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Five Things: Farmers Market At Boesch

Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Nov. 20.

Thanksgiving Market at Boesch Farm: Join Pat's Pastured and the East Greenwich Municipal Land Trust for a Thanksgiving Market, where you can pick up your pre-ordered turkeys (reserved by pre-order only); buy meat, eggs. and seasonal vegetables; and snack on complimentary fresh-pressed apple cider and cider donuts. There will also be flower arrangements and centerpieces available from Robin Hollow Farms, pies from Great Harvest Bakery, and hayrides from the parking lot to the festivities. From 2 to 7 p.m. Municipal Land Trust meeting: On the agenda is an update of Boesch Farm, including funding options for major renovations there, and the Trail Adoption program. (See the agenda, right.) Trivia Contest @ The Grille: Tuesday night is Trivia …

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Pies, Flowers, Turkey … What’s Available, When Do I Have To Order?

Thanksgiving is a week away. Several area shops can help take some of the work out of your day.

Thanksgiving is days away. If you're like me, your panic level is beginning to rise. But have no fear. There is plenty of help right here in East Greenwich.  Let's start with turkeys. Need a bird? For the first time (in recent history anyway), you can buy an East Greenwich pastured-raised bird at Pat's Pastured, the farming business at Boesch Farm on South Road. If you haven't reserved a bird, take your chances on Tuesday between 2 to 7 p.m., when turkeys are being picked up. There will be centerpieces, pies and vegetables for sale at the farm that day too. Check out the vendors here.  At Dave's Marketplace, there are many different kinds of turkeys to choose from, including two "natural" varieties. You can have Dave's make it "oven ready…

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Land Trust ‘Autumn Celebration’ At Boesch Farm Saturday

Volunteers can learn about the farm while helping with brush clearing and trail maintenance, and get lunch too.

The weather Saturday, Sept. 22, looks great for the Municipal Land Trust’s “Celebration of Autumn,” a day of cleanup and a shared meal at Boesch Farm. For those who’ve never been to the farm, this would be a great introduction. For old hands, it’s just another excuse to spend time in perhaps the prettiest spot in East Greenwich. Walking trails circle the farm, which is now the home of Pat’s Pastured, a pasture-fed animal farm run by Patrick McNiff. There are pigs, dairy cows, chickens, rabbits, sheep, turkeys, and work dogs on the property. This is the farm of your young imagination. It’s been a very busy year for McNiff, who moved in last fall after running his business from a property on Jamestown. “Not only the field stuff but getting …

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Five Things: Pet Adoption, Greek Food, The Movie

Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Sept. 9.

“Movie Under the Stars” tonight, really! Rain postponed the movie last night, but it’s on for tonight. Sponsored by the Town of East Greenwich, with support from the Main Street Association (MSA) of East Greenwich, and the East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, the third annual “Movie Under the Stars” is “Jumanji,” starring Robin Williams, rated PG. Admission is free, and refreshments will be available on-site for purchase. Adopt-a-Pet Open House: Animals are available for viewing and adoption today with the assistance of a dedicated East Greenwich Animal Protection League member. The open house takes place at Greenwich Bay Animal Hospital from 10:30 to 1 p.m. Individual appointments are also available. St. Luke’s Kickoff Sunday: St. Luke's …

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Five Things: Farm Sale, Yard Sales & More

Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, June 30.

Pat’s Pastured on-farm sale: The on-farm store at Boesch Farm (830 South Rd.) this morning rom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For sale will be grass-fed beef & lamb, pastured pork, chicken, turkey and free-range chicken and duck eggs! Christ Church yard sale: There will be a giant yard sale at Christ Church, 1025 Main St., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The funds raised will help send 22 teenagers from the church to the Covenant High In Christ triennial conference in Knoxville, Tenn.,  from July 15-20, 2012. The yard sale is open to all! Multi-family yard sale: The sale is taking place at 187 Maplewood Drive and there will be lots on offer, including furniture, car seats, a toddler bed, bikes, toys, games, clothes, and much more! From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Art …

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EG Farmers Market Returns With Tacos, Bluegrass And Balloons

The market will continue Mondays from 3 to 6 p.m. through October 29.

At 5 p.m. this past Monday, the East Greenwich Farmers Market was in more than full swing: it was positively humming. Pizza was baking, musicians were strumming, and vendors were selling. That school had just let out for summer and the weather was perfect were icing and a scoop of ice cream on the cake. Our own (ok, I've got to just say it) charming farmers market is back. There were, happily, several familiar vendors, including Lucky Foot Ranch produce, the Coffee Guy, and Pat's Pastured pastured-raised meat and poultry. But there were some exciting additions. Talullah's taco stand, a seafood vendor and Emmy Nutting, all of 9 years old, making balloon animals for a highly appreciative crowd. The market will be on Academy Field beside …

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Working On Boesch Farm

During last week's Earth Day clean ups, some volunteers pitched in at the Land Trust property Boesch Farm.

There was work to be done at Boesch Farm last Saturday — let's face it, on a farm there's always work to be done. But on this particular day, Earth Day, volunteers had arrived to pitch in. The workers spent time pulling up worn plastic sheeting that had been placed on many of the fields at Boesch under the last tenant, when it was a vegetable farm. Now that it's an animal farm, the plastic needs to be taken up. But it's a slow process, since it is buried in many places under soil and breaks easily. Volunteers were working on a field where chickens were milling about, and a handful of dairy cows, as well as a guardian dog and her young pups, were nearby. Jake and Kate Lehoullier, 8 and 5 years old, had a different job. They picked up eggs…

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Opening Day, Bleachery Cleanup & More

Five things you need to know about East Greenwich today, April 28.

EGLL Opening Day: Little Leaguers will take part in the EGLL Opening Day parade and ceremonies this morning. The parade steps off from Academy Field at 10 a.m. and proceeds down Church Street, to Main Street and south and west over to Cragan Field. The ceremony will follow immediately after the parade. Then it’s time to play ball! “Aladdin Kids”: Students from Hanaford and Meadowbrook star in Aladdin Kids at East Greenwich High School at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door. Prescription Drug Give Back this Saturday: If you have prescription drugs you need to dispose of, drop them off at the EG Police Department this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bleachery Pond cleanup: Join Evan Carpenter as he works on his Eagle Scout …

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Turkey Trot $8,000 Donation, Symposium Book Club & More

Five things you need to know about East Greenwich today, Dec 21.

Turkey Trot Update: Organizers of the hugely successful Turkey Trot last month presented an $8,000 check to Food Cupboard managers Steve and Chris Bartlett last week - far exceeding the $2,000 they’d hoped to raise. Amy Moore, who together with Michelle Clark, put the Turkey Trot together, also said that shirts for those who did not receive them on race day will be available after Christmas. The chickens have landed! Pat McNiff’s chickens have arrived at Boesch Farm and are settling in. According to McNiff, “The chickens are extremely happy with their new home.” The rest of McNiff’s animals - dairy cows, sheep and pigs - are due to move in sometime in January. McNiff is the new tenant farmer at the town-owned property. Library storytime …

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Turkeys Move Center Stage At Pat's Pastured

For the next few days, it's all turkeys, all the time.

Listening to Pat McNiff talk about his turkeys - literally talk turkey - makes you think differently about about your holiday bird - that large frozen mass you usually dump into your shopping cart along with the canned pumpkin, fresh string beans and box stuffing this time of year. McNiff is owner of Pat's Pastured and the new tenant at Boesch Farm on South Road. His turkeys are different. "How many people actually know where their turkey came from - what state, what country, how they were were raised?" he said during a visit Friday to see his turkeys. They are in Jamestown on the farmland he's leased for the past few years and they will not be making the move to East Greenwich. Instead, the turkeys will be slaughtered this weekend and …

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