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Thursday, 12 February 2009 |
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Photo: Abby Fox When Jennifer Fleming’s third grade class at Frenchtown School begins research for the annual wax museum project, when students are asked to learn everything they can about a person from history, dress up in costume as him or her, and give a presentation, they often choose people they feel an affinity for.
Alex Candow’s favorite golf player, for instance, is Tiger Woods. Naomi Shimberg chose J.K. Rowling, out of a fondness for Harry Potter novels.
But as the students look up information in books, online and even in museums, they often find they are developing an interest in the history behind the person. Seth Barney, who turned into Ringo Starr, says he would like to learn more about the 1960s, while Thomas Shaughnessy, who was Abraham Lincoln, said he’d love to go back in time to the Civil War era.
While they learn about history, students also get a sense of how important figures are able to break out of the cultural limitations of their time, and make change, such as Emeline Muoio, who said she appreciated Amelia Earhart not “giving up when people said she couldn’t fly, because she was a woman.”
Probably the most unusual museum piece in this year’s show was Captain Edward John Smith, portrayed by Rachel D’Ellena. Fleming said D’Ellena had a difficult job, because she had to go beyond the school’s library to learn who the captain of the Titanic was.
Josh Fazio, who was one of the few contemporary figures, Lance Armstrong, said, “We got to learn about someone we didn’t know much about.” Caitlin Hureau, who played Tara Lipinski, said, “It required a lot of hard work, but if paid off.”
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Friday, 06 February 2009 |
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Photo: Abby Fox Rachel Rossetti and other French II students listen to audiotapes in the high school’s language lab. The language department would like to introduce computers into the 30-seat lab |
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Top ranks of EG police may leave in a few months, to hold on to their benefits |
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Friday, 06 February 2009 |
BY ABBY FOX
Police Chief David Desjarlais, Deputy Chief Bill Higgins, a sergeant, a detective and a couple of patrolmen could be in their last few months of service for the East Greenwich Police Department. Potentially, as many as eight or nine employees could choose to retire.
The reason for the potential departure is governor’s recent proposal to keep medical benefits, cost of living adjustments and retirement plan for those employees who are eligible to retire – but only to those who decide to retire by the end of the this fiscal year.
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Kringle the Caterpillar gets a hearing at Village Lower School |
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Wednesday, 04 February 2009 |
BY ABBY FOX
Carrie Simonetti, a former first grade teacher at Frenchtown, got to show people another side of herself – as a self-published author – at the Village Lower School over the weekend, when she read aloud her first book, “Kringle the Christmas Caterpillar,” published in December.
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A chronicle of the Inauguration, through East Greenwich eyes |
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Monday, 02 February 2009 |
BY ABBY FOX
“Very long, very exciting, and very cold” were Deidre Gifford’s words to describe the Presidential Inauguration last Tuesday in Washington, DC, when she saw her son and the rest of the East Greenwich High School band play in the parade for President Barack Obama.
“The kids were standing outside in the cold for a long, long time,” band director Brendan Carniaux said. “They lasted. I think they played on sheer adrenaline alone, because they were so cold.”
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Thursday, 18 December 2008 |
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BY ABBY FOX The council approved the proposed CVS Pharmacy at Rt. 2, by Bank of Rhode Island, at a meeting Monday night – with a few conditions. They include: The pharmacy isn’t allowed to have a “minute clinic” for diagnosis purposes; it can’t get a height variance; a private educational facility [such as New England Tech] isn’t allowed; police detail is required until a traffic light is put in at Fairgrounds Way and South County Trail; and the developer would pay for the light, not the town. |
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Crestar holds photography exhibit as an open house party |
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 |
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BY ABBY FOX East Greenwich’s latest ugly duckling turned-into-a-swan story is right in the middle of town at Crestar, the wholesale commercial and retail picture framing and art reproduction business. Recently, it moved into an old warehouse off Main Street from its former home, since 1998, at the Ladd Street mills. Owners Cathy Buchanan and Jason Dittelman put hundreds of gallons of paint into the makeover of the old garage, once belonging to New England Telephone. |
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CVS proposes to town council |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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By ABBY FOX The bulk of Monday’s town council meeting was taken up with a public hearing for CVS’s application to amend the town’s comprehensive plan and the zoning ordinance, changing the parcel it wants to build on Division and Rt.2, to the zoning designation of Commercial Highway. |
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Students get a good in-person at wolves |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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BY ABBY FOX Last Thursday, Kent Weber and his wife Tracy came from their Mission: Wolf offices in Colorado to introduce wolves to seventh and eighth grade students at Cole Junior High. They were invited by science teacher Kelly Grennan, who wanted to bring “something they’ll never forget” as the students learn about the environment and organisms in class. |
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Downtown farmers market finishes a short but sweet season downtown |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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BY ABBY FOX East Greenwich’s newly established farmers’ market is concluding its first season, after running smoothly for the past six weeks, every Monday afternoon at the top of Academy Field. The market attracted about a dozen vendors. |
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400 years of history (and of ghosts) at Smith’s Castle in Wickford |
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 |
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BY ABBY FOX Smith’s Castle is probably one of the prettiest incongruities in the state. A homestead and trading post going back to the 1600s overlooking the Wickford Cove, it also has the misfortune to sit on an unmemorable stretch of Post Road in North Kingstown, making it easy for drivers to pass by. But those who bother to take a turn into history will be rewarded with a lovely, restored white house in a beautiful yard of large shady trees. |
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