Two cucumbers sitting on the wall next to the sidewalk on Crompton Avenue Sunday. But why? 

Recycling is ON; yard waste pickup is OFF (yard waste is being picked up every other week through September). For the full 2014 pickup schedule, click here.

Monday, July 28

CJ Buckley Regatta: The annual CJ Buckley Regatta gets started today and goes through Wednesday right here in Greenwich Bay. Hosted by the East Greenwich Yacht Club and the Greenwich Bay Sailing Association, the regatta was established in 2003 in the memory of CJ Buckley, an avid teenage sailor who died in 2002 of brain cancer. 

EG Farmers Market: The market is here every Monday afternoon into October. Support local! From 3 to 6 p.m. at Academy Field. Read more about it here.

EG Town Council meeting: On the agenda, councilors will vote on whether or not to put charter change questions on the ballot, including eliminating the Financial Town Meeting. In Council Chambers at Town Hall. 7 p.m.

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