Cienki Wins State GOP Chairmanship
By Elizabeth F. McNamara East Greenwich’s Sue Cienki won a four-way contest for chair of the state Republican Party Saturday, in the second ballot, taking over for two-term chair Brandon Bell, who did not run for a third term. Cienki lost her bid for re-election...
Council Approves Waterfront Noise Study, Hits ‘Pause’ on Noise Ordinance
By Elizabeth F. McNamara The Town Council Monday night voted 4-1 in favor of hiring a URI sound engineer to complete a study of noise on the waterfront and continued to May 13 the first reading on proposed changes to the noise ordinance. The panel also considered...
Solar Installation for Former Bostitch Gets Initial Approval
By Elizabeth F. McNamara The Planning Board last week granted master plan approval to a proposed rooftop solar installation on the former Bostitch building that sits above South County Trail on Briggs Drive. The project, by NuGen Capital, requires a special use permit...
Consultant Recommends Town Bond $7 Million for Capital
Above: Town finance consultant Mike D’Amico answers a question from the School Committee’s Alyson Powell at the March 25 joint meeting. By Elizabeth F. McNamara At a joint meeting Monday night, town finance consultant Mike D’Amico laid out a plan for Town...
Ed. Commissioner Says He’ll Issue Field Trip Opinion
Above: EGHS physics students have gone to Six Flags in Massachusetts on a school day every spring, where they use the rides to calculate physics equations. The students pay a fee for the trip. The School Committee is trying to determine how to handle such trips going...Upcoming Events
Apr
26
Fri
6:00 pm
Wine and Wonderful
@ Swift Community Center
Wine and Wonderful
@ Swift Community Center
Apr 26 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The East Greenwich Rotary Club presents Wine and Wonderful, an evening of wine tasting, good food, gift baskets, an auction and raffles to benefit EG Rotary’s many charitable fund programs, including the East Greenwich schools[...]