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The Warwick Continental American Little League 11-U All-Star team edged East Greenwich to win the District 3 championship on Monday. This same team won the district title at the 10-U level last year.
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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7/9/25
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The Warwick Continental American Little League All-Star teams are in the thick of their District 3 brackets and will be fighting for a chance to win the title and advance to the upcoming state …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER, Beacon Sports Editor
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7/2/25
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Unwitting mariners may be all too familiar with the shallow waters and sand bar at the mouth of Warwick Cove. Warwick Harbormaster Jeff Baris estimates “there are 900 groundings annually in …
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By GRETA SHUSTER, Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/26/25
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The state Council on Postsecondary Education has voted unanimously to name Rosemary Costigan the sixth president of the Community College of Rhode Island.
The council’s June 18 vote ended …
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By GRETA SHUSTER, Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/26/25
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The first official week of summer greeted Warwick with a hot and muggy welcome.
The National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning from Monday morning until Tuesday night. With maximum …
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By GRETA SHUSTER, Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/26/25
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Dan Camp, an employee of Butler Hospital, has stopped work for more than a month to join the picket lines of more than 800 union members at the hospital who have been without contracts since March, …
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By GRETA SHUSTER, Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/26/25
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This week, the Warwick Beacon sports department is honoring some Warwick’s best athletes of the spring season with its All-City teams. As always, it was a fun-filled few months of big-time …
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6/25/25
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About a year and a half into the pandemic, a class of freshmen began its time in Pilgrim High School. That class has now finished that chapter and begun another.
Last Wednesday, …
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By ROSEGALIE CINEUS, Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/19/25
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June 11 marked the end of a chapter 13 years in the making for Toll Gate High School’s 2025 graduating class.
244 graduates celebrated the beginning of a new journey after …
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By ROSEGALIE CINEUS, Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/19/25
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Warwick North Little League’s Big Blue Bug team won the Majors championship last week when it topped 401 Painting & Construction 7-6 in the title clash.
Trailing 4-3 in the bottom of …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER, Beacon Sports Editor
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6/18/25
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Work finally started this week on two new Warwick high schools. On Monday and again on Tuesday, city and state officials donned hat hats and wielded shovels as they dug into mounds of soft earth …
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By JOHN HOWELL, Warwick Beacon Editor
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6/11/25
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One event on the Gaspee calendar always seemed to get lost in the shuffle. The community service, organized by the parade committee and hosted by Trinity Episcopal Church on Ocean Ave, would attract …
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By JOY FOX, Beacon Media Publisher
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6/11/25
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Having served as interim and then acting superintendent of schools during the personal leave granted to Lynn Dambruch, the School Committee voted unanimously on Tuesday to name William McCaffrey …
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By JOHN HOWELL, Warwick Beacon Editor
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6/11/25
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Benjamin Lindsay is not frequently associated with Gaspee Day events, but Laurie O’Rourke is known to Pawtuxet Village residents.
On Tuesday, June 10, at Trinity Episcopal Church, O’Rourke …
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By JOHN HOWELL
Warwick Beacon Editor
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6/11/25
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For the second straight season, the Bishop Hendricken baseball team is Rhode Island’s Division I state champion after sweeping the Cumberland Clippers in two games in last week’s title …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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6/10/25
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On Nov. 5, 2022, a total of 58.8%of 33,045 Warwick voters casting ballots approved a $350-million bond issue to build new Toll Gate and Pilgrim high schools. Next week, two groundbreakings …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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6/5/25
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In less than two weeks, motorists who run red lights at five intersections in Warwick will be caught on candid camera.
On Wednesday, overlooking one of those intersections, Mayor Frank …
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By ALYSSA WALKER
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6/5/25
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Your new Miss Rhode Island has made it her duty to serve her state while wearing both her crown and her Army uniform.
Sgt. Alexia Rodrigues, who also holds the title of Miss Warwick, was crowned …
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By ALYSSA WALKER
Beacon Media Contributor
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6/4/25
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The Bishop Hendricken outdoor track and field team won its 47th Class A Championship last week in Coventry. It was also its 47th consecutive title as well for the Hawks as they edged second-place La …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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5/28/25
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With a snip here and a tack on there – a bit of tweaking – plus an adjustment adding almost $2 million to schools, the City Council approved a $380-million budget Thursday night. The …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/28/25
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