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Chronic absenteeism rates see dramatic drop in Warwick
Warwick Public Schools’ rate of chronically absent students has seen a significant decrease over the past couple of years, going from 45% to 30% of students district-wide being absent, … more
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CALL FOR HELP: Richard Leclerc, director of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, highlights a statewide campaign promoting 988 that will run from June through September 2024 during an event at the BH Link call center in East Providence on Monday, May 20, 2024.
‘We’ve got enough kindness to go around’: Rhode Island’s 988 success story
The 988 Lifeline was designed to help people ask for help — whether they’re struggling with thoughts of self-harm, suicide, depression or any other crisis. Just as 911 redirects people to … more
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Sen. Gallo bills for universal free Pre-K get Senate approval
The Senate approved last Thursday two bills sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Hanna M. Gallo to set Rhode Island on a path to offering universal free prekindergarten to 3- and 4-year-olds and … more
Patriotic Concert
The music ministries of St. Kevin, St. Rita and St. Timothy Churches joined with the Ocean State Pops Orchestra last Friday to preform a free Memorial Day concert and tribute to military, police, … more
Breeze starts Denver flights; Jet Blue to offer daily flights to Puerto Rico
Last Thursday Breeze Airways launched new service from Rhode Island  T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) to Denver International Airport (DEN) available on Thursdays and Sundays. Breeze … more
MADE IT THROUGH TOGETHER: Students from all four participating schools, as well as representatives from local construction companies, brave the rain and pose together following the ceremony.
Tools for the Trade ceremony honors record number of students
Tides Restaurant saw a full house Thursday as 58 career and technical students from four high schools celebrated their achievements ahead of upcoming graduations. The Warwick Area, Woonsocket, … more
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COOKIES AND MORE: Members of Girl Scout Troop 79 manned one of the more than dozen tables at the Conimicut Farmers Market Saturday. Depending on how many boxes of cookies are still available, they will be back this Saturday. In a display of youthful exuberance, Makayla Selwyn and McKenna Frappier do cartwheels in front of their display.
Produce Not Ready Yet
While Conimicut Village Association president Leslie Derrig planned on three farms participating Saturday for the second week of a farmers market, last week’s weather wasn’t cooperative … more
Scouts of Narragansett deliver 25,000 hours of community service, collect 150,000 pounds of food
Scouts from across Rhode Island visited the State House to present their annual Report to the State last Thursday. The event highlighted the significant impact of the Scouts in Rhode Island during … more
5 boots added to Boots on Ground Memorial opening Friday at Fort Adams
Operation Stand Down RI (OSDRI) has  announced the return of the full display of Boots on the Ground for Heroes Memorial on Memorial Day weekend (May 24-27). Volunteers started on converge … more
Rehearsals Make for Perfect
Having been selected as one of three schools in the state as a “Disney Musical in Schools,” Norwood School was given the opportunity to select from Disney productions and have the rights … more
And it didn’t rain
Postponed because of rain during Holy Week, Bishop Hendricken High School held its 50th annual hunger walk Friday. Here students are pictured on Sandy Lane. Father Robert Marciano, president of the … more
SORTING: Farm Manager Steve Stycos (right) and volunteer Ryan Connelly of Coventry pick through some young spinach plants.
Annual plant sale seeds farm Westbay produce
Annual plant sale seeds farm Westbay produce Get your vegetable garden going and support a good cause this week at the annual plant sale held at Westbay Community Action’s farm on … more
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WHERE THERE HAD BEEN HOMES: What has become a neighborhood park, following the clearing of homes within the high noise contour of Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport abutting homes on Palace Avenue was blocked off Friday. The area is being cleared as part of construction of a south air cargo facility abutting Strawberry Field Road to the north.
Clearing starts to relocate airport noise/visual wall
Stan Snycyk was fuming Friday. He had planned to walk the park-like setting at the end of his street, Strawberry Field Road west. However, when he reached the intersection of Palace Avenue, he was … more
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TALKING ABOUT TILI: Ashton speaks to a crowd at a tent outside of the new institute about the impacts that the center will have on communities in Rhode Island.
Institute to train medical volunteers
By ADAM ZANGARI It all began with a fire. More specifically, a small brush fire in West Greenwich in 1986 near Brooke Lawrence’s childhood home. Following that, the town’s fire … more
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lots of questions: City council president Steve McAllister asks questions at Monday’s budget hearing.
Council set to vote on mayor’s $360.8M budget
Mayor Frank Picozzi’s proposed $360.8 million city budget, which Finance Director Peder Schaefer calls the “best one” in his 50 years as an administrator, underwent seven hours of … more
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David Neeleman, Breeze CEO
Breeze to double airport flights
Three years after they landed their first flight in Rhode Island, Breeze Airways is picking up speed with a major expansion of  operations at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. … more
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Where’s the fire?
That was the question customers leaving Dave’s Bar and Grill asked when confronted by a cloud of white smoke on Saturday afternoon. There was more to it than smoke. There was the throaty rumble … more
CLASS A APARTMENTS: Wood Partners expect to spend $64 million to develop 214 apartments in two buildings on more than 6 acres on Post Road abutting the Airport Connector ramp.
City Centre to bloom?
Ground was officially broken Wednesday for construction of what developers believe is the largest private Warwick project in recent years. The first of two Class A apartment buildings with a … more
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BROKEN FLOCK: Torrie Aceto shared this photo of Elliott the swan, his partner and their cygnets. The swan family patriarch has been found dead, and pond neighbors would like to see some sort of justice. (Photo courtesy Torrie Aceto)
Elliott’s swan song
Some friends called him Elliott. He initially survived an archer’s illicit arrow attack and pond neighbors hoped for his recovery. His young family depended on him. The arrow was … more
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THE VIDEO: Cranston mayoral candidate and Republican state Rep. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung released a video criticizing current Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins, alleging he puts in part-time effort. Hopkins responded in a statement provided by his campaign: “Mrs. Fenton-Fung doesn’t have a real platform to run on to be Cranston’s chief executive, so she resorts to cheap videos questioning my Republican credentials and my work habits.”
No-show mayor?
Rule number one, on the job: show up. Rule number two: get the job done. The current mayor of Cranston has been accused of breaking both rules by a fellow Republican who’s running for his … more
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