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Ruggiero tackles tough budget issues in first year as state rep
Freshman Jamestown state Representative Deborah Ruggiero was among a group of legislators who forced key changes in the state budget earlier this month. The 20 dissident Democrats convinced Rhode Island General Assembly leaders to amend Rhode Island's supplemental budget to restore funds for local aid, nursing homes and the developmentally disabled. More...
Economic times hinder affordable housing expansion
By Tyler Will

Poor economic conditions have turned investors away from buying tax credits from Rhode Island Housing, whose sale fi- nances affordable housing construction, according to Brigid Ryan, senior project manager for the Church Community Housing Corporation. More...

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• Zoning Board grant two variances
Two residences in Jamestown will soon see a makeover, thanks to approvals from the Board of Zoning Appeal. The committee approved a zoning variance for Jamestown resident John Lawless Jr. and a restricted variance for Jamestown resident Vaughn Gooding, whose request for an eight-foot fence was reduced to a six-foot fence. More...
• Island Sports
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 Editorial
• article has image FIRST PERSON
My name is Liza Kurt and I live in Jamestown. My brother and I were raised on Long Island and were fortunate to participate in junior sailing. We competed against other Long Island and Connecticut yacht clubs. My brother took to sailing immediately. He later went to the Naval Academy and become an officer in the Navy. More...
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• Bring the kids to help on Saturday morning
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 Letters to the Editor
• Wind energy and Jamestown
Thank you for your thorough April 9 article on the activities of the Jamestown Wind Energy Committee. I wanted to write to you to try to explain more fully some of the issues our community is facing. By far the hardest issue to understand in wind power is the concept of "net metering. More...
• Help clean up our beaches on Saturday
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 Sam Bari
• article has image Findaphoneaphobia
You can't beat a system you can't understand
Two years have gone by. I can't believe it. How did that happen so fast? My cell phone contract ran out and now I have to get a new phone. That's not quite true. I don't really have to get a new phone, but if I don't get a new one, the phone I have will probably stop working. I think it was obsolete before I bought it. More...
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 About Town
• Junior docents needed at Gilbert Stuart
Do you like learning about colonial history? Do you like telling people what you know? The Gilbert Stuart Birthplace and Museum is looking for motivated, enthusiastic, and reliable young people between the ages of 9 and 18 to volunteer in the junior docent program. More...
• International aid and the U.S. Navy forum
• Historic renovations featured at meeting
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 Island Calendar
• Island Calendar
Thursday April 16 8:30 a.m., Pilates, Jamestown Country Club, fee 2 - 6 p.m., Teen center, grades 7 - 12, recreation center 5:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew's Church 8 p.m., Gamblers Anonymous, St. More...
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 The Walrus Says
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You won't go home hungry after the Jamestown Community Chorus' concerts next month. Chorus members, who always provide the postconcert refreshments, have been asked to prepare items out of the chorus' new cookbook, "Bach, Beethoven, and Bread" that will be offered for sale for $7 at the concerts. More...
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 Island History
• This week in Island history
Week of April 16
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society. More...
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 News of Record
• TOWN MEETINGS
Monday, April 20 6 p.m., Town Hall, Board of Water and Sewer meets. 7 p.m., Town Hall, Town Council meets. Tuesday, April 21 7 p.m., library, the Tree Preservation and Protection Committee meets. Thursday, April 23 7 p.m., Lawn Avenue library, the School Committee meets. More...
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 Legals
• LEGAL NOTICES
JAMESTOWN SCHOOL COMMITTEE April 23, 2009 6:00 p.m. Executive Session: RIGL 42-46-5: Exception 2, Litigation re Appeal of Regents' Decision RIGL 42-46-5 Exception 2, Contract Negotiations 7:00 p.m. More...
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