East Greenwich News

The state's legal community lost a well-respected member this week when a lawyer in a small Providence firm died of a heart attack Sunday night.

When the Moderate Party achieved "state recognition" earlier this year, Rhode Island political insiders wondered whether the group would harm the state GOP more than the Democratic Party.

Former U.S. Attorney Robert C. Corrente will not run for governor in 2010. The newly formed Moderate Party hosted at least two private meetings with Corrente in recent weeks in a courtship that was ultimately unsuccessful.

The Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority has set a Dec. 31 deadline for redeeming Pell Bridge tokens.

Even as Congress battles over how to overhaul the nation's health-care system, a little-known Rhode Island coalition is moving ahead with its own home-grown reform plan for this state.

October 29, 2009, 3:00AM To the Editor: Over the years that I have lived in East Greenwich Township, I have always seen the value of being involved and giving back to the community in which I live.

Relying on an independent study by the Institute of Medicine, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki has established a service-connection for Vietnam War veterans who have three specific illnesses that have an association with the herbicides referred to as Agent Orange.

Today, Oct. 24, is the International Day of Climate Action. Over 4,400 events are being planned, many by and for women, in 175 countries to create public awareness and urge leaders to commit to policies that will lower global levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

October 24, 2009, 3:00AM To the Editor: As an 85-year-old senior citizen living on a fixed income, I'm very concerned about the taxes in East Greenwich Township.

Michael M. Castosa was a punctual man. He never missed a day of work. So when he didn't show up for his waiter's job at 20 Water Street restaurant on Oct.

Former U.S. Attorney Robert C. Corrente met privately Thursday morning with officials from the newly formed Moderate Party to discuss a potential bid for governor.

Republican business executive Rory Smith announced Wednesday that he would run for Rhode Island governor and called for spending and tax cuts to help revive a tanking economy that's pushed unemployment to 13 percent.

Michael Castosa was a punctual man. He never missed a day of work. So when he didn't show up for his waiter's job at 20 Water Street restaurant on Oct.

There are several locally prepared pizza crusts available in the markets, but there's a new one that has something different - the smell of the fired-up grill.

A businessman who may be the Republicans' best hope for the governor's race next year is drawing inevitable comparisons to current Governor Don Carcieri.

In little more than a year, Rhode Islanders will select a man or woman to inherit suffocating budget deficits, double-digit unemployment rates and majorities who don't trust their government and feel the state is moving in the wrong direction.

EAST GREENWICH TWP. The county has agreed to preserve 65 acres of land that had been previously slated for a 21-home development.

Even when there are no lost jobs and savings to be shared by both parties, combining municipal services isn't as easy as it might appear.

Rhode Island spends more money on fire protection than any state in the country, according a report released Tuesday by a business-backed financial watchdog group.

Brenda Dann-Messier, longtime president of the state's largest adult education center and an ardent advocate for low-income families and immigrants, has been confirmed as an assistant secretary of education by the U.S. Senate.