Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Town Council approves liquor license for tenant Silver Spoon Bakery, grants victualing license for ice cream shop across the hall.
In a downtown filled with places to eat dinner, 58 Main Street is posed to become Main Street's dessert capital. The Town Council approved both a liquor license for the four-month-old Silver Spoon Bakery and a victualing license for Lina Piccolina, which wants to open an ice cream shop on the first floor to pair with their consignment shop downstairs. Silver Spoon owners Kelly and Scott Santos told Council members they needed a full liquor license to be able to serve wine and liqueurs to their patrons who come in for cupcakes and macaroons. Originally, they thought they could just apply for a wine-and-beer license but liqueurs required a full license. They said they had no intention of serving beer or hard liquor, but rather were looking …
Monday, February 25, 2013
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Feb 25.
Town Council meeting: The Council will hear an application by Silver Spoon Bakery for a liquor license, but will first need to increase the number of liquor licenses allowed. In addition, they will consider a new victualling license for children’s consignment clothing store Lina Piccolina as well as discussing the EG Fire District merger. Also on the agenda is appointment of a Tree Warden for 2013 – not insignificant in the wake of the damage inflicted on many street trees in town in the wake of the Blizzard of 2013 earlier this month and Superstorm Sandy last fall. Community Meal: Christ Community Kitchen holds its monthly meal tonight in the St. Luke’s Church dining room. All are welcome, regardless of faith. The meal is free but …
Monday, February 11, 2013
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Feb 11.
Power: It’s largely restored in East Greenwich but for the maybe 300 households still without power, that’s little comfort, I know. National Grid is saying power will be restored by tonight. If you are without power and need anything, please let me know – elizabeth.mcnamara@patch.com. My house is open to you. Streets: DPW crews will be back at it today, plowing the streets to widen them to their full width. If your street is in dire need of plowing, let me know and I will pass it on. Sidewalks: The DPW crews will deal with sidewalks – particularly on Main Street – when they have finished street work. Town Council meeting CANCELLED: On the agenda is a public hearing on the town’s revised Comprehensive Plan, which has been in the works …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
While Fire Commissioner Bill Daly called for a task force to study merging with the town, Council President Michael Isaacs said the voters had spoken.
Here are video clips from Monday's meeting between the East Greenwich Fire District and the EG Town Council as they discussed how to go forward following a vote last November calling for the EGFD to be merged with the town. To read a full account of the meeting, click here.
Town Council members suggest some sort of advisory fire commission could continue at least in the short term.
EG Fire Commission President Bill Daly came out strongly against merging with the town during a joint Town Council-East Greenwich Fire Commission meeting Monday to discuss the matter. But by meeting's end (a mere 75 minutes later), Daly and the other Fire Commissioners agreed to review draft merger legislation with an eye toward resuming discussions with the Town Council by the end of the month. At the beginning of the meeting, Daly read a statement he'd written that questioned the real benefits of merging with the town and instead he proposed forming a task force to evaluate merging. "We know that prior to voting on the referendum the voters were not provided any data or information which would demonstrate that the merger would: save …
Monday, February 4, 2013
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Feb 4.
Town Council meeting: The meeting that was cancelled last Monday because of bad weather is taking place tonight at Swift Community Center at 6 p.m. On the agenda is a vote on a tax appeal settlement with Bostitch. Joint Town Council-EG Fire District meeting: A continuation of discussions about merging the Fire District with the town. At Swift Community Center at 7 p.m. (following the TC meeting listed above). Booster Club’s Ultimate Hoedown: It's time to giddy up and head on over to the second annual Booster Bash benefitting East Greenwich Athletics! The Ultimate Hoedown-Booster Throwdown takes place Saturday, Feb. 9, 2012 at the Quonset O Club. Bull rides, line dancing, appetizers, dinner, dessert, silent auction – all for $40 per person…
Monday, January 28, 2013
Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Jan. 28.
Town Council meeting CANCELLED: Update: Because of bad weather, the tonight's meeting has been cancelled. Items on the agenda include an application by the Silver Spoon Bakery for a liquor license, a tax appeal settlement for Bostitch, and drafted legislation for merging the EG Fire District with the town. Christ Community Kitchen dinner: Once a month, Christ Community Kitchen takes place at St. Luke's Church (usually, but not always, the last Monday of the month). It's a community meal open to anyone interested in good food and fellowship. No religious affiliation is required. St. Luke's and EG United Methodist Church share in the cooking and serving duties, typically rotating every other month, but others, including Boy Scouts, have …
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 …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Matthew Larsson, Matthew Cordle and Matthew White were sworn in at the Town Council meeting Monday.
After nearly two years, the EG Police Department will soon have a full complement of officers, following the swearing in Monday night of three probationary patrolman: Matthew Larsson, Matthew Cordle, and Matthew White. While they are on probation, they will ride with another officer, so the force will not be back to full complement until the end of February, according to Police Chief Tom Coyle. He noted, in his remarks to the Town Council before the officers were sworn in, that all three men had bachelor's degrees. The process to fill positions left by retirements began 18 months ago. Coyle said 187 people applied for police officer positions then. Many towns feed from the same list, he said, so the list can "disintegrate." But East …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
But they will hold off submitting it until after they meet again with Fire District commissioners on Feb. 4.
The Town Council will review a draft of legislation calling for the East Greenwich Fire District to be merged with the Town of East Greenwich at their next meeting, on Jan. 28. In November, voters approved by a two-to-one margin a nonbinding referendum question that asked if the Fire District should be merged with the town. The Fire District was against the merger and remains a reluctant party to the discussion. According to Town Council President Michael Isaacs, Fire Commissioner Chairman Bill Daly told him the Fire District has "some ideas they want to put on the table." He did not specify what those ideas might entail. Town Solicitor Peter Clarkin said the Fire District's solicitor, Scott Spear, indicated he thought a binding …
James R
7:26 am on Monday, March 4, 2013
As long as the business acts responsibly why should they not be allowed to serve alcohol that is complimentary to their business? As this business owner mentioned, it's not as though they are serving shots at a bar. more ›