EGHS Senior Wins National Essay Contest
Over the years, East Greenwich High School students have done well, very well in fact, in the InvestWrite competition. EG students have won the state competition each year and several went on to place in the top 10 nationally since the school started participating in...
How Bad Is Downtown Parking Problem? Pretty Bad, Says Town
By Elizabeth F. McNamara The Town Council, which is planning to hire a consultant to study downtown parking in the near future, got a sense of the problem at its meeting last week, when Town Planner Lisa Bourbonnais gave an overview of the downtown parking scene from...
EG Athletic Hall of Fame to Induct 6 For Class of 2020
The East Greenwich Athletic Hall of Fame will be inducting six new honorees at its annual banquet on May 3. The event at 2 p.m. will be held at the Quonset “O” Club, 200 Lt. James Brown Road in North Kingstown. Tickets for the event are $35 and prospective...
Police Log: Fake ‘Whole Foods’ Check & Movie Money
By Bethany Hashway and Elizabeth F. McNamara Monday, Jan. 27 11:44 a.m. – The manager at Dave’s at 1000 Division Street told police he wanted a new No Trespass order for a customer who’d had one in place against him between April 2017 and April 2018. Since the...
This Week in EG Real Estate: 28 Mid-February Open Houses
Data is compiled via Riliving.com as of Friday, 2/14/20, 5 p.m. Properties are in East Greenwich unless notated by an * indicating the Warwick section of 02818. All information may be subject to change. Here’s what’s happening this week, from lowest price to highest...
Winter Doesn’t Daunt EG Yacht Club
By Elizabeth F. McNamara While the rest of us are spending our winter Sunday afternoons under a blanket watching T.V. or doing some online shopping, some among us brave the cold to pursue a little winter “sailing.” OK, they aren’t actually on the water. Rather, these...
School Committee Sets Vote on New Superintendent
By Elizabeth F. McNamara Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story had the wrong date for the School Committee meeting. We apologize for the error. We don’t know who the candidate it, but the School Committee will vote Tuesday, Feb. 25, before the...
BLU Sues Town Over Noise Ordinance
By Elizabeth F. McNamara On Wednesday, BLU on the Water filed suit in federal court against the town because of changes to the noise ordinance, lowering decibel levels for establishments on the waterfront. The Town Council approved those changes three months ago, in...
‘Shiny Happy People’ – A Most Strange Courtship
It’s February, so love is in the air. In honor of Valentine’s Day, EG News presents the courtship story of Dan and Camille Speca (above), with some musical accompaniment from REM. By Sophia Richter Nestled in the back of a cafe on Main street, East...Upcoming Events
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Fashion Icons from Marie Antoine...
@ East Greenwich Free Libary
Fashion Icons from Marie Antoine...
@ East Greenwich Free Libary
Feb 22 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Fashion historian Kip Brott answers the question: What’s a Fashion Icon, Anyway? Legendary “fashion icons” have sparked admiration, emulation, and sometimes even outrage! Join us as we learn more about their remarkable lives and explore how[...]
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Discussing Mental Health – ASAPP
@ Swift Community Center
Discussing Mental Health – ASAPP
@ Swift Community Center
Feb 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, from 6:30-8:30 PM, the Swift Community Center will be the site for Discussing Mental Health-ASAPP. At a time when stress, anxiety, depression, gun violence, vaping, substance use and peer dynamics negatively[...]
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2020-21 Kindergarten Registratio...
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2020-21 Kindergarten Registratio...
@ Swift Community Center
Mar 2 @ 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
Children are eligible to enter Kindergarten for the 2020-2021 school year if they have attained or will have attained five years of age on or before Sept. 1, 2020. Except for medical or religious reasons,[...]
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7:00 pm
‘Thanks for the Mammaries’
@ EG Fireman's Hall
‘Thanks for the Mammaries’
@ EG Fireman's Hall
Apr 4 @ 7:00 pm
Performer Ida Zecco. An uplifting tale of music, theater and stand up comedy, sponsored by the Greenwich Bay Women’s Club and starring the incomparable Ida Zecco, with Jim Rice as music director/arranger, and John O’Neil[...]