by Elizabeth McNamara | Nov 20, 2019 | Business, General Interest, Government, History
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...
by egnews | Oct 15, 2019 | Announcements, Good News, History, Schools
Above: 2018 Wall of Honor inductees, from left, Diane MacDonald, Matt Plain, John Chandler, Bernice Pescosolido, and Guy Asadorian. Five individuals have been selected for the East Greenwich High School’s Wall of Honor for 2020. They will be inducted in a...
by Alan Clarke | Sep 28, 2019 | Features, General Interest, History
Above: View looking northwest, Main Street’s west side with the big building on the left the Masonic Building, foot of Church Street, the old house moved up the hill to make room for Halsband’s News & Tobacco store – most recently Norman’s Restaurant & Tap....
by Elizabeth McNamara | Sep 10, 2019 | Events, General Interest, History
Above: A piece of a steel girder from the World Trade Center towers in New York City that collapsed after being hit by planes on Sept. 11, 2001. By Elizabeth F. McNamara It’s been 18 years since that crystal clear September day when four planes were taken over...
by Suraj Sait | Aug 29, 2019 | Features, General Interest, History
By Suraj Sait At the corner of Division and Main sits a building tall and mysterious. Many wonder what it is – a watchtower? An extension of Town Hall? A relic of the industrial revolution? In truth, it’s none of those things. It’s the Varnum Armory. The armory was...
by Rachel Peirce | Jun 28, 2019 | General Interest, History
This article first appeared in the June EG Packet, the newsletter of the East Greenwich Historic Preservation Society. In the sketch above, Everlin Smith. By Rachel Peirce One of the most remarkable women, in the entire country, lived and worked right here in East...