5 Things You Need To Know Today

Five Things: Open Houses, GS Cookies

Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Jan. 27.

Our Lady of Mercy School Open House: Students, faculty, staff and current families will be on hand to give tours and answer questions about what a difference OLM has made to them. In addition to offering a competitive, challenging curriculum for students in Grades Pre K-8, OLM Students are taught to show mercy throughout their day, reaching out in kindness to each other and to those in need. Please visit www.olmschool.org  or call the OLM School office at 884-1618 for further information! OLM is located at 55 Fourth Avenue in East Greenwich. From 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Rocky Hill School Open House: You can visit the Rocky Hill School campus in Potowomut and get a sense of the school community. Check out the 88-acre waterfront campus, …

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John Walsh

7:57 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013

Great photo, Elizabeth!   more ›

Day Camps Keep Kids Busy During the Summer

Want your kids to stay active this summer? Check out summer camps in the area...

It turns out that there are a LOT of camps for school-age kids right here in East Greenwich. We've compiled as many as we knew about here. Avengers Running Academy, Aug. 8-12 This running camp is for students entering grades 3-9. The camp, run by track coach Peter Dion, will teach students about track sports as well as good sportsmanship. The included events will be: high jump, long jump, turbo javelin, hurdles, relays, 100-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 800-meter run, and mile run. At the end of the camp, students will receive certificates with best times, heights, and distances for each event. Cost is $90, and the camp will run Aug. 8-12. Boys Basketball Camp, June 27 - July 1 This camp will be led by Craig Mackenzie (cmackenzie@cox.net), …

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Rocky Hill Boys Lacrosse Team Captures Title

In a close match with Falmouth Academy, Rocky Hill’s defense kept Falmouth at bay in the final minutes of the SENE championship game.

After falling to Falmouth in two regular season games, Rocky Hill players wanted to prove that they had what it took to beat their rivals. They followed through on that goal, with a 10-9 victory on May 20th. Rocky Hill scored first, with a goal each by Andrew Nota and Ben Hardy. At the end of the first quarter, however, Falmouth scored four goals and another at the beginning of the second quarter. Rocky Hill retaliated as Joe Jordan scored three and Andrew Nota scored two, making the score 7-6 at halftime. The third quarter had been Rocky Hill’s weak point throughout the season, but the team showed its determination by shutting Falmouth out in that quarter. In addition to the defensive efforts, Jordan and Nota each scored a goal in the …

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