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Council vote opens way for full airport noise barrier
The Warwick City Council granted first passage last Wednesday to the controversial abandonment of parts of Strawberry Field Road, Murray Street, Bunker Street and Fieldview Drive in order for the … more
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USA Today nominates Green as nation’s ‘Best Small Airport’
Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport has once again been nominated by USA TODAY in their “10Best Readers’ Choice Travel awards” for 2024! USA TODAY’s editors and a … more
Does airport deal follow the proper requirements?
To the Editor, Proper planning and research is key to good land-use programs. Can it be done? Is it legal? How about the neighbors? When a developer comes before the City Council with crazy … more
Questions leave airport request up in the air
Questions, questions, questions…there seemed to be no end of them Monday when the Rhode Island Airport Corporation came before the City Council seeking abandonment of three streets in a 20 … more
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CAN IT MAKE IT?: Richard Langseth, pictured behind the wheel, questions how tractor trailer trucks can pass beneath the flyway to departure gates at T. F. Green Airport. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Can it pass the clearance test?
What do a few inches have to do with whether trailer trucks use Main Avenue and Post Road or can hop directly on Route 95 from the Airport Connector? A lot, says Richard Langseth who filed an … more
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JetBlue starts daily flights to Fort Meyers, Tampa on Oct. 27
JetBlue announced last week daily nonstop routes between Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) and Fort Myers (RSW) and Tampa (TPA), Florida starting Oct. 27, 2024. The additional … more
THE GOOD NEWS: Iftikhar Ahmad, T.F. Green’s president and CEO highlighted developments including the growth of Breeze Airways with members of the Warwick Rotary Club at a luncheon meeting in November. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Airport executives axed, take flight
In the spring of 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration conducted a routine, annual inspection of T.F. Green International Airport and made an important discovery: The Warwick air travel … more
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FAA agrees with Picozzi request for airport road work
Ever since Mayor Frank Picozzi and Jon Savage, chair of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, dined on Philly cheese steak sandwiches at Chelo’s in February, the volume has been turned down … more
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Of airport parking and air cargo expansion
To the Editor, Executives at the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) are making bundles of cash. The President and CEO enjoys $800,000 per year in salary and bonuses. And we get an … more
T.F. Green sets screening record over July 4 weekend
T.F. Green Airport saw its largest number of people traveling through security checkpoints of 2024 on July 7. The airport saw 8,260 individuals screened, according to Transportation … more
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Just too much
After voicing her complaints to airport authorities and writing to airline executives about the disruption of early morning flights from Rhode Island TF Green International Airport, Warwick resident … more
KEEP IT A PARK Richard Langseth addresses the Planning Board on June 12. He suggested that the RIAC property cleared of houses near the airport be kept accessible as a neighborhood park.
Planners back abandonment of streets near airport noise wall project
Whether the city will formally abandon three streets as TF Green airport plans to install a new sound barrier along Strawberry Field Road West is now up to the City Council to decide. The … more
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No city voice on airport board for now
Neither Mayor Frank Picozzi,  Rep. Joseph McNamara or Sen. Mark McKenney  got what they hoped for from legislators this session – a voice for Warwick on the 7-member Rhode Island … more
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Cooler heads prevail on RIAC board issue
We are delighted to receive word that the Rhode Island House of Representatives will be moving forward a bill from Rep. Joseph McNamara during a vote this week to allow one member of the Rhode Island … more
Warwick stepping closer to a voice on RIAC board
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi said Monday he has cleared the runway for House passage of legislation giving Warwick representation on the Rhode Island Airport Corporation board of directors. … more
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Warwick stepping closer to a voice on RIAC board
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi said Monday he has cleared the runway for House passage of legislation giving Warwick representation on the Rhode Island Airport Corporation board of directors. … more
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WHAT’S PLANNED: A rendering of the South Air Cargo facility and the proposed road with access to the Airport Connector. This early plan does not include a rotary enabling traffic to access the connector which is under design.
Private property included in airport plan
It was the late 1990s when a resident whose Field View Drive home backed up on Green Airport, turned to the news media to voice concerns about the noise and fumes of aircraft idling and revving their … more
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Shekarchi bill would have state pay city $500k for services rendered airport
Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi introduced legislation this week for the state to provide an appropriation of $500,000 to the City of Warwick for municipal services rendered at Rhode Island T.F. Green … more
RIAC seeks bids for air cargo facility
Although there is still no memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the city and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation over the proposed $100 million South Air Cargo facility, RIAC is moving ahead … more
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Warwick should have at least one RIAC appointment
As reported in last week’s Warwick Beacon, Warwick residents and officials seeking to gain some more insight and accountability into the goings on of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) … more
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