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Within two years, Jamestown may be profiting from its own energy use, and with minimal impact on the environment. "Many of us on the committee are looking to more than maximize profits for the town, we're looking to maximize social benefi ts," Wind Committee Chairman Don Wineberg said. More ... If you ask Scott at Jamestown Hardware how high his weeds are, he'll say they're o.k. now, but come summer he'll have a job to find his house and he wonders what happened to his garden. It's somewhere to the left of the driveway, but the weeds have covered it. More ... At a time when many high school seniors are hoping to coast through the rest of the school year, islander Ryan Morris is gearing up for an intense few months of baseball and football. Morris played both sports all four years at North Kingstown and as a freshman he also played basketball. More ... Mrs. Huff's 7th Grade Language Arts Students were asked to respond to the following prompt based on the novel The Giver: Using your most persuasive voice, write a letter to the Committee of Elders asking them to reconsider their current policy and allow their citizens access to literature. Include a personal connection to literature as part of your plea. More ... I'm going to borrow a move from the Martha Stewart playbook. She often writes about "Good Things" in her publications. While I don't profess to being in the same league as Martha, I am going to tell you about some of the things that make my life better. More ... Judy and Dwight Smith visited Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China with their copy of the Press. Smith is a cartoonist for the Jamestown Press. More ... With a large emphasis on affordable housing and the town's Comprehensive Community Plan in mind, the Jamestown Planning Commission passed a proposal for a Community Development Block Grant last week at Town Hall. More ... Quononoquott Garden Club will have its first meeting of 2009 at St. Matthew's Parish Hall on Monday, April 13, beginning with a business meeting at 1 p.m. The program will start at 2 p.m. More ... The Jamestown Science Olympiad Team competed against over 20 other teams from around the state on March 28. The competition, held at Rhode Island College, involved the use of science skills in 23 events. This year's team brought home silver and bronze medals from the Pentathlon and Science Bowl. More ... |
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