Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, May 15.
Lunchtime Concert: EG Parks & Recreation Department has started a new monthly lunchtime concert series that begins Wednesday. Dick & Dave’s Rockin’ Oldies will play on the lawn at Town Hall. All are welcome to come out and listen. Tables and chairs will be set up on the lawn so grab a sandwich from a local restaurant or deli or bring along a bag lunch. Planning Board meeting: On the agenda is discussion of a recommendation to the Town Council on a wind turbine moratorium. In Council Chambers at Town Hall, 7 p.m. Avenger Action: Boys Varsity Baseball plays Barrington at 4 p.m. You can follow all the Avenger action at the EG Booster Club website here. EG Food Cupboard needs donations: People are hungry all year round, Chris and Steve …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, May 1.
House vote on EGFD bill: The full House will take up the legislation during their regular session, which begins at 4 p.m. Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee approved the Senate version of the bill Tuesday. Affordable Housing Task Force meeting: Comprehensive Plan update and discussion of future speaking dates. Town Hall at 3:30 p.m. Planning Board: On the agenda is the combined Master and Preliminary Plan application for a quick-lane automobile service facility at the northeast corner of South County Trail and Frenchtown Road. The design calls for a one-story, five-car service bay, with an alignment bay, and car wash. Also on the agenda is pre-application request for Frenchtown Place, a 10-lot residential subdivision. The meeting …
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, March 6.
Planning Board meeting: The agenda includes an update on the Town Comprehensive Plan revisions. The meeting takes place in Council Chambers at Town Hall at 7 p.m. Blizzard debris pickup: According to the Public Works Department, tree debris from the February blizzard is still being picked up. If you have tree branches, move them curbside and the DPW should get to them in the next week or two. Girls on the Run sign ups: Registration is now open for Girls on the Run in East Greenwich. The mission of GOTRRI is to "inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running.” Read about the program here, or check out their website. This spring, there are two programs in East …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Jan. 23.
Trash pickup delayed one day: Because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday, trash is delayed one day this week. So, if your trash is usually picked up on Wednesday, it will be picked up on Thursday this week. Joint Town Council–Planning Board meeting: The two panels meet to discuss the Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of that meeting will be to further discuss the Town's Draft Comprehensive Community Plan. The complete Draft Plan was first presented on Dec. 10, in a required public hearing. That hearing will continue in the Town Council's regular session on Feb. 11. The Plan is likely to be revised based on comments received between now and then. Bundle Up: If you didn't quite get the message ... it's COLD outside today. Make sure …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The town sought a "user-friendly plan"; the state says the plan must adhere more closely to state's own goals and policies.
The town's comprehensive plan is a document few residents ever see, but is something meant to guide the town's actions in a variety of areas, from land use and open space to economic development and community services. A regularly updated plan is also something the state requires. East Greenwich embarked on drafting a new "comp plan," as it is known, three years ago. With the finish line clearly in sight, however, the plan hit up against a state review that presented a variety of objections, most significantly that the information needed to be presently differently. For Town Planner Lisa Bourbonnais, the process has been very frustrating. In explaining the state's complaints to the Planning Board during a meeting Wednesday night, she …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Town Councilors express concern that some aspects of the long-range plan could force the town’s hand.
Just how binding is a town's Comprehensive Plan? That was the main question at a meeting Monday with the Town Council and the Planning Board. The Comp Plan (as it is known) was drawn up over the past two years and addresses every aspect of life in East Greenwich – natural resources, open space and recreation, cultural resources, housing, economic development, community services, transportation, natural hazards, and land use. Not surprisingly, the plan is big, just shy of 200 pages. The state – which must grant final approval – has looked at the draft plan and submitted its comments. The Town Council, which has met with the Planning Board from time to time over the past two years to discuss the plan’s progress, was looking at a completed …
Monday, December 10, 2012
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Dec. 10.
Town Council–Planning Board meeting: Discussion of the town's new Comprehensive Plan. To learn more, check out this preview story. Town Council meeting: On the agenda of the regular Town Council meeting is discussion of the EG Fire District merger and a vote on the motion to direct the Town Manager and Town Solicitor to work with the Fire District to prepare legislation for a fire district merger. EG Housing Authority meeting: On the agenda is an update of the smoke-free implementation, roof replacement on Queen Street and status update on a site on Duke Street. Patch’s ‘Deck the House’ contest: The weekend is over and if your house is looking spiffy with holiday decorations, consider showing it off beyond the drive-bys. We’re looking …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Dec. 5.
Planning Board meeting: On the agenda is the preliminary plan application for The Stork’s Nest Child Academy, a daycare center at 3116 South County Trail, and final plan application of The Woods of Middle, a four-lot minor residential subdivision located at the end of Lenihan Lane. Also on tonight’s agenda is a recognition of Brad Bishop, former chair of the panel and now a member of the Town Council. Bianca’s in the final: Bianca Sperduti’s made it to the finals in the contest to open for singer Tyler Ward at a concert later this month. The deadline for votes is 5 p.m. tonight. Bianca’s an amazing singer (ok, I knew her when … she and yet another amazing EG vocalist, Ellery Bonham, sang a duet at the Cole Middle School graduation in …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Oct. 3.
Walk to School Day: Today is International Walk to School Day. By the time you read this, your child is probably already at school – sorry we didn’t give you a head’s up earlier! How about walking home from school today? Town Council/Fire District meeting: The two boards will discuss shared services and the format for the public forum Oct. 15 on the referendum question about merging the EG Fire District with the Town of East Greenwich, creating a municipal fire department. The meeting takes place at Swift Community Center and starts at 7 p.m. The agenda is attached, right. Planning Board: On the agenda, the Stork’s Nest application for a new facility at 3116 South County Trail is continued for the second month in a row – this time to Nov…
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
The two-house development is planned for the end of Sonnet Drive.
The Planning Board approved the master plan for a two-house development at the end of Sonnet Drive in a 6-0 vote Wednesday night. Member Stephen Brusini recused himself. The project, called Long Meadow Phase II, is actually on land located between the original Long Meadow Farms project off Frenchtown Road and Sonnet Drive off Woodbridge in High Hawk. And the developer is Richard Scherr, not Tom Primeau, who developed the original Long Meadow Farms several years ago. The town has had its issues with Primo over finish work left undone at Long Meadow Farms. In the most recent action, the Town Council told Town Solicitor Peter Clarkin to tap the developer’s performance bond to cover the costs of the work – guardrails, landscaping – left …
Wheeler A. "Wheels" Van Brocklin
8:44 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
I have been critical of the concept of a state-mandated plan since it's inception. How can a community commit to a plan for the community (ie's land-use...) to serve into the (unforeseen) future when that future is anything besides predictable or static? The exercise, I believe, is doomed to failure and colossal waste of time and money. Other objection is based in the concept of propery-owners' … more ›