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Soccer results
      Week three U-6 League: Outstanding Players: Stearns Farms, Jack Barry; Well Works, Ben Cowan; Mc- Quade's Market, Carter Velivus; Jamestown Women's Club, Alexandra Sabourin; Murphy's Law, Rileigh Gouveia; Del's Lemonade, Justin Hoderick; Jamestown Rotary Club, Brody Parris; Jamestown Hardware, Charlie Elsworth.
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Skippers hold on to defeat Rogers 41 - 35
      It appeared that the North Kingstown varsity football team was well in control, leading by a score of 34-19, at the beginning of the final quarter of last Friday's game against Rogers High School. Appearances can be deceiving however, and the Rogers team gave a good account of themselves during the closing minutes, only to fall short to the Skippers 41-35.
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Kids' Corner
Student works from the Jamestown School
     Nina Kent, Pre-School, Miss Peggy
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Young sailors are tested in 'Morning Light' film
      Five hundred and twenty-eight entries. Fifteen spots. Exactly 513 young and talented sailors would not get the chance to see Hawaii. The 15 that did, however, would be in for an adventure of a lifetime. These are the statistics of the application process for the Morning Light Project, a documentary produced by Roy E. Disney and Leslie DeMeuse.
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Laptop computers stolen
      The Jamestown Police Department wants island residents to be aware of an ongoing investigation concerning the theft of four laptop computers from island homes. According to acting detective Derek Carlino, three of the computers were stolen in broad daylight in the downtown area from homes with unlocked doors. Two of the homes were entered through unlocked front doors.
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Swain makes court appearance in Tortolla
      Jamestowner David Swain, accused of murdering his wife Shelley Tyre while scuba diving in the British Virgin Islands nine years ago, appeared in court Monday in Tortolla but did not enter a plea. The former two-term Jamestown Town Coucil member was expected to be arraigned Monday on the murder charge.
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New trailer
     Cub Scout Pack 1, of Jamestown, used their new trailer for the first time last weekend at the Pack's fall campout. Scouts, from left to right, Pierce Cardoza, Benjamin Smith, Wyatt Cardoza and Connor Smith helped break in the new trailer. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten
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Tryout now for spring soccer teams
      Jamestown Soccer Association will hold an open tryout session for the 2009 Spring Competitive Youth Soccer Season. All Jamestown soccer players are encouraged to attend. This session will be held Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Eldred Avenue soccer fields from 12:30 to 2 p.m. for Under-8 and Under-10 players with birthdays from Aug. 1, 1998 to July 31, 2002.
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Rhode Island Mooring Service keeps growing with marina expansion
      Rhode Island Mooring Service announced this week that it has expanded its marina and boat service facility at Little Allen's Harbor in Davisville. Richard and Theresa DeSalvo of Jamestown established the business in 1985. "We just did moorings for the first four years and then we started getting into marine construction," Richard said.
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