5 Things You Need To Know Today

Five Things: Town-School Budget Meeting

Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Jan. 7.

School Committee/Town Council meeting: A “pre-budget” discussion is on the agenda … in other words, the budget discussions for Fiscal Year 2014 (which starts July 1) begin! Weather: It’ll be in the 30s today but is supposed to be in the 40s during the day for the rest of the week. Goodbye snow. Outdoor Ice Skating: The town’s two rinks are open for skating – the plus from all the recent cold weather. One rink, pictured here, is downtown, at the basketball courts at the bottom of Eldredge Field. The other is at Shovlin Park, off Middle Road. You must bring your own skates and there’s no zamboni, but it’s free and glorious to be able to skate outdoors! With the newly warmer temperatures, it’s better to skate early or late in the day. …

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Teen Group Brainstorms School Improvements Over Pizza

Member Gabby Granatiero says the TLC looks to improve East Greenwich High School.

The alarm on my phone goes off as soon as the clock strikes 6 p.m., I scurry out the door in hopes of being early. I walk through the double glass door entrance of the police station and turn left. The smell of pizza wafts through the air and loud voices bounces from the bright white walls. The meeting commences at 6:30 and the sound of a single voice fills the room. Bob Houghtaling – Mr. Houghtaling – starts to talk mostly about what we discussed last week, giving us a brief overview. This is the TLC, standing for Teen Leadership Consortium. The TLC could be an alter ego of the student government. It encourages leaders to come to together to discuss issues the school system doesn’t focus on. The TLC welcomes leaders from all different …

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EGHS Library Just About Done; Operating Hours Still Unresolved

At Cole, the lights remain on at night even though Supt. Victor Mercurio says they can and should be turned off.

Renovations of the East Greenwich High School Library had to be completed by Jan. 1 and according to Supt. Victor Mercurio, they are — enough to satisfy the state Department of Education that is. Mercurio told School Committee members at a meeting Tuesday night that the library is on schedule to open on Feb. 1. School and town officials voted to approve a $1 million renovation of the library in the fall, with the understanding that a 40 percent RIDE reimbursement would only be given if the project was finished by the end of the year. “Punch list work is going on,” said Mercurio, referring to the to-do list of usually minor items that’s drawn up at the end of a project. Furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) have been delivered, he said…

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EG Tom33

11:29 am on Monday, January 9, 2012

Thank you Elizabeth, but this should have been disclosed to the taxpayers at the SC meeting. I can tell you that I was at Cole Saturday for my son's basketball and the outside lights were on by the side road that goes beyond the school. I have also driven by the school late at night...after 12:00 PM and all the inside lights are on? This is unacceptable and who is paying for all of this? Why no …   more ›