Greenwood residents conducted a cleanup Saturday around Gorton’s Pond. They found no shortage of litter from Dunkin Donuts cups, beer bottles, a plethora of nip bottles and even a few fishing … more

By ALEX MALM The University of Rhode Island Watershed Watch could use volunteers to help test water quality in Warwick and other communities. “Having volunteers engaged in the process is … more

Genesis of a group Friends of Gorton Pond held their inaugural event Saturday with a cleanup, registration and survey. Organizer Christine Kellerman was encouraged by the turnout, reporting that all those taking the survey favored reopening the pond more

Christine Kellerman has lived across the street from Gorton Pond since 2006. Since then she said that the area has been “let go,” physically, especially since swimming … more

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 more

Splashing for a cause Delayed by Tropical Storm Henri for a week, Save Sand Pond held their Pond Palooza Sunday in support of their cause to prevent construction of a 630-unit self-storage facility at Pond Plaza on Post Road overlooking the pond. Chloe, more

By JOHN HOWELL Massasoit Terrace residents know better than to defy Mother Nature, but when it comes to saving Sand Pond there's no backing down. Taking heed of Hurricane Henri, the Save Sand Pond team postponed Sunday's pond palooza, an aquatic and more

By JARED GUSTAFSON Friends of Warwick Ponds (FOWPS) will be a meeting at Warwick Public Library on August 18th at 6 p.m. in the small meeting room. FOWPS coordinator Phil D'Ercole said, "You won't be able to miss it, there will be a FOWPS banner hanging more

By JOHN HOWELL After a nearly four-year battle that one resident likens to a ragtag team facing a professional football team on a tilted playing field, the city planner is saying, "it's back to square one." On Tuesday, Bruce Keiser said Superior Court more

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 more

On the night of Sunday, Feb. 21 residents of the Cranberry Pond Apartments Building B were evacuated due to a kitchen fire in one of the units. The Warwick Fire Department responded to the scene and was able to put out the fire before it damaged any more

By DAVE BOUCHARD Haunted by potential storage facility, Save Sand Pond rallied the neighborhood for Halloween fundraiser on Oct. 24. With day after day of sunny, hot weather and so many families deciding to play it safe and stay close to home due to more