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Jamestown Police Chief Thomas Tighe said Wednesday morning that island officials are still investigating the anonymous campaign letter that was mailed to island homes the weekend before the Nov. 3 town election. Chief Tighe said Officer Derek Carlino was assigned to the case. Officer Carlino has interviewed several people, Tighe reported. More ... Editor’s Note: Here’s a brief list of upcoming holiday events we think our readers may find of interest. Concerts and performances More ... An island church last week provided a platform for health care experts to examine the American health care crisis – and review the legislative “solutions” proposed on Capitol Hill. More ... Bill Briggs, Maureen Rozes, Eileen McCarney Muldoon and Joan Briggs took the Jamestown Press along to Matera, Italy, where Muldoon taught a photography workshop in Italy with Cindy Wilson of North Kin More ... Robert and Diane Tremblay of Coventry announce the engagement of their daughter, Erica Tremblay, to Joshua Shea, son of Stephen and Doreen Furtado of Jamestown and Joseph Shea of Wellington, Fla. Erica is a social worker and birth doula, and Josh is a civil engineer. They will marry in August, 2010. More ... Hackman A daughter, Keira Elaine, was born Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Newport Hospital to Susan (Koscinski) and Theodore Hackman of Jamestown. Larkin A daughter, Norah Beatrice Larkin, was born Sept. 10 at Newport Hospital to Jesse and Megan (Symons) Larkin. She joins her big brother, Oscar. More ... With every gain in life, there is a loss. Susan Lutes, director of the Shoreby Hill Christmas Pageant, can attest to that fact. She’s living it. After five years of heading the popular holiday event – a recreation of the Nativity scene – Lutes is moving on. She is embracing the redirection of her life, even if she never planned for it. More ... William “Bucky” Brennan may have served the Jamestown School Committee for eight years – but even he acknowledges that those years of service got off to a rather rocky start. “I was the only Republican on the committee and I probably took the hardest tack on the issues, mostly by questioning the value of what we were spending on,” he said. More ... Jamestown Chamber of Commerce President Annie McIntyre presents a painting as a thank you gift to Donna Olney Kohler, who is leaving her post as executive director of the chamber. More ... Jamestown’s Daisy Girl Scout troop recently decorated a bulletin board about respect at the Melrose School. More ... It is hard to miss the little oneman dinghies sailing in the bay waters off of East Ferry from November through April. The boats are usually the only ones in the chilly water long after the other watercraft have been stored in their winter homes. More ... Jamestown Soccer’s U12 girls competitive team, coached by Jay Primiano and Julie Kallfelz, played to a 3-4-1 record in the classic division of the R.I. Super Liga’s fall tournament. More ... A baby Highland cow takes time out for a good back scratch during a recent sunny day at Beaverhead Farm. Photo by Andrea von Hohenleiten More ... Joe Tiexiera, Rep. Deborah Ruggiero and Joseph Baker of the Department of Transportation talk in front of a stone wall running along Helm Street. More ... The Jamestown Youth Soccer Association’s competitive U12 boys team, coached by Jay Sisson and Jim Simmons, closed out its fall season undefeated in the classic gold division of Super Liga tourna More ... Congressman Patrick Kennedy visited Lawn Avenue School in Jamestown recently to announce a $200,000 appropriation to fund a new Science and Math Scholars Initiative at the school. More ... A homeowner on Spirketing Street will be making some unanticipated home improvements after a car crashed through the home’s living room last Monday. Photo of Andrea von Hohenleiten More ... The Jamestown Wind Energy Committee this week voted to recommend Ft. Getty as the island’s most suitable location for a wind turbine. All six committee members who attended the Nov. 17 meeting supported Ft. Getty over Taylor Point, which was the only other site still in the running. More ... The Department of Corrections’ Intake Service Center will soon be renamed for the late Anthony P. Travisono of Jamestown, the first director of the state’s Department of Corrections, under recently passed legislation sponsored by state Senate President M. Teresa Paiva-Weed and state Rep. Deborah Ruggiero. More ... “We all have our passions,” said islander Rod Smith as he described his first love. “My camera: That’s my sailboat, my motorcycle, my fast car.” Coming in a close second is Smith’s love of ships. More ... |
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Your Health 2010
