By Elizabeth F. McNamara About 90 people showed up to the Town Council’s special session Thursday night for a hearing on a revised noise ordinance that would limit decibel levels from live music at waterfront restaurants. The proposed changes are aimed at improving...
By Elizabeth F. McNamara I crossed over Division Street into East Greenwich on Main Street Saturday night, seeing the lights on in the Varnum Armory (what was happening there, I wondered) and the Odeum dark (I’d missed the two Halloween movies that had screened...
Above: Ribbon Cutting at University Surgical on South County Trail. From left: EG Chamber's Steve Lombardi; Matt Uustall, University Surgical Associates executive director; Therese Vezeridis, EG Chamber Board member; Dr. Michael Vezeridis; EG Chamber Ambassador Harry...
By Elizabeth F. McNamara As of Friday, three firefighters will have completed an abbreviated training course and taken their place in the ranks of the EGFD. That shorter training period is because while these firefighters are new to East Greenwich, they are not new to...
Sorry, Frenchtown folks. It's happening again. Frenchtown Road will be closed Thursday from 7 p.m. until 4 p.m. Friday, for continued work on the water main there. Immediate residents will be allowed access but everyone else will have to detour via South Road or...
By Elizabeth F. McNamara American Legion Post 15 Commander John Holmes turned in the post’s liquor license at Town Hall Monday afternoon, one week before the Town Council was to hold a “show cause” hearing over whether or not the legion could keep the license. They...
Photos by Chuck Nadeau EG's Maddie Omicioli captured the Girls Tennis Singles State Championship Sunday at Slater Park in Pawtucket, beating reigning state champion Candice Ballarin from Moses Brown, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. It was a sweet moment for the sophomore, who had to...
Above: Greg Booth addresses the School Committee. By Elizabeth F. McNamara At a School Committee meeting in September, a parent asked what had happened to money set aside to replace the high school turf field. School Committee Chair Carolyn Mark said there was no...
By Elizabeth F. McNamara Monday, Sept. 30 2:25 p.m. – The manager of the hemp farm on Tillinghast Road told police someone had pulled up some plants and made a hole in the fence to pull them through. He found more plants in the woods. 7:19 p.m. – A Warwick woman told...
Above: Matt Licciardi (12) heading for the end zone. Credit: Tracy Coppola Photos by Stephen MacIntosh and Tracy Coppola The East Greenwich Avengers tromped over Lincoln Friday night in Lincoln, 46-21, stopping the Lions' vaunted defense. Unbeaten EG improved to 6-0...
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