball team improved their record to 8-1 after win at home against South Kingstown on Monday night. The Skippers took all three games, 25-22, 25-12, 25-16. More...

East Ferry Market and Deli has served patrons for 15 years

By Eileen M. Daly

Stacy Feight and her father Bob Umbenhauer have been serving up award-winning dishes at the East Ferry Market and Deli for close to 15 years. Feight gave some history of the deli. More...

Jamestown school lunch is a leader in nutrition

By Michaela Kennedy

Lunch at school is not what it used to be, and that's a great thing. The Jamestown Schools have the proud distinction of being state leaders with their model lunch program, now in the second year. More...

Island Lookout

By Stephen Heffner

Nancy Logan rides her 23-speed hybrid bicycle every day, year-round, weather permitting. More...