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Five Things: Zoning Board, Last Day Of Summer

Your guide for life in East Greenwich today, Aug. 27.

Last day of ‘summer’: Of course, summer goes for another three weeks, but let’s be real. Come Wednesday, summer is over! The calendar gets filled with a bazillion things and weekends are taken over by soccer, studies, and (alas!) dead leaves. So, enjoy this day!

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First day of school: Lunches made, backpacks packed – this is the day when children all over town return to the classroom. Here’s to a good year, everyone!

On Thursday …

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Treasurer Raimondo's Smart Money Tour: State Treasurer (and potential gubernatorial candidate) Gina Raimondo will be at Swift Community Center from 10:45 to 11:45 Thursday morning.

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In case you missed it: A great story by contributor Libby Hanks on the song written by our own Jake Torrey, after he experienced very up close and personal the Boston Marathon bombings.

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