Noise Ordinance Approved Without Fanfare
By Elizabeth F. McNamara At a meeting last week, the Town Council spent barely two minutes on the third reading of a revised noise ordinance as it affects outdoor music on the waterfront, approving the new ordinance 5-0. It was a quiet finale to a loud,...
Forum on EG’s Future: Challenges & Opportunities
By Elizabeth F. McNamara In 1960, Martha McPartland published “The History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1677-1960,” and her very opening paragraph echoed sentiments expressed nearly 60 years later at East Greenwich Today & Tomorrow, a forum put on by East...
Town Joins Suit Against New Law Continuing Union Contracts
By Elizabeth F. McNamara The Town of East Greenwich has joined 15 other Rhode Island cities and towns in a Superior Court lawsuit against the General Assembly and Gov. Gina Raimondo over legislation signed into law in June that allows public sector labor union...
Police to Send 4 Recruits to Academy
By Elizabeth F. McNamara If all goes according to plan, the EG Police Department will be sending four recruits to the state police academy in January, three to fill funded vacant positions and one extra, according to Town Manager Andrew Nota. “We have another...
OP/ED: School Policies Governing Class Field Trips
By Veronika Kot and Steven Brown Across the state in recent months, there has been an enormous amount of hand-wringing by some school officials over an advisory opinion issued this past April by former state commissioner of education Ken Wagner. The advisory – which...Upcoming Events
Dec
13
Fri
7:00 pm
Christmas Carol Sing
@ Varnum Armory
Christmas Carol Sing
@ Varnum Armory
Dec 13 @ 7:00 pm
Do you miss the sound of carols being sung by a choir? Come listen to some of Rhode Island’s finest choristers as we offer you an evening of seasonal favorites in the historic Varnum Armory[...]
Dec
14
Sat
11:00 am
Winter’s Eve Juror’s Coffee & Co...
@ East Greenwich Library
Winter’s Eve Juror’s Coffee & Co...
@ East Greenwich Library
Dec 14 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Above: Cindy Horowitz Wilson’s award-winning photograph. Join us for a conversation with Lorena Pugh, Juror, 2019 Winter’s Eve 9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. 153 entries were received. Twenty-six makeup the exhibition. On opening night, Lorena[...]
2:00 pm
Children’s Holiday Tea Party
@ The Old Jail
Children’s Holiday Tea Party
@ The Old Jail
Dec 14 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Build memories and enjoy lots of family fun at a Victorian Holiday Tea Party on Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Old Jail, 110 King Street in East Greenwich. Sponsored by the EG Historic Preservation Society,[...]
5:00 pm
Stone Ridge Candlelight Tour (ak...
@ Stone Ridge neighborhood
Stone Ridge Candlelight Tour (ak...
@ Stone Ridge neighborhood
Dec 14 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The Stone Ridge Neighborhood Association will be holding its annual Luminaria on Saturday, December 14, 2019 from 5-9pm with a rain date of Sunday, December 15. This is a long-standing neighborhood tradition spanning over 30[...]
Dec
21
Sat
6:30 pm
Menorah Lighting at Town Hall
@ East Greenwich Town Hall
Menorah Lighting at Town Hall
@ East Greenwich Town Hall
Dec 21 @ 6:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Community Chanukah celebration at Town Hall in East Greenwich. Chanukah begins at sundown, Sunday, Dec. 22, and goes through Monday, Dec. 30.