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The holiday shopping season may not be as merry as Thorpes and Verdi had hoped for.

Add state champions to the list of achievements and accolades for the never-beaten 2009 East Greenwich High School boys soccer team. The Avengers defeated the Lincoln High School Lions 3-0 on Saturday at Rhode Island College to win the Division 2 State Championships. It is EGHS’s first state champi...

In 2006, when the high school fields project was first envisioned, it looked as if the whole project — McHale and the high school — would be eligible for Rhode Island Department of Education reimbursement. Then there was a change in RIDE’s policy.

Down Avenger Drive, just beyond the main high school parking lot, is the new Carcieri Field, the jewel of the $5.8 million high school fields project that was intended to create additional athletic fields in East Greenwich.

There was a time, in the not-too-distant past, when it was always Halloween in a certain shop on Main Street. It was called the Flaming Cauldron, but it was better known as the troll shop.

The plot is a familiar one. A political outsider named Smith enters the fray in an attempt to reform the system. In the movie, Mr. Smith goes to Washington. In East Greenwich, Mr. Smith wants to go to Providence. In this tale, though, it isn’t Jimmy Stewart playing the fictional Jefferson Smith who...

When it comes to the school flu vaccination clinics, nobody gets to pull rank, not even East Greenwich resident David Gifford, the state Health Department director. His son, like everyone else at East Greenwich High School, will have to wait until Nov. 17 to get vaccinated against H1N1, also known ...

Excitement filled the autumn evening at Eldredge Field on Wednesday when the East Greenwich boys’ soccer team took the field against Middletown. The excitement was two-fold. It was Senior Night, and the Avengers were playing for the division title. The Avengers won the game, 2-1, and, thus, the Div...

Another medical office building planned for South County Trail recently went before the East Greenwich Zoning Board. If approved, this one would be the tenth medical office facility to locate on this stretch of road, according to John Hoyle of the East Greenwich Building Department.

When the Avengers boys soccer team travels to Narragansett for their second to last of the regular season, they have a chance to add another win to an undefeated season. So far, they’ve won 13, but they haven’t been perfect. Last week, Westerly battled them to a 1-1 tie, the only blemish on an othe...