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The brilliant red American LaFrance fire engine that now sits at Jamestown’s fire station made its last service call in 1973. Although no one remembers what the call involved, everyone – Jamestown Fire Department volunteers, past and present – remembers the American LaFrance. Its unmemorable ending was in contrast to its 26 years of service and its heralded beginning. More...

Jamestown voters will head to the polls this Tuesday, Nov. 3, to elect a new slate of Town Council members, School Committee members and the town moderator. Polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. More...

Harmony Inc. will celebrate its 50th anniversary next month and for islander Barbara-Ann MacIntosh, participating in the group is more than a hobby – it’s a way of life. More...
I read with amusement the report in the Oct. 22 issue of the Jamestown Press, which reported that one of the three uses of the old highway barn was “a landswap offer in which DEM would trade its Beavertail land (where the town could site a wind turbine) for the Ft. Wetherill parcel.” More...
You can’t beat a system you can’t understand
Halloween is different than it was when I was a kid. It’s easy to tell why. Everything looks normal the morning after. The trees are not decorated with toilet paper, nothing smells like rotten eggs and little kids have shopping bags full of healthy, store-bought candy. Yuck! More...
Come have a ghoulishly good time tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 30, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Jamestown Philomenian Library’s meeting hall, creating Halloween masks, hats and decorations with glue, glitter, paper, fabric scraps and other found materials. More...
Thursday Oct. 29 8:30 a.m., Pilates, Jamestown Country Club, fee 3 to 8 p.m., Teen center, grades 7 to 12, recreation center 5:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous, St. Matthew’s Church 8 p.m., Gamblers Anonymous, St. Lucy’s Church, Middletown Friday Oct. More...
In our search for trends and wisdom for Saturday’s Halloween activities we visited the one place on the island that could provide us with that information – the Jamestown Early Learning Center. We sat at a picnic table in the back yard as the learners gathered around and told us the identities they are going to take on while trick or treating and attending parties. More...
Week of October 29
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, Oct. 27, 1909 A large triplex pump for the new pumping station arrived today. More...
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 NOVEMBER 17, 2009, AT THE JAMESTOWN TOWN HALL 93 NARRAGANSETT AVENUE, JAMESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND AT 7:00 P.M. UPON THE FOLLOWING: More...