Editor's Note: If you know someone who is competing for a college team who is either an EGHS graduate or an EG resident and would like them to be included in future columns, please contact Chris Cobain, Athletic Director at EGHS (398-1562 or [email protected]) or...
Murder in a Small Town – The Dusza-Reynolds Story, Part 2
By Bruce Mastracchio (Find the Part 1 of this story here.) The Pawtuxet Valley Daily Times, Aug. 31, headline screamed out: REYNOLDS PLEADS GUILTY TO FIVE MURDER COUNTS! CONFESSED SLAYER OF DUSZA FAMILY AWAITING MENTAL TESTS AT CRANSTON PRISON ! Edwin Reynolds, 27,...
Murder in a Small Town – The Dusza-Reynolds Story, Part 1
Editor’s Note: This is a true story. "I was 8 years old and running with a dime in my hand. To the drugstore to pick up the paper for my old man.” – Bruce Springsteen I was almost 8 years old when it happened. I remember some scenes vividly. My grandmother in the...
Avenger College Notes: September 2017 Edition
East Greenwich High School Athletic Director Chris Cobain is not only happy with the recent success of the athletic program at EGHS (he was named AD of the Year last year), but he is also happy with the fact that athletes from the school are going on to play in...
Muckleball in the Mud
By Bruce Mastracchio Growing up in East Greenwich, as I have said numerous times, was a unique experience. Three separate and distinct areas of town: a shore and cove, a Main Street, and farmlands made it different from almost anything else I have encountered. I have...
All Those Wonderful Nicknames, Part 1
They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. I guess that is so, as one time another local paper, that I once worked for, hired someone to do a column on Old E.G. I saw that he was asking for help about the origin of my Uncle Tar Tar's nickname, which is a...
Dr. Young, Where Are You When I Need You?
Snow and more snow again. Cooped in the house and not much better things to do but read, think and write. Sure is plenty to write about. In my 72 years I have had more contact with doctors than I care to think about. I have had 12 operations on my left knee (2...
They Called Him ‘Chief’ For a Reason, Part Two
You can read Part One of They Called Him "Chief" for a Reason here. Getting back to being a fireman. . . . Through Fred's efforts, and that of other dedicated members, the East Greenwich Fire Department developed a reputation of being one of the best around,...
They Called Him ‘Chief’ For A Reason, Part One
Growing up here in old East Greenwich was great for a lot of reasons. There was the smallness of the town. The fact that it had three very separate and distinct areas; the Main Street town portion, the waterfront and the farm country up in Frenchtown. For me, it...
Bartletts to Receive EGHS Wall of Honor Appreciation Award
Steve and Christine Bartlett have been selected to receive the 2015 Appreciation Award given out by the East Greenwich High School Wall of Honor Committee at the annual Wall of Honor ceremony in April. (Ed. Note: The Appreciation Award is given to residents who have...
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