Yankee humorist, raconteur, country bumpkin, vice president, TV host, storyteller and after-dinner speaker. Who is this man? Some of you may know. See if you can figure it out by the end of this story. The country bumpkin comes out when our primary subject, or...
Teaching at Metro City Highlands High was a different experience for Brian. Coming from Greenwood Cove and the country Italians of his mother's people, he found himself taken aback by the actions and customs of the people in the city. He had taken over as head...
Vin and Joe Ucci have been around sports their whole life. They are great nephews of the legendary, Anthony "Tar Tar" Ucci, a renowned athlete from the East Greenwich of lore. Along with brothers Dave and Anthony, they have played them all. Dave has gone on to prepare...
Above: The first of the plaques erected at EGFD's Station One on Main Street honored members who'd fought in World War I. Photo courtesy of EGFD As I have mentioned before, East Greenwich was started when those who fought in King Philip's War were given land grants...
A lot of things upset me. First they tore down the Academy, which, with a little renovation, would have made a nice campus like high school right here in town and . . . Then, they tore down East Greenwich High School (later Cole Junior High) and put up a monstrosity...
Above: From October 2021: Avenger Captains Parke Hardesky (10), Michael Balsamo (22), Jack Farrelly (7), TIm Votta (11), and Chad Coppola (5). Photo by Mary MacIntosh Including several former East Greenwich players The Providence Gridiron Club is back in action and...
Above: Avenger John Chandler (#13) with the punt return against Westerly HS in 1965. Photo courtesy of John Chandler Took a ride to the outskirts of town last fall soaking in the colors of fall, my favorite time of year. My sight was filled with oranges, reds,...
Just a few sidebars before I get started. Have received a couple of calls and a couple of emails regarding the stories. Seems they are being well-received by the folks getting them and, especially, the "older Townies" who remember well what went on here and want to be...
There is such a change down there now. Now it is a place of upscale condos, and refurbished homes with price tags in the hundreds of thousands. People come and park their cars there to walk down to the restaurants on Water Street. Now it is the place to be seen. Now...
Above: The field built near Dyersville, Iowa, for the 1989 movie Field of Dreams. Credit: Field of Dreams Movie Site It started with a talk, as many things do. Six friends in the local coffee shop talking about a just-seen movie about fathers and sons and baseball. A...