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

Here we are, halfway through the winter season. It always sneaks up on us and the winter is always the wackiest season. Between the holiday break in December, postponements due to weather, … more

Since the Rhode Island Department of Education released its school accountability and performance results in December, Lisa Schultz has spent quite a bit of time analyzing the Warwick School … more

A team of American University masters degree students concluded that building two new Warwick high schools would increase housing values, decrease teacher and student absenteeism and would increase … more

Warwick schools are a disappointment to Michael DiBiase. The president and CEO of the Rhode Island Public Expenditures Council made that clear following the agency’s release on the state of … more

Merilyn (Meri) Kennedy, 59, of Cranston, passed away peacefully on Sept. 1 with her longtime companion, Stephen F. Popiel, at her side. Born in Warwick, Meri was a daughter of the late Mitchell … more

Greenwich Farms at Warwick, a Benchmark independent living, assisted living and Mind & Memory Care community, has been selected as one of the best in the state by U.S. News & World … more

In conjunction with the 90th anniversary celebration of Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport, the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) released its first-ever Annual Report, which focuses on the agency's recent activities throughout the more

By JOHN HOWELL The big reveal is happening. More than three years after being commissioned by the Warwick City Council, the audit of firefighter sick pay and claims firefighters were using it to defraud the city of thousands of dollars is being made more

By JOHN HOWELL Will a forensic audit of firefighter sick pay reveal a "conspiracy to defraud the city," as Rob Cote contends, or will it show numerous firefighters collected payments within the terms of their contract? On Tuesday, Mayor Frank Picozzi more

Mayor Frank Picozzi has announced Wednesday the Finance Department has completed a mid-year review of the current year city budget that has been filed with the state and distributed to the City Council. The forecast projects a $1.2 million deficit, more

Rhode Island ranks fourth in the nation as a leader in cost-effective energy efficiency programs and incentives, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). Energy efficiency investments help local residents and businesses more

By ETHAN HARTLEY -- A report from a student describing a man in black with a holstered gun caused a short stir and a lockdown until an investigation revealed it was an armored car employee. more