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As part of her North Kingstown High School senior project, island resident Kyra Reppe will host a clothing drive on Thursday, March 20, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Jamestown Recreation Center. All proceeds will be donated to various women's shelters of Rhode Island. For more information, contac... More ... Podunajec inducted into honor society Matthew Podunajec, of Jamestown, will graduate this week from the New England Institute of Technology with an associate's degree in game development and simulation technology. He was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. More ...
By Sam Bari Kate Petrie and Elizabeth Congdon had an idea. They believe our island needs and can support an arts center, so they talked to their friends Dori Hirsch, Jocelyn Donahue, Jane Mitchell, and Barbara Hutchinson. Together they gave the idea life by forming the board of directors for the Jamestown Art... More ... Quest school collage on display Quest Montessori School is proud to present a collage entitled "The Five Great Lessons," created by its students and parents with Rhode Island artist, Holly Ewald. The collage and photographs of the collaborative process will be on display at the North Kingstown Library at 100 Boone Street, Wickfo... More ... URI artist to create mixed-media installation Mixed media artist Albert Chong will be the Italo Scanga visiting artist at the University of Rhode Island this spring. He will give a presentation titled "The Flight Trilogy" Monday, March 31, at 4 p.m. in the Cherry Auditorium, Kirk Engineering Building, 90 Upper College Rd., Kingston. It is fre... More ... Space still available in art classes The Portsmouth Arts Guild spring session has begun. Several upcoming classes still have space available. They include: Ceramic Tile for Beginners, starting April 2, Painterly Pastels, on April 3, Guitar music enrichment, for ages 12 and up, on April 14, and more. More ...
By Michaela Kennedy The recreation center at the waterfront was alive with action at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A group of gamers handled controls in front of the big screen. Two boys played table tennis in the lobby. A game of basketball echoed with rowdy players. More ... Register now for Jamestown baseball Registration has begun for the 2008 season of Cal Ripken Baseball in Jamestown. The deadline to register for the Major League, ages 9 to 12, is March 24 and April 4 is the deadline for the Minor League, ages 7 to 11. No one will be allowed to register after those dates. More ... Dwyer in canoe event to protect Charles River Timothy Dwyer of Jamestown is among the early entries for the 26th Run of the Charles Canoe and Kayak Race in Boston, which will take place on Sunday, April 27. The Run of the Charles is held to benefit the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) and its efforts to protect the health, beauty a... More ... Learn about foster parenting at DCYF night The Department of Children, Youth and Families is hosting a Foster Care and Adoption Information Night on Wednesday, March 26, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the DCYF Office at 650 Ten Rod Rd., North Kingstown. DCYF staff, foster, and adoptive parents will be available to explain the program and answer q... More ... North Kingstown names second quarter honor roll The following Jamestown students were named to the North Kingstown High School Principal's Honor Roll for achieving an academic average of 90 or better for the second quarter. More ... Noted architect to give talk March 25 From Seattle's best and worst architecture to the home designs of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Witold Rybczynski has covered it as architecture critic for Slate, the online news and culture magazine. More ...
By Donna Drago Like many Americans, I have a bird feeder in my yard. Actually, I have more than one because the fussy little flyers don't all eat the same thing. In the primary feeder, I have a mix that is mostly black oil sunflower seeds, with some cracked corn thrown in for the cardinals. More ...
By Roger Marshall The weather is getting milder, daylight saving time is here and it's time to trim the fruit trees. But you'll need to remember not to prune away too much tree or you could force the tree into biannual fruiting, which is not what you want to do. You'd like to get fruit every year wouldn't you? More ... Thousands of daffodils at Blithewold gardens Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum opens for the season with Daffodil Days, as springtime settles on the shores of Narragansett Bay. The festival will run from April 12 to May 4. More ... Wickford celebrates spring with weekend events Historic Wickford Village, in North Kingstown, will celebrate its 6th Annual Daffodil Days event on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6. This family-friendly event, sponsored jointly by the Village Merchants Association and Histwick, is a traditional and fun way to celebrate the beginning of spr... More ...
Emma, Ben and Julia Cotsonas took the Press out for some sun in Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico last week. More ... Churches announce Holy Week services Central Baptist Church The Central Baptist Church congregation will begin its Holy Week observance on Maundy Thursday, March 20, with a soup dinner at 6:30 p.m. A service of communion and Tenebrae will begin at 7:30 p.m. The first portion of the service will center on remembering and reenacting ... More ...
By Adrienne Downing The rain may have dampened the spirits of St. Patrick's Day paradegoers on Saturday, but not the nearly 40 Cub Scouts who flocked to the Portuguese American Citizen's Club for the Pack One's annual Pinewood Derby. The Scouts put their cars to the test after weeks of designing, shaping, painting a... More ...
By Erin Brennan This past weekend North Kingstown High School presented the musical "Fiddler on the Roof." The musical tells the story of Tevye and his family in the village of Anatevka during the Russian turmoil of 1905. More ... College planning for special needs event set The Fourth Annual College Planning Forum for middle and high school students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), 504 plans, and physical or emotional disabilities, as well as their parents, teachers, guidance counselors, and other school support personnel, will be held on March 29 at Pr... More ... TOWN MEETINGS Thursday, March 20 6 p.m., Town Hall, Town Council budget work session. 7:30 p.m., Lawn Avenue School library, the School Committee meets. Monday, March 24 7 p.m., Town Hall, the Town Council meets. Tuesday, March 25 7 p.m., Town Hall, the Zoning Board of Review meets. More ... Learn about dangers in biofuel business Each year in Colombia, more than 3,000 people are killed at the hands of paramilitary groups and guerrillas, while millions more flee or are forced out of their homes Learn first-hand about the abuses and hardship that the oil palm biofuel industry is causing in Colombia, and how Americans might ... More ...
Three vacancies exist on the Jamestown Affordable Housing Committee. The committee acts in an advisory capacity to the Town Council on issues relating to housing. Members shall sit as a review committee for proposed Housing Trust Fund Projects and conduct studies and analyses of the current housin... More ... Bike trek planned for fall weekend Join the American Lung Association of New England in one of the area's most scenic, challenging and established cycling events this September. The 24th annual Autumn Escape Bike Trek starts in historic Plymouth, Mass. on Friday, Sept. 12 and ends in Provincetown on Sunday, Sept. 14. More ... Book groups set spring schedule The next book to be read by both the afternoon and evening book groups at the Jamestown library will be "The Widow's War," by Sally Gunning. The Monday group will meet April 14, at 7 p.m. and the Tuesday discussion will be at 1 p.m. on April 8. More ...
Jennifer and Jeremy Sherer read the Press while traveling through India aboard the Deccan Odyssey Rail, in Kolhapur. More ...
By Michaela Kennedy Aiko, a young yellow Labrador retriever, runs inside an enclosed fence with some canine cohorts. Unbeknownst to the dog, Aiko has recently passed an exam that qualifies him as a "therapy friend," a dog trained in pet-assisted therapy. More ... Learn to be a public servant at 'clean government' course Operation Clean Government will hold their Candidate School on Saturday, April 12, at the Quonset "O" Club. The one-day session will run from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and costs $95. More ... Birds, birds and more birds at April fest An all-day festival for bird enthusiasts will take place on Saturday, April 5, at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., discover ways to attract birds to the backyard or learn about feathered creatures that inhabit special places in Rhode Island. More ... |
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