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Mayor trims school request, but taxes to rise

Mayor Frank Picozzi has proposed a $380.3-million budget that if passed by the City Council would give most but not all of the $198.1 million the School Committee asked for and lower the tax rate, …

Cleaning up the green

The Pawtuxet Village Association Garden Club spent several hours on Saturday raking, weeding and cleaning Pawtuxet Park. Originally scheduled for April 26, the Earth Day clean-up attracted a handful …
John Howell gets a laugh from the audience as he delivers a speech during his induction into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. At right is former West Warwick Mayor Michael Levesque.

‘Dean of RI newspaper publishing’ in Hall of Fame

Lifelong newspaper man and Warwick Beacon editor (and former publisher) John Howell has always been all about getting the story right.  Well, on Saturday, he was the right story, joining eight …

What's going on around Warwick?

May 8 and June 12: Adventures in Acrylic workshops will be held from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Warwick Center for the Arts, 3259 Post Rd., Warwick. Each month artists will explore a different technique …

The Bard is back

Toll Gate High School teacher Steven Belanger, whose knowledge of all that is Shakespearean runs deep, made certain that April 23, the date of the Bard’s birth in 1564 and his death in 1616 , …

Golf ‘par-tee’ scores for Boys & Girls Clubs

You would imagine keeping score at a golfing event to raise funds for the Warwick Boys & Girls Clubs held last week at the Oakland Beach clubhouse. Not so. Keeping score was not the intent of the …
SPORTS

RIFC holds San Antonio FC to draw in historic home opener

After out-shooting, out-possessing and out-passing San Antonio FC, Rhode Island FC held the Western Conference leaders scoreless for the first time all season as its historic home opener ended in a …

Community Champion Series: Daniel Calabro

Meet this week’s Community Champion, Daniel Calabro. Daniel Calabro — a shining example of resilience, strength, and purpose. A standout-athlete during his time at Pilgrim High …

Local CCRI athletes earn Scholar-Athlete Awards

Ten student-athletes from the Community College of Rhode Island were honored last week for their athletic and academic achievements as part of the annual Scholar-Athlete Awards held in House Chamber …
Rhody Life

Spring cleaning for 50,000 inhabitants

By trade , Anthony Ricci is a landscaper and a singer – although, he says, the singing gigs aren’t what they used to be. There are way too many funerals lately. And then …

Taking flight

A Great Egret takes flight from Salter Grove Memorial Park in Warwick with the Port of Providence in the background. Submitted photo by Tom Wojick 

Here's what's playing

THE FOUR SEASONS * * * (Relationships Flick) Tina Fay helped in the writing of this bittersweet relationships movie that stresses how much work is needed to create a successful …

Warwick Police Log 05-08-25

SUSPECTED SHOPLIFTING On April 2, Officer Cabrejos, along with Officer Reddy and Detective Aarico (in patrol capacity), responded to Market Basket (25 Pace Blvd.) for a shoplifting in progress. …

Warwick Police Log

DUI On March 23 at 12:41 a.m., Officer Meola observed a vehicle at a red light with its reverse lights illuminated. Officer Meola followed the suspect vehicle and observed it commit two laned …

Warwick police log

DRIVING WITHOUT LICENSE On March 17 at 1:04 a.m., a Warwick police officer noticed a car exit the parking lot of a Mobil gas station with its trunk open, and what appeared to be a propane fire …
The Buzz

What's going on around Warwick?

May 1, RIMA Annual Meeting and Breakfast on Thursday from 7:30 a.m., to 11 a.m., will feature keynote speaker Karen McCullough as well as talks by U.S. Senator Jack Reed (via video), and Speaker of …
Obituaries

Deering, Carol Janet (Longiaru)

Carol Janet (Longiaru) Deering was born October 12, 1944 and passed awat on April 24, 2025, at 80 years of age in Warwick, RI.    Intelligent and loving are two words that come to mind …

Rameaka, Gregory P., Esq.

Gregory P. Rameaka, 69, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2025. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late J. George and Alberta M. (Anderson) Rameaka. Gregory was a devoted father to Damien C. …
EDITORIAL

Senate leadership team ‘a labor dream’

After Val Lawson won election last Tuesday as the new president of the Rhode Island Senate, she faced a battery of reporters’ questions about her dual role as head of that chamber and president …

The winds of time that rhyme

A fresh wind shall blow,  devoid of the snow,    rejoicing the free ones,  with flowers to lead them To sway….   Mixing fresh colors …

The comfort and reward of clocks

As a kid I never really thought too much about time. It seemed limitless. Then school came along and you had to be there on time and, of course, get homework done on time. Time became both an …