Last Week In EG: EG Police Lt.Guilty, Frenchtown Commons Plan Moves Forward

EG Police Lieutenant Found Guilty Of Assault

East Greenwich Police Lieutenant Paul Nahrgang was found guilty Tuesday, Sept. 3, of assaulting a prisoner at the EG Police Station on May 22.

For the first time in his 20 years of studying Rhode Island’s deer tick population, University of Rhode Island’s tick expert Thomas Mather believes that the recent surge in ticks could pose an exceptional risk for the public health of the state.

While the school year is just beginning and most high school students are looking to spend their free time with friends, East Greenwich high school senior Olivia Wiggins has something else on her mind: the 26.2 miles that she will be running at the end of September.

The development known as Frenchtown Commons straddles East Greenwich and, to a larger extent, North Kingstown, so both towns have had plenty to say about it. Wednesday night, the EG Planning Board granted Master Plan Approval and a zone change for the development. If a zone change is approved by the EG Town Council, the development will be in the same place with both communities.

Siegfried Max Pueschel, M.D., Ph.D., J.D., M.P.H., died Sept. 2, at the age of 82 years. He was born in Silesia, Germany, on July 28, 1932, to Max and Erna Pueschel.

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee has announced that he will not seek a second term in office.

Solidifying our place as the culinary hub of the West Bay, the Second Annual East Greenwich Restaurant Week takes place Sept. 20-29. Yes, that's more than a week – a good thing, since there are so many restaurants participating.

Last Monday evening's Town Council meeting held the second hearing of three required for the formation of a town Historic Cemetery Commission. East Greenwich is one of the last municipalities in the state to form such a commission.

School Committeewoman Carolyn Mark was happy to see children riding their bikes to school on the first day of school.

While Jean Ann Guiliano says it in more eloquent terms, the Rhode Island Department of Education’s continued advocacy for standardized testing as a graduation policy is far more than a well-intended mistake. I sincerely believe that politics, money, stubbornness, perpetual motion, elitism and a failure to recognize learning styles also play major roles.