Town to Settle Blu Noise Lawsuit
Three years after Blu on the Water first filed a lawsuit against the Town of East Greenwich over changes to the noise ordinance approved by the Town Council in late 2019, the council voted 3-2 to approve new changes to the noise ordinance that would effectively settle...
Boys Volleyball: 3-1 Victory Over Classical
Above: Michael Dobrzanski makes a good dig. Photos by Chuck Nadeau With a conference record of 2 and 2, the boys needed this one to stay in third place. With their short roster of only 11 players, they also needed a win to give them much-needed confidence. The first...
Local Earth Day Activities: Clean Ups, E-Waste Drive
Above: Last year's clean up HQ at Academy Field. Saturday is Earth Day and there are ways right here in East Greenwich to get involved. Earth Day Clean-Up – The Town of East Greenwich is hosting two Earth Day clean ups this Saturday, one at Academy Field, the other...
Review: Arctic Playhouse’s The 39 Steps
A classic British thriller with Python-esque verve Usually plays are adapted into movies, and that idea as well as the way it's addressed are at the center of Arctic Playhouse's lively, cleverly-staged production of the Patrick Barlow adaptation of the film The 39...
Girls LAX: EG Nudges Past Portsmouth, 14-13
Above: Helena Dunwoody reaches for the ball after the face off. Photos by Chuck Nadeau (chuckn.com) By Tommy Sprague On a foggy Monday night, East Greenwich faced a surging Portsmouth Patriots squad who came up to Division I after winning the Division II Championship...
10 Years Later, 3 EG Runners Remember Boston Marathon
Above: Rick Del Sesto, Leigh Del Sesto and Julie Oh at the start of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, April 15, 2013. Photo courtesy of Julie Oh Editor’s Note: I was at the Boston Marathon in 2013, in Wellesley, in a spot I’d been to for several years, to see my...
Police Log: Missing Bikes; 4 DUI Arrests
Monday, April 3 Noon – EGPD ticketed a 2007 Volkswagen Beetle and later had it towed from a municipal lot on Main Street after the car hadn’t moved in days Tuesday, April 4 2 p.m. – A caller told police that a black-and-white Chihuahua bit their dog on Marlborough...
Girls LAX: 14-11 Win Over Rival La Salle
Above: Eva Dufresne gets ready to pull the trigger. Photos by Chuck Nadeau (chuckn.com) By Tommy Sprague Both the weather and highlights were extraordinary on Friday’s Girls Lacrosse match up of East Greenwich versus La Salle at Cimini Stadium in Providence. With play...
EG Calendar: Planning Board Takes Up 401-Unit Division Road Plan
If you have an 02818 event you want to share, send it to [email protected] This Week Monday, April 17 EG Republican Town Committee meeting – R.I. Sen. Gordon Rogers (Dist. 21, Coventry, Foster, Scituate, W.G.) will be speaking at the EG GOP’s April...
Police Arrest 18-Year-Old in Bank Robbery
East Greenwich police have charged Mark C. Clements, 18, of Providence, for the robbery Tuesday (4/11) of the Bank R.I. branch at 1269 South County Trail (at Division Road). Police were called to Bank R.I. at 9:05 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a robbery. The suspect...
EGFD Joins Effort Fighting Large Exeter Blaze
Above: The fire in Exeter on Friday, April 14. Credit: Mike Jones Smoke from the fire covered East Greenwich with a gray haze The fire that consumed several hundred acres of Exeter Friday was 80 percent under control by 8:30 p.m. Friday night. East Greenwich...
EG Real Estate: 4 New, 4 Sold and 14 Open
Above: 120 Cindy Ann Dr, East Greenwich Data is compiled via Riliving.com as of Friday midday, 4/14/23, and represents one week of transactions. Properties are in East Greenwich unless notated by an * indicating the Warwick section of 02818. All information may be...
Softball: 11-1 Romp Over Ponaganset
Above: Ava Fairbanks gets the high-five after hitting a triple. Photos by Chuck Nadeau (chuckn.com) Before the game, EG Softball Coach Rob Petrucci told me that the Ponaganset field was his nemesis. He told me that he can’t remember winning more than a half dozen...
Providence Gridiron Celebrates Local Football Greats
Above: East Greenwich's Vin Ucci gives acceptance speech after receiving the 2023 Jack Cronin Award as the Rhode Island High School Coach of the Year. Photo by Chuck Nadeau It was a great night last Wednesday (4/5/23) as the Providence Gridiron Club celebrated its...
FDIC Accuses Independence Bank CEO, 2 Others, of Fraud
The charges relate to the bank’s administration of Small Business Administration loans The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has accused Warwick resident Robert Catanzaro, CEO of East Greenwich-based Independence Bank, of defrauding the U.S. government through the Small...
Boys LAX: Loss to Barrington, 13-4
Above: Tyler Caterson charges up the middle. Photos by Chuck Nadeau (chuckn.com) Things looked good for the Avengers right after the opening whistle. They scored just a few minutes into the game. But then the car went off the tracks. The Eagles scored and there was no...
Rory and Blues Hounds Still Walking That Dog
By Chris Parker Music is so contagious, you'd think they'd regulate how much children can have. It caught Rory Malloy when he was young, by way of his brother a decade older, who introduced him to the Beatles and the Stones. Then Malloy got a taste of it himself and...
Firefighters Battle Brush Fires Coventry, WG
Above: Fire trucks on Division Road at the West Greenwich line Wednesday. Photo by Stephen Susi East Greenwich firefighters joined firefighters from several other departments Wednesday to fight fires in Coventry and West Greenwich, including one just over the East...
EG Lions Focus on Good Works for Community
Above: From left, Lions Steve Salfeety and Steven Basler present a donation to Stephen and Chris Bartlett of the Interfaith Food Cupboard. Submitted photo The service organization are looking for new members – women and men East Greenwich Lions presented a check to...
School Committee Approves $47.7M Budget for FY2024
The budget includes a $40.3M ask from the town, just shy of the 4 percent cap The School Committee approved a $47.7 million budget for fiscal year 2024 last week, accepting the budget as presented by Supt. Brian Ricca with the addition of a special education...