2020-10-15
GOOD TO THE CORE
APPLE DOUGHNUTS, CIDER ARE BIG HITSIf an apple a day keeps the doctor away, then Windmist Farm right now is the perfect place to visit during the coronavirus pandemic. The Hard-Pressed Cider Company has parked its cider-making trailer in the farm’s driveway on Weeden Lane since 2014. The first year, the company exclusively sold cider, but doughnuts flavored like that beverage were added to the […]
Voters to cast ballots on two referendums
$1.5M library renovation bond, petition changes to be decidedThe polls opened yesterday in Jamestown with early in-person voting and the fate of two local questions on the ballot. The architects behind those referendums, however, are worried voters might not remember the details of those questions because of the amount of time that has passed since they were debated. The first question asks voters whether they should approve a […]
Fish about to have new owners
Village restaurant to be auctioned MondayThe former Jamestown Fish building is set to be sold next week, almost two years after serving its last meal. The former restaurant at 14 Narragansett Ave. will be bid upon at a receivership hearing at 11 a.m. Monday in the Kent County Courthouse in Warwick. Receiver Linda Rekas Sloan said she was appointed in July since the owners could […]
Send in questions for Oct. 18 virtual town council debate
The Jamestown Press will host a virtual debate for town council candidates at 7 p.m. Sunday. The debate will be conducted via videoconferencing. Login information will be available on the newspaper’s website starting Friday. All eight candidates, including incumbent Republican Bill Piva and incumbent Democrats Randy White, Mary Meagher and Mike White and Nancy Beye, said they will participate. Democratic […]
State begins preparing for coronavirus vaccine
Gov. Gina Raimondo has convened a subpanel of the Rhode Island Vaccine Advisory Committee whose sole focus will be planning for the coronavirus inoculation. “We need to make sure that we have the data and the science to inform people about the vaccine,” said Dr. Nicole Alexander Scott, the state’s chief medical practitioner. “We understand the skepticism and messaging out […]
Think diversity when you cast your ballot
To the editor: Jamestown is a diverse community of individuals representing all races, ages, sexual orientations, religious beliefs, political beliefs and socioeconomic status. Is voting for all five members of one political party a true democracy and representative of a diverse community? A town council consisting of all members of one political party actually is a form of authoritarianism. Please […]
Shhhh, I’m trying to read this letter
To the editor: A simple solution to the noise “problem” would be to provide sound-deadening headphones for all of those who find garbage trucks, music, birds, cars, boats, school buses, lawnmowers, dogs, children playing, fog horns etc., just too much to bear. Then we won’t have to read about the noise ordinance anymore. We live in a wonderful community; we […]
CORRECTION
In an article in the Oct. 8 edition of The Jamestown Press headlined “East Ferry slavery medallion could be installed this winter,” Frank Rice inadvertently was identified as “a slave buried in Cedar Cemetery.” Rice was never a slave. We regret the error.