by Andrew Belfry | Apr 5, 2020 | COVID-19, General Interest, Good News, News
Through the use of 3D printers, EG residents are creating vital protective gear for front line workers. By Andrew Belfry Could you make your own face shields if you had to? That was the question Michael Shunney, East Greenwich resident and Industrial Technology...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Apr 3, 2020 | COVID-19, General Interest, News
Above: Megan Ranney has been interviewed on several national news programs … all from her East Greenwich living room. By Elizabeth F. McNamara East Greenwich, R.I. – Megan Ranney had already become a national figure before the coronavirus, social distancing, and...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Mar 10, 2020 | Announcements, Arts, Events, General Interest, Good News
The East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce and its Main Street Merchants Committee proudly announce its 2020 Main Street Stroll schedule. Last year was one of the most successful stroll years in recent memory and the 2019 Main Street Strolls were all highly attended. ...
by Rachel Peirce | Mar 6, 2020 | General Interest, History
The month of March is Women’s History Month and so we are reprinting a couple of articles about EG’s own women’s history by Rachel Peirce that first appeared in the East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society’s newsletter. This is the first one. Look for the second...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Mar 5, 2020 | General Interest
By Elizabeth F. McNamara A number of former East Greenwich residents have moved in recent years to Nashville, Tenn.. After that city’s deadly tornado early Tuesday, we checked in with a couple of them: Ellery Bonham, EGHS Class of 2011, an artist and songwriter; and...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Mar 3, 2020 | General Interest, News, Schools
By Elizabeth F. McNamara As the School Committee meeting was ending Tuesday evening, interim Supt. Frank Pallotta announced he’d just gotten notice from R.I. Dept. of Health: the ailing sibling of the Meadowbrook Farms student tested negative for the coronavirus...
