Judge slams EG, rescinds Corrigan’s town manager appointment
A Superior Court judge nullified Gayle Corrigan’s appointment as town manager of East Greenwich and fined the town $2,000, plus attorney fees, for “five willful and knowing violations” of the state Open Meetings Act in appointing her to that position. “It is apparent that the Town Council willfully and knowingly violated the OMA,” wrote Judge Susan […]
EG firefighter accused Sue Cienki of verbal threats, sexual harassment
Embattled East Greenwich Town Council President Sue Cienki has become known for her caustic style and acrimonious behavior. But EG Firefighters Association President Bill Perry said Cienki entered new territory when she threatened to remove a firefighter’s genitals and feed them to his dog. Perry filed a complaint against Cienki for “verbal threats and sexual […]
Gayle Corrigan didn’t think she would become EG’s town manager
Gayle Corrigan said she didn’t set out to become the town manager of East Greenwich. “That’s not what I was planning,” she told me in an extensive interview earlier this week. “That’s not how I was planning to spend my summer.” But three chaotic months after being hired for $5,000 to audit the school department’s […]
Is it Scalloptown, or the EG Riviera?
I don’t often have opportunity to agree with Don Carcieri, but I certainly do when it comes to East Greenwich. We both grew up here and share a deep love for our hometown and its working waterfront. A great profile in the Providence Journal shows that in many ways, that working waterfront is still the […]
Don’t Be Afraid Of Diversity, Barrington
Dear affordable housing-hating Barrington, This is some friendly advice for you from your cross-Bay rival for best public education community in the state, East Greenwich. You might have higher NECAP scores but we have something you don’t: diversity. A lot of people know us as a snobby suburb where affluent executives sleep and send their […]
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