by Alan Clarke | May 14, 2020 | History, Real Estate
Above: A picture of The Grange by artist Emily G. (Greene) Welling. Courtesy of George H. Waterman III. By Alan Clarke Located on the Greene’s River in Potowomut is a beautiful old estate called The Grange. The Grange is one of three original homes of the Greene...
by Alan Clarke | Apr 30, 2020 | General Interest, History
Above: Volunteers clean up a long neglected and vandalized cemetery previously hidden in the woods amid a new section of houses. It’s easy to understand why someone new to the area finds these places hard to look at. Historical cemeteries can, however, add historical...
by Alan Clarke | Apr 2, 2020 | Op/Ed
Written 12 years ago by Alan F. Clarke My 20 year old 4-cup Mr. Coffee coffee maker is leaking. I have to put twice as much water in it as I need for coffee and keep a towel under it for the leakage. So I have been looking to replace it for over two years now. Try and...
by Alan Clarke | Dec 19, 2019 | Op/Ed
Above: Alan Clarke, far left, with the float for the then-Rhode Island Pendulum that was part of the sprawling East Greenwich Tercentenary Parade in July 1977 (read more about the celebration here). By Alan Clarke In 1960, A. J. Liebling, noted journalist associated...
by Alan Clarke | Oct 29, 2019 | Blogs
A local legend who terrorized parkers in days of yore. By Alan F. Clarke This originally published March 8, 2007 East Greenwich residents long of memory can call up some pretty interesting local legends. Bricky Rice flying off a building, floating kegs of nails....
