Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence is finally open seven days a week, after months of having limited hours due to the pandemic, and beginning last weekend, the zoo is also hosting a light show: the Asian Lantern Spectacular. The event features more than 50...
Above: The EGHS AcaDeca Team 2021 on the day of the competition, including faculty advisor Ben Revkin, upper left. In March, 15 EGHS students competed in the statewide Academic Decathlon (AcaDeca) competition, earning second place. EGHS has been scoring second best...
By Aiza Shaikh Four E.G. middle-school students – in two groups of two – entered a national documentary competition last September. Since this was their first year competing, the students didn’t really expect to win any awards. To their surprise, both groups were...
Earlier this winter, Superintendent Alexis Meyer sent out an application form to Cole and EGHS students interested in joining her brand-new East Greenwich Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council (EGSSAC), hoping she would get a few interest students. To her...
Above: Sunday brunch at Dante's. The bar has plastic separating patrons from servers. Restrictions are loosening, vaccines are coming & the EG Chamber’s new “Team Takeout” campaign is helping Rhode Island businesses, especially restaurants, have been hit hard...
Nearly two weeks ago, Rhode Island high schools were cleared to start its winter sports season — for Boys and Girls Basketball, Indoor Track and Field, Hockey, and Swim — but it hadn’t been decided when (or if) competition would happen. On Wednesday, athletes received...
Above: The EG Boys Basketball team practicing last week, with masks. With all the cancellations and uncertainty going around, a lot of us worried a winter season might not be possible for EG sports. Though the season will start later and end earlier than it has in the...
This fall, East Greenwich High School’s Field Hockey, Girls Soccer, and Boys Soccer teams all won the state championship in the span of one weekend. And cross country runner Reese Fahys placed first at states the weekend before. Girls Tennis’s Maddie Omicioli made it...
If you’re looking for something fun and virus-safe to do this holiday season, be sure to check out the first-ever drive-through Holiday Lights Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence. The drive-through experience allows you to stay in your car and view...
Smith’s Castle in North Kingstown is known for offering historical tours and educational programs about Rhode Island’s history from the 16th to the 20th centuries. It just so happens a large chunk of that history revolves around the transatlantic slave trade. Smith’s...