Normally, Dawn Forte walks with her dog Skye by the water near her house on Arnolds Neck Drive. On Sept. 21, however, she took a different path.
As she walked past a house …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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10/5/23
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11/16/23
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There aren’t many who knew him that don’t have a special place in their hearts for Bob Shapiro.
Last week, the Warwick City Council declared Sept. 20 as Robert A. Shapiro Day. All …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/15/24
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Rep. Joseph M. McNamara, chairman of the House Education Committee, is focusing on school attendance with a package of bills that seeks to curb chronic absenteeism along with the negative …
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3/7/24
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Judy Earle, who lives not far from Warwick Neck Avenue, was preparing to attend the Warwick Neck Improvement Association meeting last Wednesday when a shattering noise echoed through the …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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10/5/23
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Two of Warwick’s elementary schools will make history on March 21 at 3:30 p.m.
That’s the date that Hoxsie and Park’s Unified Basketball teams- aimed at unifying students with …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/15/24
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As the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company prepares to celebrate 100 years since its founding, its president, Robert Carlow, is working to make it a special century commemoration.
Though company …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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3/7/24
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Students and teachers at Park Elementary School found out that their school was named a National Blue Ribbon School- one of the highest honors a school can achieve from the U.S. Department of …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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10/5/23
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Judge Francis “Frank” X. Flaherty carried a pair of huge sealed cardboard boxes into Warwick City Hall’s subterranean conference room.
Flaherty, a former Warwick Mayor and …
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By JOHN HOWELL & RORY SCHULER
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3/7/24
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Tara Levasseur was faced with a choice in July of 2020 that she hopes medical professionals will not be faced with again. Then Governor Gina Raimondo mandated that all medical professions be …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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10/5/23
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Students from 15 Ocean State high schools struck gold, silver and bronze in the 41st annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon held Sunday at Bryant University.
“We ran out of medals,” …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/7/24
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Archie and Lulu Van Griffin, whose headstone was discovered in a closet at Brown University on Jan. 17, 2017 by Jack Wrenn, a PhD student at the time was recently moved by members of the Warwick …
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12/14/23
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More than 75 people gathered Dec. 2 at the Stephen J Medeiros Fishing Area at Black Point to celebrate the dedication of this beautiful piece of Rhode Island in honor of Steve Medeiros. Presentations …
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12/14/23
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As students at Toll Gate High School continue their second week of virtual learning, Warwick’s administration is saying they need to have a “proactive plan” for any future school …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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3/7/24
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Updates regarding plans for the new high schools, discussions of RICAS scores and chronic absenteeism, and the revision of policies were all on the table for the Warwick School Committee Tuesday …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/16/23
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There aren’t many movies more fitting for 185 different children with “A Wish Come True” to see than “Wish”- something that they got to do on Dec. 3 at Cinema De Lux.
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12/14/23
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The Warwick School Committee will get an update on the Rhode Island Student Survey (RISS), a roughly 35-minute long “anonymous online student survey” that pertains to …
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By DANA RICHIE
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3/7/24
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A Free Winter Wear Event will be held at Woodbury Union Church on Friday, November 24th, the day after Thanksgiving, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
Coats, jackets, vests, mittens, …
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11/16/23
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Mentor RI is looking for volunteers in the City of Warwick for a job that takes up just one hour a week.
According to Sandy Letourneau, Mentor RI program coordinator, the program is looking to …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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3/7/24
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Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of a series looking at the newest iteration of the proposed Winsor Avenue solar farm. The series is expected to conclude following the Nov. 2 continuation of the Zoning Board special use permit hearing.
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By RORY SCHULER
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10/19/23
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