5 Things You Need To Know Today

Five Things: Boston

Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, April 16.

Boston: Our hearts are with you. To read about EG resident Julie Oh, who missed the bomb by seconds, click here. If you have a story from the marathon, let me know – elizabeth.mcnamara@patch.com or 401-924-4233. Avenger Home Action: The Girls Varsity Lacrosse team plays South Kingstown today at 6 p.m. You can follow all the Avenger action at the EG Booster Club website here . National Library Week: A whole week to celebrate East Greenwich Free Library, among other book temples. What’s your favorite thing about the library? Leave it in the comments section below. Click here to read more about the week. Vacation ideas: Do you have a fun ideas for April vacation – either day trips or activities for kids at home? Share them here so we can …

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Rants and Raves

Safety Lessons & Solving Empty Store Blight On Main Street

What to love and loathe about living in East Greenwich this week.

RAVE: To coin an old phrase, East Greenwich is, for the most part, safe as houses. Which is why the recent run of break-ins on “the other side” of Route 2 has so rocked our foundations. They have changed our behavior – for the short-term anyway. It doesn't matter if you live within spitting distance of the neighborhoods where the burglaries took place or a few miles down the road. I know of friends whose doors were always open who have begun locking their doors even when they're home, looking up old alarm codes to burglar systems they haven’t used since they installed them and leaving lights on at night even though they are lifetime tree huggers.  The other day, my 13-year-old son, who barely even notices when I leave the house for a …

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Rants and Raves

I ♥ Bargain Books & Fund Teen Center!

What to love and loathe about living in East Greenwich this week.

RAVE: Mea culpa. I know I complained about the proliferation of billboard signs popping up around town a few weeks ago, but I have to admit that I am loving the rogue homemade library book sale ones. The Friends of the Library, who put on the annual book sale, have limited funds and would much rather the money go towards things like community programming and updating the library’s equipment than printing signs. So it’s great to see our community step up on their own and post (and I hope eventually remove) their own signs. I can understand their enthusiasm. Though I've been telling myself for the last couple of months that I'm not allowed to buy any more  books for the foreseeable future (and to use the library resources instead), I HAD to…

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5 Things You Need To Know Today

Book Club, Jam Session & More

Five things you need to know about East Greenwich today, Feb. 6.

Football hangover: So, how about those Celtics? If anyone’s got a good remedy for the gridiron blues, please share it here. #cryinginourbeer Library Book Club: The East Greenwich Free Library’s book club will meet from 1 to 2 p.m. this afternoon. The book to be discussed is The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. All are welcome! NK Movie Night: The NK Free Library is hosting a free viewing of the movie "Moneyball".  This movie is rated PG-13 and runs 133 minutes. Seating is limited, so call ahead (294-3306). Open Jam Session: The Greenwich Hotel bar is a great venue for live music and tonight if you want to play, you can. The jam session begins at 7 p.m. Weather: Our strange warm winter continues with temperatures today predicted to hit 50 …

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Library Love And Smell Sensitivity Stupidity

What to love and loath about living in East Greenwich this week.

RAVE: How can anyone argue with a public system that you have access to 24/7, that can give you instant information on everything from how to file your taxes to how to bake a gluten-free cake, that will lend you the latest in books, music and movies and that puts on free art shows, concerts, health presentations and kids’ entertainment with no questions asked? I’m talking about the library, of course. There’s a lot of talk about the “death of the public library” these days. It isn’t simply the perpetual budget crises either. It’s the move to digital literature, and the idea that once there are no more print books (or rather if there are no more print books), the library as an institution will cease to exist. Say it ain’t so, Joe. Because …

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Book or Nook?

East Greenwich Library Director Karen Taylor sees a busy future

An old adage says if buggy whip manufacturers had understood they were in the accelerator business they might still around. Karen Taylor understands libraries are not book warehouses, but are in the knowledge business.  “That is the world we are in — people getting together to discuss ideas," she said recently. “That’s not ever going to go away.” Taylor is well aware thousands of people unwrapped Nooks, Kindles and other electronic reading device presents this Christmas, but says libraries have always had to incorporate new formats, from micro film and audio books, to DVDs and the Internet. She sees e-books as tools, but something like getting a television without cable access. While electronic devices include some free books, they are …

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EG’s Unsung Heroes Of 2011: Carolin Goldman

East Greenwich Patch recognizes a few of the people in town who are quietly making a difference.

Carolin Goldman has been a booster and user of the East Greenwich Free Library for years. She took her enthusiasm to a new level in 2008 when she joined the library’s board and set her sights on the largely dormant Friends of the Library. “When she came on the board of trustees, she decided that that would be her mission,” recounted Karen Taylor, the library’s director. “That was her mission - to revitalize the Friends. We’ve always had a Friends, it just wasn’t very active.” Paulette Miller, herself a member of the Friends, nominated Goldman as one of EG Patch’s Unsung Heroes of 2011. “Carolin knows that a library can be a community cornerstone where lives are enriched and conversations build awareness,” Miller wrote in an email. “She …

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5 Things You Need To Know Today

Two-Day Countdown, Library Signups & More

Five things you need to know about East Greenwich today, Dec 23.

Panic time: Sorry, I’d love to say you’ve got all the time in the world to get your Christmas on, but we’re down to hours now, so by all means panic if you haven’t done anything yet. If it’s gifts you need to buy, here are a couple of stories we’ve run this week that could make your life easier: Last-Minute Gifts: Main Street Edition, and Last-Minute Gifts: Beyond Main Street. If you need an appetizer for your sister’s Christmas Eve gathering, try blogger Kim Ragosta’s pinwheels recipe. Avenger Sports: The Boys Basketball team plays Warwick Vets at home tonight at 7 p.m. Junior varsity plays at 5:15. The Boys Hockey team takes on Rogers at Thayer Arena in Warwick at 9:30 p.m. Is your house Decked Out? Then consider entering Patch’s Deck …

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Community Meal, Holiday Crafts & More

Five things you need to know about East Greenwich today, Dec 19.

Christmas dinner … early: Christ Community Kitchen will be serving up Christmas dinner a few days early tonight, starting at 5 p.m. at St. Luke’s. All are welcome; it’s free, but donations are accepted. Children’s crafts at the library: Looking for an activity to fill the hours between now and Dec. 25? Children of all ages are invited to stop by the Children's Room Drop-In Craft Table any time during regular East Greenwich Free Library hours to celebrate the season with a variety of holiday craft activities throughout the month. Parks & Rec Sign Ups: Registered for the Rec Department’s December vacation programs yet? Some things may be closed, but to see what’s being offered, click here. The Winter/Spring 2012 brochure is available and …

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