Last year, EG resident Harold Ambler published an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic horror novel Frankenstein, updating the language to make the story once again one of gothic suspense to be enjoyed by readers young and old alike, just as it had been when it...
Above: Before and after conservation treatment of the Byfield flag. This spring, the Varnum Armory conserved what they believe to be the oldest American Colonial flag in existence. Pending lab results, the Byfield flag dates to around 1687, when it was used as the...
The Warwick Victorian house museum of Clouds Hill, also known as “Cedar Hill,” has a new director and is on the cusp of an ambitious conservation plan to bring the house and estate to life. To raise funds during the impending conservation work, the museum will be...
Above: Smartapp's plan for 11 Main Street includes new windows and a rooftop atrium. The Zoning Board Tuesday granted the new owner of the old post office building at 11 Main Street variances for his plan to convert it into office space. As previously presented to the...
Above: Rendering of the proposed plan, including new paint colors, a dormer, and a redesigned front entrance. The town's Historic District Commission (HDC) heard a new renovation proposal for 11 Lion Street, the long- vacant Ropewalk Hill house whose owner is...
Above: The property at 110 King Street includes the jail keeper's house in front and the actual jail behind. The East Greenwich Historical Preservation Society (EGHPS) has found a private buyer for the old county jailhouse at 110 King Street that’s served as its...
Live music – the heart of the Greenwich Odeum’s programming – is slowly coming back to the Main Street theater. After a Livingston Taylor show in October proved that socially distanced shows are possible, the theater has booked a set of shows for the spring. A...
Above: Items from one of Ohanga's gift boxes ("Coffee Lovers"). The boxes are delivered free in Rhode Island. Helping connect artists and art lovers What can a couple of engineers do to help out an artist? A lot, it turns out. Engineer Subham Sett supported his wife...
Above: Plans for SmartApp's renovation of 11 Main Street include a rooftop glass pavilion. Two Main Street buildings that need approval for alterations were discussed at a virtual Historic District Commission meeting last week, to see if the proposed changes...
The old yellow-painted jail at the bottom of King Street will soon be looking for a new guardian. Since fall, the East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society (EGHPS) has been interested in selling the Old Kent County Jail building, which the society has safeguarded...
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