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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

By BARBARA POLICHETTI | 5/23/24

what he loved: Bob Shapiro is pictured at a school event. (Warwick Beacon file photo)

A day to remember Bob Shapiro

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 … more

By ADAM ZANGARI | 2/15/24

McNamara introduces package of bills that targets chronic school absenteeism

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 … more

3/7/24

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

By JOHN HOWELL | 5/23/24

Hoxsie, Park schools blaze trail for unified basketball teams

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 … more

By ADAM ZANGARI | 2/15/24

VIEW FROM THE SKIES: The Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co.’s hall and museum building, as seen from a drone shot. (Photo by Gary W. Johnson)

Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. prepares for 100th anniversary

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 … more

By ADAM ZANGARI | 3/7/24

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

By ADAM ZANGARI | 5/23/24

THE GROUP: Judge Francis “Frank” X. Flaherty, a former Warwick Mayor and retired Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice, joined a group of Warwick history buffs in City Hall Friday. The group included: Pegee Malcolm, the Chairperson of the Warwick Historical Cemeteries Commission and Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Commission; Felicia Castiglioni Gardella, President of the Warwick Historical Society; current Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi; City Archivist Jackie Picozzi; and Mark Brown, Vice-Chairman of the Warwick Historical Cemeteries Commission.

Unpacking history

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 … more

By JOHN HOWELL & RORY SCHULER | 3/7/24

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

By ADAM ZANGARI | 5/23/24

WELCOMING PARTY: Dennis Pacheco, left, Joseph Henry and Erik Pacheco stand ready to greet visitors to a tour of the Captain Peter Greene house in Conimicut.

Almost a year later [Photo gallery]

Hurricane Irene put a damper on last year’s … more

8/16/12

they would take home three golds and finish in ninth overall.

Warwick’s 3 high schools take home 24 Academic Decathlon medals

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,” … more

By JOHN HOWELL | 3/7/24

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

By ADAM ZANGARI | 5/23/24

At home again

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 … more

12/14/23

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

5/23/24

A fitting memorial to Steve

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 … more

12/14/23

Toll Gate closure continues into second week of virtual classes

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 … more

By ADAM ZANGARI | 3/7/24

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

By JOHN HOWELL | 5/23/24

Making her mark [Photo gallery]

Jennifer R. Kennedy, a senior at Assumption College, was recently induced into the Psi Chi International Psychology Honor Society. Kennedy, the daughter of Meri Kennedy of Cranston … more

11/27/12

GRANTING A NIGHT OUT: Event sponsor Al Cerrone and his family. Alongside Al are

‘A Wish Come True’ children enjoy night out watching ‘Wish’

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. … more

12/14/23

Student survey expected to be discussed at school meeting

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 … more

By DANA RICHIE | 3/7/24

May 23, 2024