Last Week In EG: Fire Chief Gone & Contract Settled, Car Breaks, Lawn Chemicals

Fire Chief Henrikson To Retire

East Greenwich Fire Chief Peter Henrikson, who began his service to the town as a junior firefighter in 1981 and became chief in 2010, will retire effective Sept. 19. The Town Council voted 5-0 to approve his separation agreement.

The Town Council approved a new, three-year contract with the firefighters union, less than three months after the town took over management of fire operations. The action came the same night councilors approved a separation agreement with Fire Chief Peter Henrikson.  

The new program switching to every-other-week pick up for recyclables begins next Monday, Sept. 23, and many residents have received their new, 96-gallon recycle containers ... but not everyone. The Department of Public Works is asking those who have NOT yet received a new bin to contact them, either by phone or email (see contact info below).

Wednesday, Sept. 4, 7:27 a.m. – A Gladridge Drive resident told police several items were taken from her car while it was parked in her driveway overnight. It had not been locked, she said.

Nikki Trupiano is not someone who gets discouraged easily. While that character trait has probably always been an asset, it's been particularly helpful these past two weeks, ever since she fell asleep behind the wheel and smashed into a tree on Route 6 in Scituate.

Those little signs sticking up out of the lawn that say, “Lawn chemicals applied on such-and-such a date. Keep posted for 48 hours,” can be a little unsettling. They don’t say “keep off!” but they do say “lawn chemicals.”

Gary P. Halliwell, 62, a lifelong resident of East Greenwich, Block Island and Narragansett Bay, passed peacefully on Thursday surrounded by his family and friends after a long and heroic battle with cancer.

What is the primary purpose of the East Greenwich School District and where does the EGSD want to be in 10 years are the two questions School Committee members wrestled with at their meeting last week on strategic planning. It was the first step in a process that could shape the future of EG public schools.

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