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Chronic absenteeism rates see dramatic drop in Warwick
Warwick Public Schools’ rate of chronically absent students has seen a significant decrease over the past couple of years, going from 45% to 30% of students district-wide being absent, … more
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BEACH ACCESS: Sisters Jeanne Muto-Kyle and Pat Andrade, who run the Joey Andrade Foundation, and Mayor Frank Picozzi with Beacon Editor John Howell, who uses a walker these days and Frederick Potter demonstrate the chairs available for use at Oakland Beach. It was Potter’s post on social media that initiated the effort of the Joey Andrade Foundation to buy and donate the chairs to the city for public use. (Warwick Beacon photos by Barbara Polichetti)
Small steps, giant impact
When Frederick Potter’s wheelchair nudged against the shallow water that hits the sand at Oakland Beach this week, he couldn’t wait to get his shoes off and dip his toes in the tide. … more
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J. Joseph Shekarchi
Joe is in the thick of it
RI Democrats energized after Biden exits race By RYAN DOHERTY Rhode Island Democrats are “energized” after President Joe Biden’s decision to bow out of the … 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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OCEAN STATE HALLWAYS: The hallways inside the Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Johnston are lined with more than 130 oversized color prints featuring Ocean State landmarks.
A LOOK INSIDE: Johnston’s new hospital
Two of the 50 private rooms inside the new hospital across Hartford Avenue from Amazon will cater specifically to morbidly obese patients. Inside the pair of specialized rooms await a … more
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NO CAMPING ZONE?
City Council’s Democratic majority briefly considered killing the mayor’s newly proposed public encampment ordinance, before sending it to committee. A city lawyer, however, advised … more
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TESTIMONIALS: from left to right, Wendy Becker, Karen Rosenberg, Connor Pyne, Bill Pyne, Stephanie Geller, Giona Picheco and Victoria Eno, attended the July 15 Cranston School Committee meeting to counter-balance Robert Chiaradio’s attempt to persuade school officials to change the city’s “transgender” and “nonconforming and transitioning students policy.” (Cranston Herald photos by Rory Schuler)
TRANSITION? Should Cranston public schools alter supportive transgender policy?
A Westerly father visited the Cranston School Committee on July 15. As he accused the school district of discriminating against the vast majority of city students, the seventh-ranked student from Cranston High School East’s Top 10 quietly held a rainbow-colored sign, no bigger than a medium-sized pizza box lid. The sign said simply: “We love our kids.” more
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Hospitalized Cranston man faces multiple charges after 39 West shooting
Modern-day public altercations tend to follow an increasingly familiar formula. Tensions escalate. A circle forms. Cell phones, cameras lit, turn toward the drama. The drama escalates … more
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Repaving the leviathan
When it comes to repaving city streets, Eric Earls doesn’t make promises. The Warwick Director of Public Works has learned there are too many variables from the funding, what utilities may … more
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BATTLE STORY: Paul Bourget, as General George Sears Greene, tells the story of the defense of Culp’s Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg at Saturday's ceremony. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Getting his own way after 161 years
Pegee Malcolm knows all too well that postponements don’t always work out and that can be said also of George Sears Greene, a largely unsung hero of the Battle of Gettysburg. Malcolm, … more
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OAKLAND BEACH LAND GRAB: Warwick City Councilwoman Donna Travis pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges that she filed a false document connected to the illicit acquisition of a next-door slice of Oakland Beach property during a Third District Court arraignment Tuesday morning, July 16, 2024. She and her attorney Robert Flaherty declined comment while exiting the District Courthouse on Sandy Lane. (Warwick Beacon photo by Rory Schuler)
Travis pleads no contest
Warwick City Councilwoman Donna Travis pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges that she filed a false document connected to the illicit acquisition of a next-door slice of Oakland Beach Real Estate … more
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CLOSE TO SHORE: Quahoggers work the Providence River north of Conimicut Light that until four years ago had been closed to shellfishing for more than 70 years. (Warwick Beacon photo)
The catch: 2M quahogs in 7 days
“It’s a strong catch,” Mike McGiveney says of the nearly 2 million quahogs harvested in the first seven days that the lower Providence River area has been open to commercial … more
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NO CONTEST: Warwick City Councilwoman Donna Travis pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges that she filed a false document connected to the illicit acquisition of a next-door slice of Oakland Beach property.
Warwick City Councilwoman pleads no contest, gets a year suspended sentence and probation
Warwick City Councilwoman Donna Travis pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges that she filed a false document connected to the illicit acquisition of a next-door slice of Oakland Beach … more
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SHOWING OFF: Farm owner Nancy Cornish shows off her blueberry bushes, with plenty of ripe berries for early season pickers.
Busy bees make for a bounty of blueberries
Tarts, sweet and juicy blueberries are ready for picking at The Rocky Point Blueberry Farm. The farm that held a soft opening for the Warwick Neck neighborhood last week has become a community staple … more
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WE ROBOTS: Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee toured the Amazon robotics sortable fulfillment center in Johnston, which has yet to open. According to an Amazon spokesman, the giant building should be kicking into gear by the holiday season. Floors two through five of the facility (the size of approximately 66 football fields), are packed with small blue robots.
Johnston's Amazon opens to the press and the RI governor
The megalithic building is crawling with little blue robots. The creatures roam, coasting smoothly behind red warning tape strung between steel girders and heavy machinery. Human overseers watch … more
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TWO ARRESTED: Cranston Police arrested two — Destiny Torres and Edwin Torres — after the early morning July 5 stabbing of a teenager and run-down murder of a 21-year-old in the area of Oak and Trainor streets.
Cranston Police witness holiday murder after brawl and stabbing of 15-year-old
The holiday ended tragically following a large brawl in Cranston which resulted in a teenager with a stab wound and another man run over and killed. Shortly after midnight July Fourth, around … more
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FAST FALL: Ex-Ward 6 Cranston City Councilman Matthew Reilly was arrested on drug charges on May 15, 2023, after police found him asleep behind the wheel. Last week, the AG’s Office announced the resigned councilor has been indicted on multiple child molestation counts. This image is a screenshot from the body-worn camera footage from the arresting officer during Reilly’s first arrest. Just weeks later, he was arrested again, on child molestation charges (that ultimately yielded last week’s Providence County Grand Jury indictments.
AG: Former Cranston City Councilman Matthew Reilly indicted on multiple child molestation counts
Former Ward 6 Cranston City Councilman Matthew Reilly has been indicted on multiple child molestation counts, according to the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office. more
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TO THE BIGS: Johnston native Nick Raposo was called up to make his major league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Francisco Giants at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Johnston native Nick Raposo called up to MLB by Cardinals
On Saturday, Johnston native Nick Raposo was called up to make his major league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Francisco Giants at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Raposo was … more
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OFFICIALLY OPENED: Pratt, flanked by both mayors, cuts the ribbon, officially inaugurating CCAP’s Mobile Medical Unit.
On the road delivery of primary care
Being closest to the Pawtuxet Bridge and the division between Cranston and Warwick , Aspray Boat House was chosen as the site for the Comprehensive Community Action Program (CCAP) to officially … more
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BEING UNDERSTOOD: “We have people who understand us,” Marcella Almeida says of the Trudeau Center as she cradles her son, Carter. Carter and his twin siblings, Nathan and Natalia, have been diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that impacts development, particularly behavior and the ability to learn. (Photo courtesy of Marcella Almeida)
At 60, Trudeau Center is ‘strongest we’ve been in decades,’ CEO says
There was a lack of eye contact. The small infant also wasn’t rolling over. Carter Almeida, who was six months old in early 2020, couldn’t make that indescribable connection with … more
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