<description>&lt;p&gt;Elizabeth and Joannie go deep with EG&amp;#39;s Community Services Director Andy Wade on park happenings all over town, including the pickleball and basketball courts at Academy Field, what&amp;#39;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&amp;#39;s happening in the western part of town. &lt;/p&gt;
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Elizabeth and Joannie go deep with EG&#39;s Community Services Director Andy Wade on park happenings all over town, including the pickleball and basketball courts at Academy Field, what&#39;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&#39;s happening in the western part of town.

Talking Parks w/Andy Wade

<description>&lt;p&gt;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. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Produced by Jesse Tolppa&lt;/p&gt;
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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

Talking with Harbormaster John Parker & Some May Headlines

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

May Updates: Lower Tax Rate and Building Around Town

<description>&lt;p&gt;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. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
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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.

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

<description>&lt;p&gt;Cohosts Joannie Hinman and Elizabeth McNamara talk about the fire at Finn&amp;#39;s Harborside and the recent revaluation with its big property assessment jumps, then sit down with Bob Beausoleil of the East Greenwich Tree Council. &lt;/p&gt;
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Cohosts Joannie Hinman and Elizabeth McNamara talk about the fire at Finn&#39;s Harborside and the recent revaluation with its big property assessment jumps, then sit down with Bob Beausoleil of the East Greenwich Tree Council.

Latest News & Talking Trees w/Bob Beausoleil

East Greenwich News is a community-funded local news website about East Greenwich, Rhode Island. On EG News Director's Cut, we offer some behind-the-scenes conversation about what's happening in town, why something is reported the way it is and other tidbits that might not make it onto the website. EG News Editor Elizabeth McNamara is joined by Joannie Edwardsen Hinman, an EG News board member but also half of the long-time radio duo Jones &amp; Joan on WSNE Providence. Behind the scenes is Nova Pro Media head Jesse Tolppa. Check out our website at eastgreenwichnews.com.

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