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updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008 09:18 pm

Jamestown News

Local news for Jamestown, RI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Saturday Jul 5 | Turnto10.com

Jamestown fireworks canceled

JAMESTOWN, R.I. The town of Jamestown has canceled their fireworks for Saturday evening and has rescheduled them for Saturday, July 12.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

The Providence Journal

Jamestown Shores: A summer's amble along West Passage

A house on West Reach Drive. Last week, 20 houses were listed in Jamestown Shores.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

Providence Journal

Big bass in lower Bay

Chip Berard, skipper of Predator, said he caught this 51.65-pound bass off Jamestown yesterday on a spring-loaded, fluorescent-green tube, according to George Viau of The Tackle Box in Warwick.

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Related Topix: Providence Metro, Warwick, RI, Providence, RI

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Providence Journal

Body of diver recovered off Jamestown shore

The body of a Newport man was recovered yesterday by a team of divers, Jamestown police confirmed last night.

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Related Topix: Newport, RI, Providence, RI

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Providence Journal

Newport man dies after diving off Jamestown's Fort Wetherill cliffs

A Newport man died yesterday as he was apparently overpowered by a strong current while diving off the cliffs on Fort Wetherill State Park, the police said.

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Related Topix: Newport, RI

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Matrixsynth

Mind Meld 2008 via jk

There we made music with fruits, vegetables, plants, rocks, our own muscles & brainwaves, and oh yeh, with other musicians as well.

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

MyMac.com

MacFamily Tree 5

Mac Family Tree 5 Company: Synium Software GmbH Price: $49.00 http://www.synium.de/products/macfamilytree I've been involved in genealogy work for years.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, CPU, Life, Hobbies, Genealogy

Sun Jun 15, 2008

Providence Journal

East Bay: Quirk, Murphy officially win House seats

Yesterday the state Board of Election announced that District 94 incumbent Republican Joan B. Quick will retain her House seat, having defeated challenger Democrat Michael B. Forte Jr.

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Related Topix: Little Compton, RI, Portsmouth, RI, Tiverton, RI, Newport, RI, US Politics, US News

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Providence Journal

2 teens arrested in Jamestown

Two Coventry teenagers were arrested early Saturday for underage drinking at the Newport Overlook hotel, at 150 Bay View Drive, where the police found about 15 young people having a party in one of the units.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Providence, RI

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Newport Daily News

More of this story

For the DeWolf family of Bristol, the forbidden topic has long been the history of Rhode Island's slave trade.

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Related Topix: Bristol, RI, Newport, RI

Fri Jun 06, 2008

Newport Daily News

More of this story

In a little more than 30 minutes, Jamestown voters - or at least a small portion of them - approved a $20.7 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Just 115 of the town's 4,475 registered voters ...

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Wed Jun 04, 2008

The Chariho Times

New principal at Middle School

Although he has been the acting Chariho Regional Middle School principal for four months, Gregory Zenion's new role becomes official on July 1. The School Committee voted unanimously on May 27 to appoint Zenion ...

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Charlestown, RI, Cumberland, RI, Hopkinton, RI

Mon Jun 02, 2008

The Providence Journal

Where residences run in the family

Plum Beach in North Kingstown is a rural waterfront neighborhood, with houses dotting hilly, winding roads between Route 1A and Narragansett Bay.

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Related Topix: North Kingstown, RI, Saunderstown, RI

Sat May 31, 2008

Buffalo News

District head stepping down after 19 years

An era is coming to an end and another is set to begin in the Jamestown School District.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Thu May 29, 2008

The Tennessean

Elzora F. Tabonlinsky

Elzora F. Tabolinsky, 87, of Newport, R.I. died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, at St. Clare Home.

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Related Topix: Portsmouth, RI, Wedding, Newport, RI

Tue May 27, 2008

Providence Journal

At Quonset, industrial-strength serenity

If you don't mind your beaches against a background of heavy industry, there is just the place to soak up some rays in Rhode Island - Quonset Point.

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Related Topix: North Kingstown, RI, Providence, RI

Sun May 25, 2008

The Boston Globe

Historic R.I. farms offer public a chance to try farming

Reaching into the coop, an educator at Casey Farm grabbed the nearest Rhode Island Red chicken by the legs and lifted it into the air upside down, its wings and neck fluttering while two-dozen preschoolers ...

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Related Topix: Newport, RI, Life, Food, Vegetables, Preschoolers, Family

Sat May 24, 2008

The Boston Globe

Facts about Casey and Watson farms

Casey and Watson farms are both open to visitors and are run by the nonprofit preservation society Historic New England.

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Related Topix: North Kingstown, RI, Saunderstown, RI

Fri May 23, 2008

Newport This Week

Owner opens doors to renovations at Newport Grand

With concern over the impact that 24-hour weekend gaming could have on Newport, Diane Hurley, CEO of Newport Grand, opened the doors to the slot parlor to showcase ongoing improvements and provide a glimpse ...

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Related Topix: Games, Poker

Wed May 21, 2008

Newport This Week

For lobster's sake, towns ban pesticide

When female lobsters laden with eggs shed their shell before the juvenile lobsters hatch, lobsterman Patrick Heaney says that something unnatural is the cause.

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Related Topix: Middletown, RI, Little Compton, RI, Narragansett, RI, Portsmouth, RI, Newport, RI

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Jamestown, Rhode Island is located in Newport County and is part of the Providence Metro Area. Zip codes in Jamestown include 02835.

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