May Updates: Lower Tax Rate and Building Around Town

Talking Parks w/Andy Wade

Elizabeth and Joannie go deep with EG's Community Services Director Andy Wade on park happenings all over town, including the pickleball and basketball courts at Academy Field, what's next at Eldredge, plans to add on to Swift Community Center, the future of Scalloptown Park and the dog park planned for that site, as well as the possibility of bocce in EG and what's happening in the western part of town.

Talking with Harbormaster John Parker & Some May Headlines

Co-hosts Elizabeth McNamara and Joannie Hinman talk through some of the big stories of May – the LowKey hearing, part 2! new tax rate! departure of Asst. Supt. Michael Podraza! Then, we talk with EG Harbormaster John Parker and learn what life is like on the water right off our shore. Produced by Jesse Tolppa

May Updates: Lower Tax Rate and Building Around Town

Joannie and Elizabeth talk about: * The $15 probable tax rate [https://eastgreenwichnews.com/proposed-budget-calls-for-15-residential-tax-rate/] – this year’s is $21.85, so a $15 rate is a 31.35 percent or $6.85 drop. * Developments around town * That block for sale at 176 Main St. [https://eastgreenwichnews.com/eg-real-estate-a-block-of-historic-downtown-hits-the-market/] – I haven’t written anything about it but got some intel today that will be fun to preview.  * Seven Stars opened today

The Elegant Fabric of the Bleachery & News, Including Eclipse, Plane Crash, Fox Scream

Elizabeth McNamara and Joannie Hinman talk with Linda Welters, URI professor of textiles, fashion merchandising and design, about the history of fabrics printed at the Green Dale Bleachery – from which Bleachery Pond got its name. Turns out, in the mid-1800s, Green Dale was producing wool-cotton designs so elegant (Delaines), they had to pretend they were imported from France to get Americans to buy them. We also talk about the eclipse and the EG couple survived after their small plane when into Narragansett Bay off Quonset, as well as the $900K+ for waterfront improvements from the feds.

Latest News & Talking Trees w/Bob Beausoleil

Cohosts Joannie Hinman and Elizabeth McNamara talk about the fire at Finn's Harborside and the recent revaluation with its big property assessment jumps, then sit down with Bob Beausoleil of the East Greenwich Tree Council.