The efforts the Town of Jamestown has made to improve the town water and sewer infrastructure have paid dividends in the form of an award from the Environmental Protection Agency. More...
The 33rd Annual Jamestown Classic Bike Race sponsored by the Jamestown Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce will be a little different this year. Due to concerns for safety, as well as the disruption of business and town life, the organizers have taken steps to make the race more exciting while reducing the impact on the town. More...
It used to be that the local political parties had an understanding that campaign signs were not good for the town - visual pollution, ect.. Apparently, times have changed. The then conventional wisdom was that those candidates who planted the signs lost the election. More...
Occasionally, we take a moment to evaluate where we are in the great cycle of life. We usually don't consciously plan these evaluations; they just happen, inspired by something innocent, like overhearing a conversation at a nearby table while waiting for breakfast. More...
Being too young to be an official Cub Scout did not stop Jack Pritchard, 15 months, from camping out with the Pack on Saturday. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten More...
The public is invited to learn more about senior health and benefits during Senior Health Month at Blenheim-Newport. The senior living community, at 303 Valley Rd. in Middletown, will host two seminars that will provide helpful area resources. More...
Jamestown lost one of its best last week. I sang and worshipped with John Biddle over the years and it was always a delight to run into him while shopping at McQuade's on Sunday mornings and exchanging light banter. He was one of the kindest, most pleasant and gentlest persons I have ever met. More...
September was a hectic—but satisfying—month. House Tour Our House Tour weekend, Sept. 12 and 13, was very successful. The three houses on view, Birdview (1888) for Friday's "members only" party and Riven Rock (1911) and Onarock (1896) for the public tour on Saturday, are all wonderful examples of Jamestown summer architecture a century ago. More...
John Scott Biddle, 83, of Beavertail Road, died Wednesday, Oct.1, 2008 at John Clarke Health Care Center in Middletown. He was the husband of Amy (McKay) Biddle of Philadelphia, whom he married in 1977. Born in Philadelphia, Pa. on June 7, 1925, he was the son of the late Brigadier General Nicholas and Sarah (Lippincott) Biddle. More...
Building permits Red and Natalie Wright received a permit Oct. 2 to replace a garage with a larger garage and home office at 20 Whittier Rd., work estimated to cost $130,000. Lewis W. Kitts received a permit Oct. 3 to install seven new windows, a front door, and sheet rock for three rooms at 33 Fowler St., work estimated to cost $2,500. More...
Your Health 2010
Youth group learns first-hand about being homeless