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2 unusual facts about East Greenwich


Ellis Ashbrook

The band was formed in East Greenwich, Rhode Island by John Barber, Alex Major, and Ryan Gildea while attending East Greenwich High School.

Michael Gizzi

He spent part of his childhood living in Ohio and later lived in East Greenwich, Rhode Island for three years of high school (10th, 11th, and 12th grade).


The Shunned House

A Huguenot from Caude, near Angers, France, who settled in East Greenwich, Rhode Island in 1686 and moved to Providence in 1696; the Shunned House was built on the site of his family's graveyard.

William Arnold Anthony

From 1860 to 1861 he taught natural sciences at the Providence Conference Seminary, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, followed by a teaching position in Franklin, New York until 1867.


see also

History of Rhode Island

Cranston Mayors Edward D. DiPrete and Stephen Laffey, Governor Donald Carcieri of East Greenwich, and former Mayor Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci of Providence ran as Republican reform candidates.