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FRISKIE FOOD TRUCK: Rob Parrish works as food truck manager for Friskie Fries, a venture that began as a small fleet of food trucks and blossomed into a brick-and-mortar business with locations in Providence and Johnston. He welcomes the opportunity to bring Friskie Fries to more Johnston customers, via food truck.
Ordinance opens Johnston to food trucks
The “crispiest friskiest fries in town” may be a little easier to sample if Johnston changes local laws governing mobile food trucks. Town Council held its first reading of an amended … more
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MOBILE METAL LITTER: Abandoned electric scooters and bikes will likely soon be impounded by police if left overnight on the public ways of Johnston. The company owners may face $500 fines for each confiscated vehicle. 
Law pitched to fine, impound scattered e-bike and scooter rentals in Johnston
The last rental riders left their pair of electric bikes under a Hartford Avenue business sign days ago. By Tuesday afternoon, the bikes had fallen over. Town Council has taken aim at bulky … more
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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Planning Board Chair Philip Slocum didn’t need a microphone to get across his request that people leave the room after the vote on 175 Post Road was taken so the hearing on other requests could resume.
No smiles over Pawtuxet decision
What now? That is the question that haunts Pawtuxet residents who want to see 15 acres wedged between the river and Post Road left as open space and its owners who the Planning Board granted … more
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ROW OF CONDOS: The 19 single-family condos, with units selling in the range of $400,000, is the first phase of 75 condos on Graystone and Kilvert Streets. The remaining units will be part of townhouses on Kilvert Street. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Fewer new homes but more units
The findings of a recent study showing fewer new homes were built in Rhode Island last year than any other state is consistent with what happened in Warwick. However, looking ahead and taking into … more
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BEAUTIFUL, BUT NOT NATIVES: This pair of mute swans was part of a flock of 15 birds feeding off Conimicut on Saturday. Flocks with as many as 100 of the birds have been seen between Conimicut and Gaspee Points. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Suspected shooting was coyote attack
Reports that a swan had been shot on Gaspee Point ruffled feathers among bird lovers last week, but an investigation by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) concludes that the bird was … more
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Would delay save on building new schools?
Anxious over the prospect of cost overruns and the possibility that the $350 million approved by voters to build new Pilgrim and Toll Gate High Schools could be short of what’s needed, Mayor … more
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100-ITEM TRAIL MIX: Payton Tatro and Layla Nappa count out Cheerios, chocolate chips, pretzels and M&Ms in amounts of 10 to make 100 day trail mix to bring home.
Counting on learning
Kindergartner Layla Nappa was one chocolate chip short of filling the 10 squares on the grid in front of her. “I need one more,” she said looking up at her teacher, Milissa … more
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JOHN GIBBONS
Sporting events score big for Warwick hotels
The way John Gibbons looks at it, any event where a score is kept is a sporting event. That includes the game of bridge where the greatest physical exertion may amount to shuffling cards and pushing … more
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BURST PIPE: Michael DiPetrillo and a section of 30-inch cast iron pipe that carried about half of the 9 million gallons of water the city uses daily. The section of pipe ruptured in December 2018. Fortunately, there was a bypass that the city has depended on since. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Finally fixing the break
The alarms went off on December 18, 2018. There was a leak in the Warwick water system, not just a dipping faucet or a broken fire hydrant spilling hundreds of gallons into the street. This was much … more
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Chat’s out of the bag
Write an essay comparing the economic policies of India and China during the late Cold War. Create a code for a computer program to track my appointments. Compose a romantic musical comedy set … more
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Although approved by voters, council holds keys to funds for 2 high schools
Here are the bullet points: In November Warwick voters approved $350 million to build two new high schools. Warwick school officials are anxious to get started. City council members are … more
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Wake up freeze
Three hardy, or foolhardy depending on how you look at it, souls braved the temperature and the wind to watch the sun rise Saturday from the sand bar at Conimicut Point Park. The weather station at … more
NEW PROBATE JUDGE: Cynthia Fogarty and Councilman Matthew Reilly at inauguration ceremonies Jan. 2 at Cranston West following the vote where she was named probate judge. (Cranston Herald photo)
Connections or experience?
The City of Cranston’s five-member Probate Judge Advisory Commission (PJAC) interviewed three candidates and voted 4-1 to recommend reappointing George M. Cappello. The City Council, … more
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STILL A SCOUT: “Swede” Nelson, who celebrated his 93rd birthday on Wednesday, will have been a member of the Boy Scouts of American for 80 years as of next month. He is pictured with his wife Carol in their Greenwood home. (Warwick Beacon photo)
On his honor
On Wednesday, Harold “Swede” Nelson celebrated his 93rd birthday, which in itself is a milestone made all the more hard to believe by his boyish looks and engaging conversation. He marked … more
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Travis wasn’t campaigning for job, but she heads Democratic City Committee
Rules of the Warwick Democratic City Committee are pretty straight forward: It takes 21 of the 81 members to establish a quorum. Yet while the rules are straight forward, it hasn’t been easy … more
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PREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY: Lisa Tamburini observes as Pilgrim freshmen Will Auger and Ian Machado practice CPR. Both students are members of the Pilgrim Emergency Medical Team, a student organization on call for first aid at school events.
Educated to be lifesavers
It’s Friday afternoon at Pilgrim High School. Students are sprawled on the floor of Lisa Tamburini’s classroom and a National Guardsman is talking freshmen through applying tourniquets to … more
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EGG-CEPTIONAL: Baffoni Poultry Farm in Johnston has several more than 70-year-old two-story chicken houses. The farm has about 20,000 chickens. Of those, around 7-8,000 are egg-laying hens, according to owner Adam Baffoni. The chickens lay approximately 3-4,000 eggs per day.
Waiting for the market to crack
You can still get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant — but you might pay a slight upcharge for eggs. "This is the first time in quite a while that we’ve had to raise menu … more
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THE FINE POINTS: City Solicitor Michael Ursillo and Mayor Frank Picozzi confer during the hearing. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Firefighter pact Ok’d
From the perspective of City Solicitor Michael Ursillo who played a major role in negotiations, the firefighters’ contract approved on an 8-1 vote by the City Council Monday night is the first … more
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CAT’S IN THE TRUCK: Warwick resident and wildlife enthusiast Arthur Dunn spotted this dead bobcat on the side of Interstate 295 in Johnston. He picked it up to take to RI DEM scientists, hoping they could learn something about the animal. Bobcat sightings are on the rise in Rhode Island, and researchers are looking into the reasons why.
RI DEM: ‘Bobcat sightings are a rare and exciting event’
Driving through Johnston, Art Dunn looked left to the breakdown lane and his gaze met the animal’s dead eyes. It was a bobcat, freshly killed by a passing vehicle; intact and mostly … more
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WHICH CAME FIRST: Adam Baffoni holds one of his six pet hens. He was gifted a half-dozen baby chicks by a few fraternity boys. The six chicks bloomed into two Rhode Island Reds, two Barred Rock hens and a pair of Leghorns.
Counting chickens before they hatch
In 1935, Giuseppe Baffoni founded a chicken farm in the heart of Johnston, and 88 years later his great grandson’s still tending the flock. Adam Baffoni walked out his farm store and down … more
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