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Island native Jeff Tuttle and his fiancée Renee Walker are going to say their "I do's" a little sooner than planned and in style this May after the couple won a $10,000 wedding package. More ... Larry Fisher, executive director of the Herreshoff Museum/America's Cup Hall of Fame, will speak on boat and sailing history that can be found in that museum on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. More ... The Boy Scouts of Troop 1 Jamestown hiked the Breakheart Trail at Arcadia Park in western Rhode Island on March 15 and 16. They began their trek at Frosty Hollow Pond carrying full packs with all their gear for an overnight campout. More ... Children can learn more about Rose Island Lighthouse and the environment on Rose Island during the Jamestown library's free, hour-long, hands-on program on Tuesday, April 14, from 11a.m. to 12 p.m. The program is for children ages 4 years old and over and will feature a reading and a "tour" of the ten-foot tall solar powered lighthouse model. More ... The University of Rhode Island's W. Alton Jones Campus in West Greenwich will host an open house on Saturday, April 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for families interested in Alton Jones Summer Camps for children. The open house provides parents and children an opportunity to speak with the W. More ... The Andrews family took the Press to Donner Pass in California while in town for a family wedding in Squaw Valley. More ... By now you are seeing signs that spring is almost here. Crocuses and some daffodils are up, birds are chirping away merrily, looking for food and nesting materials. Mourning doves are cooing and all is well with the gardener's world. More ... As part of his senior project, islander Victor Lambert will give a presentation on his July 2007 trip to Nicaragua tonight, Thursday, April 2, at 7 p.m. at the Jamestown Teen Center. Lambert took the trip as part of a Jamestown Teen Center service project. More ... The Black, Rogers and Tuttle families took the Press with them when they visited Walt Disney World in January. More ... Jamestown was well represented on the Newport Wahoos swim team this season, including several islanders who advanced to the New England Swimming Championships held on March 21 and 22 at Boston University and Harvard University. The Wahoos placed 46 out of 71 teams and Jamestown represented one-third of the 37 swimmers who qualified and competed from the team. More ... Mark Baker, pictured, and Chris Powell did some spring sprucing on the osprey perch and nest at Great Marsh. The nest and platform were checked for soundness, cleared of debris and the webcam adjusted on Tuesday. More ... Hana Toler, 19 months, of Jamestown found someone her size while visiting the newborn baby goats at Windmist (Neale) farm in Jamestown. More ... The Jamestown schools will shed light on drug and alcohol use by teens during an informational workshop on Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m. The drug awareness forum will include a presentation on teen drug and alcohol use by a guest panel, a question and answer session and dinner. More ... The Jamestown Town Council will hold a special meeting tomorrow, Friday, April 3, to approve a Fort Wetherill National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant application for the coastal and marine habitat restoration program. More ... Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation will hold an e-waste recycling and Eco-Depot collection on Saturday, April 18, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Second Beach in Middletown. This service is free for all Rhode Island residents. More ... Third grader Breanna McNeil dressed the part for the Melrose school Native American show. The third graders made Native American villages out of natural materials as a conclusion to that unit. More ... Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Program Rotary District 7950 will offer one Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship in 2010-2011 for a candidate considering either two years of degree-oriented study abroad or up to six months of intensive language study and cultural immersion abroad. More ... Historic Wickford Village in North Kingstown will celebrate its 7th annual Daffodil Days event this Saturday and Sunday, April 4 and 5. This family friendly event, sponsored jointly by the Village Merchants Association and Histwick, is a traditional and fun way to celebrate the beginning of spring. More ... Chloe Renee Wyman and Craig Matthew Eminger were married March 26, 2009 at Boston City Hall. The bride is the daughter of Joseph and Donna Drago of Jamestown, and Richard Wyman of Richmond. The groom is the son of Mark and Elizabeth Eminger of Warwick. More ... Dave Reardon, left, Jim Walker and Deb Ruggiero spent their Saturday morning with the Jamestown Rotary Club giving Will's Rest on Walcott Avenue a spring cleaning. More ... |
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Your Health 2010
