The Pendulum

SC 'struggling' on cut requests

April 14, 2012

EAST GREENWICH — The East Greenwich School Committee understood what the Town Council was asking of it regarding making cuts to the proposed budget during Monday’s meeting at Town Hall.

Finding logical ways to make the cuts? That’s going to pose quite a challenge for the School Committee going forward.

Chairperson Deidre Gifford addressed her concerns to the Council on Monday, stating that the School Committee is struggling to find ways to cut $474,374 from its proposed budget of $31,375,451 to the town.

Read more about it in the April 12 edition of the Pendulum.

Bond pays off with new library

April 14, 2012

EAST GREENWICH — With much of the work on the $52 million school bond approved by East Greenwich School District voters in 2008 now complete, school officials received some thanks last Tuesday night…appropriately enough, in upgraded surroundings made possible by savings from the bond surplus.

The School Committee held last week’s meeting in the East Greenwich High School library as a means of showing off the recently completed improvements, which closed the library for much of the school year and forced the relocation of books and much of its equipment to the old school gym.

A 'Main' objective for Jim Langevin

April 7, 2012

EAST GREENWICH — Inside the small, yet expanding Symposium Book store on Main Street on Tuesday, Congressman Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) purchased a hard copy of the George R.R. Martin book, ‘Game of Thrones’ after looking carefully through the various items of literature with manager Sam Crowe.

The Democrat who represents the Second Congressional District hopes to give the book the same solid read as the one he gained through his mini tour of some businesses on Main Street on the bright, sunny afternoon.

School Comm. to take a stand?

April 7, 2012

EAST GRENWICH — With a joint meeting with the Town Council beckoning Monday, the School Committee is contemplating a stand over the $400,000 it is being asked to cut from its fiscal 2013 budget proposal.

Committee members struggled to find ways Tuesday night to cut the $400,000 Town Manager William Sequino Jr. is asking it to from its $31,375,450 request to the town, lowering the figure to a 1.55 percent increase over the current budget. Overall, the proposed FY 2013 school budget is $33,756,000.