Above: Part of the school construction plan includes a new 1-5 Frenchtown School. They want the Town Council to support a $150M bond referendum At the School Building Committee meeting Tuesday morning, members expressed frustration the Town Council might not support...
Monday, July 3 8:42 a.m. – Police arrested a Chepachet woman, 36, on DUI charges and refusal to submit to a chemical test after the vehicle she was driving was involved in an accident on Frenchtown Road. An officer on routine patrol noticed two cars on the eastbound...
How precise or flexible should the bond referendum language be? The East Greenwich Town Council discussed the school construction plan during their Monday meeting before next month’s decision on specifying a bond referendum number and language that will appear on the...
Monday, June 26 1:03 p.m. – A 16-year-old dog bit a mail carrier on Sawmill Court while being watched by the owner’s son-in-law. The dog was up to date on its vaccines, but police instructed the owner to quarantine the pup for 10 days. 4:20 p.m. – Police had a white...
When East Greenwich resident Suzy Im noticed what she calls a “lack of awareness” regarding the needs of neurodivergent children locally and globally, she wanted to do something about it. As a parent of a child with special needs, she set out to create awareness,...
Monday, June 19 8:12 a.m. – A car collided with a deer on Middle Road and South Country Trail. There was no damage to the car, and the deer ran off into the woods. 8:28 a.m. – An EG man, 19, turned himself in on charges of obstructing an officer in the line of duty....
Monday, June 12 8:36 p.m. – Police pulled over an EG resident driving 51 mph in a 35 mph zone on South County Trail, according to a report. During the stop, police found out the car’s registration had expired, which the driver said she had known since February. Before...
No one is let go but positions – music, language, psychologists – will go unfilled The East Greenwich School Committee adopted a revised budget that cuts $500,000 from what they asked the Town Council for and approved in April. The vote was unanimous, but only after...
Monday, June 5 9:59 a.m. – A 3-year-old cat bit its East Greenwich owner. The feline was up to date with its vaccines, but police still instructed the owner to keep the cat inside for 10 days. 3:45 p.m. – A concerned citizen requested police assistance when they saw a...
Monday, May 29 6:15 p.m. – Police arrested a Cranston woman, 35, for obstruction after she gave police the wrong spelling of her name, so they did not know she had a suspended license. While investigating a fight at Blu on the Water, police asked for everyone’s...