Last Week In East Greenwich

Local College Student Looks To Raise $25,000 For Children In Botswana

While many college students are spending their summer at the beach, University of Pennsylvania sophomore Lauren McCann has been spending her time working in an orphanage in Botswana and attempting to raise $25,000 by the end of the summer to help the children there.

I am sorry. I really am, but race matters. While some may argue that it does not and others interject it into every conflict, race continues to be an issue that stirs many emotions.

The Reverend Frederick E. Gillis, 72, died July 14, after a long battle with Lewy body disease. He was minister at EG’s Westminster Unitarian Church from 1997 to 2003.

A federal grand jury indicted Matteo Morelli of Warwick Wednesday on one count of delaying or destroying mail as a postal employee, according to the Associated Press. The mail was addressed to residents and businesses in East Greenwich and North Kingstown.

We have a 2013 NCAA Division 1 champion living in our midst. Lauren Eckles, 21, is a member of the Ohio State women’s rowing team that won the national title in May. “We weren’t the most talented group of kids this year but we were the strongest and we wanted it the most,” said Eckles recently.

While most of us are staying in air conditioning or heading to the beach, for those people who work outside, weeks like this one are particularly brutal. EG Patch talked to Ray Coelho of A.G.I. Construction, the company replacing natural gas lines under the streets on the Hill this summer.

Monday, July 8, 5:59 p.m. – Police arrested two EG residents on charges of disorderly conduct after an altercation on Duke Street. According to the report, a Duke Street woman confronted an Exchange Street man as he was walking across the street because of some statements he’d made about her on Facebook. An argument ensued and, according to friends of the woman’s, the man assaulted her. The two friends tried to help their friend and one of them got hit in the process. Police took both the man and the woman into custody. They were released with District Court summonses after they were seen by the bail commissioner.

State Police arrested EG Police Lt. Paul Nahrgang, 44, of Landis Drive in Warwick Tuesday on charges of disorderly conduct and simple assault, following an incident while on duty May 22. The arrest was the result of an investigation by members of the Rhode Island State Police Major Crimes Unit of an incident that occurred at the East Greenwich Police Station in the early evening hours on May 22.