'Holiday Tree' Comes Home To Roost
In the hometown of WPRO talk show host and EG resident John DePetro, the tree lighting at Town Hall was called "holiday tree lighting" on the town's calendar.
The very tall evergreen on the lawn in front of East Greenwich Town Hall came alive Thursday night in the town's annual tree-lighting ceremony – with help from Santa, who arrived via fire truck and flipped the switch. Was this a Christmas Tree lighting? Not according to the notation on the town's calendar, which referred to a "holiday tree lighting" at 4:30 Thursday, Nov. 29. As of Thursday evening, it was not known who was responsible for the listing. Contacted after the fact, EG resident and WPRO talk radio personality John DePetro said, "If Santa is there, it is a Christmas tree lighting." There were no protests. DePetro made a big issue last year over the decision by Gov. Lincoln Chafee's office to call the tree that adorns the State…
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Jim Iezzi
8:20 am on Monday, December 3, 2012
If this article was just reporting the evenings events Ann Marie, then why drag Depetro (who I would never defend) Plain, and the former Governor into it? Notice the article has changed too. I understand municipalities reasoning for calling it a Holiday Tree and I think Depetro needs to give it a rest. But why bring him into the fold if he isn't even involved? more ›