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Frozen Clam Plunge

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Rants and Raves

Plunging Into The New Year; Plagued By Poop

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

RAVE: My family is one of the crazy groups who did the Frozen Clam Plunge to welcome the New Year on January 1, 2013. We are actually Plunge hoppers, testing the waters at different local beaches for the past five years. We have Polar Bear Plunged at North Kingstown Beach and Penguin Plunged at Narragansett Beach. There were definite advantages to using a home-front beach. The first being that we actually were close to home so it was a quick hop back to hot showers and cocoa (although the downside is that the car engine never really had a chance to warm up so it was also a cold ride). Also on the plus side are the logistics of Goddard Beach, which has a short span for both sprinting and for reaching deeper water, making head plunging (…

NATIVE 1950

11:39 am on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

GOOD MORNING KK. MY ADVICE TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE'S POOCH MAKING A DEPOSIT, PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL THE POLICE STATION AND HAVE THEM GET IN TOUCH WITH THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GUILTY OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE PEOPLE, THAT, IF THEY DO GO ON PATCH WILL SKIP RIGHT OVER THIS ARTICLE. ALSO, IN REGARDS TO PEOPLE WALKING THEIR DOGS ON SCHOOL FIELDS, I HAVE …   more ›

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

5 Things You Need To Know Today

Five Things: Happy New Year, Frozen Clam Plunge

Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Jan. 1.

Happy New Year! Frozen Clam plunge: The Frozen Clam is a New Year's plunge takes place right here at the beach at Goddard Park. The plunge – to benefit  Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership – will be held at 12 noon but feel free to get there a little early for mental preparation and to learn more about a fantastic organization. Spectators are welcome and donations will be accepted, or better yet, become a mentor. Check out a recap of last year's plunge here. Resolutions, anyone: If you’re making a resolution (or two), share them with the rest of us here in the comments section. Let’s crowd-share our improvements! Christmas Tree disposal: The Town of East Greenwich will be picking up Christmas Trees (stripped of decorations and NOT in …

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