The Warwick City Council gave first passage to two multi-family developments and rejected a proposal to hold a public hearing on the city’s five-year financial forecast Monday.
One of the …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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9/19/24
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Frank Paolino has been building homes for 52 years and he has no plans on retiring.
“What would I do with myself?” he asked in an interview Friday. He’ll have plenty to keep …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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9/12/24
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A Steering Committee exploring formation of a Warwick Village to become part of The Village Common of RI network of villages is asking Warwick residents to respond to a survey that will help …
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2/22/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode …
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2/21/24
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The Warwick City Council’s final regular meeting focused on changes to the city’s zoning ordinance to comply with state law, with many residents expressing frustration and discontent with …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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12/21/23
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Iftikhar Ahmad, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, likes to think of Green Airport as the little engine that could.
He made the analogy when addressing Warwick Rotary …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/23/23
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The proposal of 40 Wickes Way, LLC for the former site of the John Wickes School was expected to gain master plan approval last night from the Warwick Planning Board. The development of 39 …
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12/14/22
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Jules D’Alessandro, a Warwick-based litigator, business, construction and personal injury attorney, has been named to the Rhode Island Advisory Council of the New England Legal Foundation …
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6/8/22
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By JOHN HOWELL Developers will take the first step toward approvals to build three four-story buildings with a total of 260 apartments at Metro Center and Kilvert Street when they come before the Planning Board Feb. 9 to amend the Comprehensive Plan for
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/3/22
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Wholeheartedly endorsed The City Council gave unanimous first passage Monday night to a zone change enabling Centerville Builders of Warwick to proceed with plans for ten duplex-style single story condos on 3.3 acres at 686 Sandy Lane. Each of the 20
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9/2/21
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By JOHN HOWELL While studies show that Sand Pond water is among the cleanest of ponds in the state, the outcome of Monday's Zoning Board of Review meeting remained muddy. That's because on the advice of City Solicitor David Petrarca, the board voted to
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By JOHN HOWELL
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9/2/21
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By RORY SCHULER As Jeff Bezos shot into space, the company he founded attempted to land a new retail distribution facility on a 196-acre Johnston woodland parcel. The agenda for Tuesday night's Johnston Planning Board meeting did not mention the word
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/22/21
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By JOHN HOWELL Warwick is on the verge of a building boom. Consider all that is on the drawing boards: a warehouse covering 11 acres; a 122-room hotel that when completed will give the city 17 hotels with more than 2,200 rooms; multiple housing
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By JOHN HOWELL
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7/22/21
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By JOHN HOWELL After nearly four years, lengthy hearings before two city boards, and fundraising events that coalesced the neighborhood in its purpose, the Planning Board found last Wednesday night that a 630-unit self-storage facility is too intense of
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/18/21
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By Edward T. Cardillo Jr. As the new representative in House District 42, I wanted to take this opportunity to address the proposal for a major land development on Hartford Avenue. Many constituents have reached out to me with their concerns regarding
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2/24/21
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After more than 3½ hours of presentations, questions and public comment, the Johnston Planning Board on Tuesday approved the master plan for a proposed major distribution facility on Hartford …
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2/18/21
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- City officials continue to look into how they can get the best deal possible for the former Aldrich Junior High School and the Christopher Rhodes Elementary School, both of which remain closed, unoccupied and up for sale by the city.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/21/17
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