by Elizabeth McNamara | Jun 3, 2020 | Government, News, Schools
By Elizabeth F. McNamara The School Committee Tuesday night again discussed the 2021 fiscal year budget, facing the hard realities of potential deep cuts in revenue but also the possibility of a nearly $1 million surplus this year, largely because of the closure of...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Jun 3, 2020 | News, Police & Fire
A Dept. of Behavioral Health Care, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals van heading east on Frenchtown Road caught fire Wednesday afternoon just before 1 p.m. The occupants got out before it burst into flames. According to BHDDH spokesman Randal Edgar, the driver...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Jun 2, 2020 | News, Police & Fire
The death at the hands of police of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week and subsequent protests across the country prompted one couple in East Greenwich to stage a mini-protest Tuesday on the corner of Cliff Street and First Avenue, with a sign that read, “Black...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Jun 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Government, News, Police & Fire
Photo credit above: Brian Crandall, NBC10. By Elizabeth F. McNamara There were 101 new cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island Tuesday, for a total of 15,112, and there were 12 deaths, bringing the death toll to 732 people. The number of people in the hospital with the...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Jun 1, 2020 | Class of 2020, Good News
Above: Greg Dantas of R.I. Real Estate is behind the Congratulations sign at the corner of Frenchtown and Tillinghast roads. This is it – countdown to graduation for the Class of 2020! We can’t erase the coronavirus pandemic and how it brought the in-person...
