<p>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. </p> <p>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.</p>