East Greenwich News

Upstairs are two bedrooms, including this master and a smaller bedroom. The master bedroom has a large clothes closet, and the laundry machines are behind another closet in the bedroom with mirrored doors, at right.

AT GROUND BREAKING: Andrew Sholes, left, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Rabbi Amy Levin and Temple Torat Yisrael president Susan Smoller chat prior to Sundays' groundbreaking ceremony.

A 15-unit condominium project that will provide some sorely needed affordable housing to the town was unanimously approved by the Planning Board Wednesday night.

With the fiscal year not even at the halfway mark, the town is going to have to find $330,000 in budget cuts and find them soon, Town Manager William Sequino has warned the Town Council.

The North Kingstown and East Greenwich chambers of commerce are set to merge in an effort to cut costs and consolidate services.

Bristol: The Bristol Veterans Council will have a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial Garden at the Burnside Building on Hope Street at 8:30 a.m. along with the playing of taps.

The Judicial Nominating Commission says it made a mistake when it forwarded the name of East Greenwich lawyer John R. Gowell Jr.

During last week's special session held to complete some unfinished business, the legislature passed approximately 200 new laws.

Winter Farmers' and Artisan Foods Market featuring baked goods, cheeses, jams, honey and other products will be open Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. beginning Nov.

The state's legal community lost a well-respected member this week when a lawyer in a small Providence firm died of a heart attack Sunday night.

When the Moderate Party achieved "state recognition" earlier this year, Rhode Island political insiders wondered whether the group would harm the state GOP more than the Democratic Party.

Former U.S. Attorney Robert C. Corrente will not run for governor in 2010. The newly formed Moderate Party hosted at least two private meetings with Corrente in recent weeks in a courtship that was ultimately unsuccessful.

The Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority has set a Dec. 31 deadline for redeeming Pell Bridge tokens.

Even as Congress battles over how to overhaul the nation's health-care system, a little-known Rhode Island coalition is moving ahead with its own home-grown reform plan for this state.

October 29, 2009, 3:00AM To the Editor: Over the years that I have lived in East Greenwich Township, I have always seen the value of being involved and giving back to the community in which I live.

Relying on an independent study by the Institute of Medicine, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki has established a service-connection for Vietnam War veterans who have three specific illnesses that have an association with the herbicides referred to as Agent Orange.

Today, Oct. 24, is the International Day of Climate Action. Over 4,400 events are being planned, many by and for women, in 175 countries to create public awareness and urge leaders to commit to policies that will lower global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

October 24, 2009, 3:00AM To the Editor: As an 85-year-old senior citizen living on a fixed income, I'm very concerned about the taxes in East Greenwich Township.

Michael M. Castosa was a punctual man. He never missed a day of work. So when he didn't show up for his waiter's job at 20 Water Street restaurant on Oct.

Former U.S. Attorney Robert C. Corrente met privately Thursday morning with officials from the newly formed Moderate Party to discuss a potential bid for governor.