It’s been more than three years since McDermott Pool in Warwick closed. And then came the pandemic and it wasn’t until Frank Picozzi became Warwick mayor that it reopened. The exception … more

Ever since McDermott pool opened in 1976 Warwick native Doug Stone has been in the water swimming. In fact, Stone said he knew “Bubba” Paul McDermott a former teacher at Bishop … more

Jim Boyajian, left, isn’t considered the ring leader for nothing. After all, he’s the retired president of the Rhode Island Teamsters. Boyajian is one of the early morning regulars at … more

By JARED GUSTAFSON Warwick could use some more lifeguards, and Beverly Wiley, director of Parks and Recreation, is hopeful that with a lifeguard certification class that started Monday and the closure of city beaches at the end of the summer, the city more

Jump right in More than 18 months after it closed and having undergone $150,000 of deferred maintenance and repairs, McDermott Pool reopened Monday to some very happy swimmers. The swimmers started arriving a couple of hours prior to a formal reopening more

Ready to jump in? Pull out your bathing suit, find those goggles, and start practicing your dives because McDermott Pool will be open and ready for swimmers starting Monday, July 26. The grand reopening will be held at 9 a.m. Mayor Frank Picozzi and more

Let it flow With new pumps, piping and a heater, Mayor Frank Picozzi had the honors of opening the hydrant to refill McDermott swimming pool last Friday. Now brimming with 300,000 gallons, Picozzi said Tuesday a reopening to the public will be more

More than a year after closing, McDermott Pool is ready to reopen more

By JOHN HOWELL Swimming pool owners are expected to feel the effects of a hurricane that didn't so much as brush the eastern coast of United State last August when they go to buy chlorine tabs. The tabs are in short supply, says Charlie German, who owns more

By ARDEN BASTIA Reopening McDermott Pool just got more complicated. This week Mayor Frank Picozzi revealed a pump costing $10,000 would need to be replaced in addition to a boiler costing $20,000 plus the rebuilding of another pump and piping costing more

By ALEX SPONSELLER As the winter months approach, the local swim community is turning up the heat in its battle to see McDermott Pool reopened by the city of Warwick. The pool has been shut down since the spring when the COVID-19 pandemic first broke more

By ARDEN BASTIA Swimmers, community members want McDermott Pool open, but Solomon won't dive in. Kaylee Collins, a junior at Pilgrim High School and a member of both the Pilgrim and Kent County YMCA swim teams, is disappointed at the possibility of not more

By JOHN HOWELL Michael Thaler and some of the many friends he's made over the years as a swimmer were outside McDermott Pool Tuesday afternoon in a demonstration of unity to get back into the water. That doesn't look like it is going to happen soon. For more