Rhode Islanders, particularly Jamestown and North Kingstown residents, typically spend most of the final week of June each year with their eyes to the sky. The arrival of aircraft at Quonset Point for the Rhode Island Air Show is as much a sign of the official start of summer as the last day of school and full beaches. More...
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Parking is an ongoing problem for area businesses
By Tyler Will
By the start of the 2009-2010 academic year, Jamestown will likely have curbing on Watson Avenue to help protect children walking to the Jamestown schools. Both schools are located off of Watson Avenue, a street on which some say parents and residents drive too fast.
“That is just an ongoing problem in this town,” said Mike Tiexiera, an employee of Island Rubbish Service, a business located near the school. People drive too fast, especially when they are late for school, he said. More...
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Evtimov named to
RWU dean’s list
Vladimir Evtimov of Jamestown was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2009 semester at Roger Williams University.
Local garden club
members win awards
Several members of the Quononoquott Garden Club won awards at the 14th annual Newport Flower Show. This year’s theme was “Glorious Green,” symbolizing the green found in plants and that which helps the environment. Eight garden clubs were invited to compete. More...
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• EDITORIAL •
My wife and I are in Germany to visit our teenage daughter, who is participating in a student exchange. The young German woman with whom she is living came to our home in Jamestown last year. So, we came over to meet the rest of her family and to explore.
We have found that Germany is light years ahead of us in transportation and alternative energy production. More...
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Our “Island Treasures” garden tour held on Saturday, June 27, was a great success and we appreciate the local support. We want to thank Baker’s Pharmacy and the Secret Garden for selling tickets and The Jamestown Press for supplying maps.
We were fortunate to have a bright sunny day to visit the 11 gardens on the tour. We thank the participating garden owners for opening their lovely properties to all our visitors. Many came from out of state. More...
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You can’t beat a system you can’t understand
The academic year has concluded. Students across the country have celebrated high school and college graduations. Parties marked the festive events and all who attended had a good time. The commemorative books and memory banks have done their job and sealed the history of formal education for graduates everywhere.
Beaming parents can now send their ecstatic offspring out of the proverbial nest and into the world to claim their fortune. More...
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Don’t miss the Fourth of July festivities scheduled to take place right here in Jamestown:
Do a good deed.
Volunteers are needed bright and early at 7 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, to help raise more than 100 American flags honoring local veterans at Veterans Square at East Ferry. “We need everybody to come and help,” said Bruce Livingston, who organizes the event. Volunteers are also needed at 3 p.m. to take the flags down. More...
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Thursday July 2
8:30 a.m., Pilates, Jamestown Country Club, fee 3 – 8 p.m., Teen center, grades 7 - 12, recreation center 5:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew’s Church 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., Suela-hooping, Jamestown Philomenian Library 7 – 9 p.m., Mens’ Chorus rehearsal, Conanicut Grange 8 p.m., Gamblers Anonymous, St. More...
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Sunday is the big Independence Day blast. Well, maybe not as big as in past years.
Head ‘hog Gregg Charest writes, “There’s no way we’re going to meet our original goal this year, so we changed our order with Telstar. But I’m an eternal optimist, so I still set a goal for the ‘hogs that we need help meeting. In other words, we still need money to blow up! Donations have been coming in over the past few days, but we’re still cutting it really close.”
Send your donation to the Fireworks Fund, Box 1776, Jamestown 02835. More...
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Week of July 2
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.
100 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, July 1, 1909
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Thomas R. Oates died peacefully, surrounded by his family, after a brief illness on June 26 at his home in Jamestown.
Born in Providence to Robert C. and Margaret A. (Coffey) Oates, he is survived by his wife, Christina Seamans Oates; his children, Dr. Daniel J. Oates of Quincy, Mass., and Matthew J. Oates of Rochester, N.Y.; his stepchildren, Stephen J. Truhan of Longwood, Fla., and Dana R. Truhan of Foster; and his sister, Peg McGuirl, of Warwick. More...
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7:28 p.m., June 22, Marine 1, Car 3 and Engine 3 went to Fort Getty Road for a water rescue.
11:21 p.m., June 23, Car 3 was sent to Beavertail Road for a smoke scare call.
4:26 p.m., June 23, Cars 1 and 3, Ladder 1, Tankers 1 and 2, and Engines 1, 2 and 3 were dispatched to North Main Road for a chimney fire.
7:30 p.m., June 25, All units turned out at the fire station on Narragansett Avenue for a drill.
1:48 p.m., June 26, Rescue 1 was sent to Narragansett Avenue for an EMS standby. More...
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TOWN OF JAMESTOWN
ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING JULY 28, 2009, AT THE JAMESTOWN TOWN HALL 93 NARRAGANSETT AVENUE, JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND AT 7:00 P.M. UPON THE FOLLOWING: More...
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Your Health 2010
Duffy earns Army promotion