by Elizabeth McNamara | Aug 5, 2020 | General Interest, Obituaries
Rodney Bailey died Monday night, Aug. 3, at the age of 93. You can find his official obituary HERE. This is a remembrance. By Elizabeth F. McNamara A few days before he died, Rodney Bailey headed out to one of the fields at his farm on South County Trail to help his...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Aug 4, 2020 | General Interest, News
Karen Taylor retires after 38 years as director and Adrienne Girard assumes top spotBy Elizabeth F. McNamara Karen Taylor got into library science after a stint working on a political campaign in Albany, N.Y. after college. She thought she’d wanted to go into politics...
by Catherine Streich | Aug 2, 2020 | General Interest, History
This is the second part of a two-part story. If you haven’t read the first part, you can find it HERE. Editor’s Note: Recent events both national and local have prompted interest in the history of East Greenwich’s Black community. Nationally, the killing of...
by Catherine Streich | Jul 31, 2020 | General Interest, History
Above: A couple of the shanties of Scalloptown. Photo courtesy of EG Historic Preservation Society What happened to the waterfront community after attempts at ‘improvement’ Editor’s Note: Recent events both national and local have prompted interest in the history of...
by Saloni Jain | Jul 23, 2020 | General Interest, Good News
By Saloni Jain The classic novel, Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, recently arrived on my radar with talk of summer reading starting up, and although I don’t plan to read it anytime soon, I’m excited to start reading again in general. It’s been a minute since I...
by Elizabeth McNamara | Jul 22, 2020 | General Interest, Good News
Photo Credit: Mark Thompson Friend of EG News Mark Thompson has uncovered a treasure trove of photographs and artifacts from the celebration to end all celebrations: the two-week party honoring the 300th anniversary of East Greenwich’s founding in 1977. It was an...
