NEWS
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, …
Years of alcoholism nearly ruined the life of Iraq Army veteran David Fields
For David Fields, 43, the reckoning came one day in early April 2018. He was working a sales job and living in an apartment in Woonsocket that, with his excessive drinking, had become squalid. That …
WHAT DOGS DO:  The art work and figurines including a bulldog christening a tire on this car provided entertainment for spectators.
Cruising to help the animals
Judy Salvadore, president of the Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter, knew it was going to be a huge turnout when she spotted vintage, custom and classic cars on Route 95 early Sunday morning. She …
$20M in Warwick school bonds part of $830M in RIHEBC financing
The Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation (RIHEBC) announced this week that it closed on 12 bond financings and refinancings totaling more than $830 million in fiscal year 2024. …
A quiet champion of Warwick
A fine gentleman. If I was asked to describe Edward Leo Murphy in three words, that’s what I’d say. Most people know Ed either by visiting Urquhart-Murphy Funeral Home on …
WHAT TO DO ON YOUR 86TH BIRTHDAY: John Marotto knows how to throw a birthday party, especially when it’s his 86th birthday. And he knows how to get laughs and have a few of his own at the same time. Now, you may not see the resemblance, but he’s portraying Mick Jagger in this shot with one of his guests, Paul Vaccaro who really got into “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”
Making for laughs at 86
What do Father Guido Sarducci, the fictional character from Saturday Night Live, and singers Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton and Mick Jagger have in common? If you answered they all celebrated their 86th …
New law to establish statewide retirement savings plan
A newly signed law sponsored by Sen. Meghan Kallman and Rep. Evan P. Shanley will establish a convenient, low-cost public-option retirement savings program for Rhode Islanders. “Most of us …
Here's what's happening around Warwick
Weekend Spotlight July 27 & 28 Coffee and Cars will be on Sat., July 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Sun., July 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Rock Point Park, 1 Rocky Point Ave., …
Ocean State Job Lot purchases Christmas Tree Shops’ Warwick store
Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), a leading regional discount retail chain with 153 stores across the Northeast, announced this week the purchase of the vacant Christmas Tree Shops located at 300 Quaker …
Joanne Miller
Joanne Miller enters politics with independent run for Ward 4
In the race to replace Ward 4 Councilman James McElroy, who is running for House District 21, Joanne Miller, running as an independent, has decided to try her luck in politics. Miller, a …
Marie Hopkins
Marie Hopkins goes door to door in second shot at District 21
After losing the race for House District 21, located primarily in Hoxsie, Conimicut and Pilgrim Park, in the General Assembly by 38 votes in 2022, Marie Hopkins is taking another stab at the office. …
Pilgrim Senior Center programs moving to library for August
You’re planning on climbing the stairs to the Children’s Library and leaving the kids off at the summer reading program, but then you get no farther than the Idea Studio to the right of …