With the legislative session coming to a close last week, it seems an appropriate time to give a grade to Warwick’s own K. Joseph Shekarchi, the Speaker of the House since 2021. When … more

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 … more

Dr. Leslie Brow was recently named the recipient of the Association of Rhode Island Administrators of Special Education (ARIASE)  2023 Administrator of Special Education Award. The annual … more

The Rhode Island Foundation has selected 38 Rhode Island residents statewide , including four from Warwick  to participate in its Equity Leadership Initiative (ELI). The goal is to build a … more

The Warwick Police Explorer Program has launched the recruitment process for the September 2023 through June 2024 season. This program is for 14-20 year-old RI residents, who work hard, are of … more

By ANNELISE DEMERS This year the Warwick Police Department Leadership Camp has a new location - the Oakland Beach branch of the Warwick Boys and Girls Clubs. The camp started Monday and runs … more

By EMMA BARTLETT “Are you ready to show what you learned?” This was the first question Master Chan of Master Lee’s U.S. Taekwondo asked third and fifth graders at their Taekwondo … more

and JOHN HOWELL The interview was over, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarci and Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey were on their way out of the office. They paused to chat about the upcoming … more

Camped out The first of three one-week Youth Leadership Camps sponsored by Warwick Police got under way this week with a series of activities that includes tours of the Police and Fire Department headquarters, games and projects. Today the 23 campers more

In preparation for the return to live, in-person productions, Trinity Rep has restructured and reorganized its staffing, including making three new hires to its senior management team. The organization will also be hiring dozens of new employees for all more

In 1977, former Vice President Hubert Humphrey said, "The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of more

To the Editor: Gov. Gina Raimondo accused me and my colleagues of "e;throwing in the towel."e; Among other things, I am disgusted and embarrassed that I voted for her in 2018. I never like to tout the work that I do, but I want the governor to know what I do more