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With a snip here and a tack on there – a bit of tweaking – plus an adjustment adding almost $2 million to schools, the City Council approved a $380-million budget Thursday night. The …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/28/25
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The mayor and president of the Warwick Neck Improvement Association, who cooperatively worked on an application to assume city ownership of Warwick Light with its spectacular view of Narragansett …
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By JOHN HOWELL, Warwick Beacon Editor
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5/28/25
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Welcome aboard.
That was the message at an upbeat and decidedly patriotic ceremony held May 22 to celebrate more than 200 graduating high school students from across the state who are …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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5/28/25
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In what has become a Memorial Day tradition, former Councilwoman and state Rep. Camille Vella Wilkinson on Monday conducted a flag retirement ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park, on the grounds of …
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5/28/25
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There’s a calm following the storm of opinions and recriminations over Mayor Frank Picozzi’s school budget allocation fueling an unpresented pre-budget hearing meeting between the School …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/21/25
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Brad Connor and Frank Picozzi were strangers when Picozzi was elected mayor. But Picozzi had heard “good things” about Connor and asked if he might return to Warwick as police chief.
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/21/25
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Renee Kent was 39 when she felt the need for a physical activity to stay fit. It was then that she started aerial training with, perhaps, a secret yearning for the circus.
“You always hear …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/21/25
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The future of the former Hunter’s Garage property next to the bridge in Pawtuxet is a step closer to coming into focus with Planning Board approval last Wednesday night of a plan to build two …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/21/25
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The contract with one union representing VNAs of Care New England workers expired on Feb. 1 and the contract with a second union is set to expire May 31. Talks with both groups continue, …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/21/25
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The Rhode Island Interscholastic League boys tennis playoffs got underway on Tuesday afternoon and the Warwick co-op continued to be one of the top teams in Division III as it swept Coventry to …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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5/21/25
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The retirements of two Warwick school administrators whose collective careers have spanned close to 80 years in the district were accepted Tuesday night by the Warwick School Committee with words of …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/15/25
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The Warwick Rotary Club planted a lot of good will Thursday although by the time it is harvested, people will never know the club had a hand in it.
As a community service project organized by …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/15/25
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Is a Rhode Island bottle bill in the cards this year?
Warwick State Senator Mark McKenney, who introduced the legislation in the Senate, wouldn’t have placed odds on it a month ago. …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/15/25
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Bids on materials for the new high schools are telling a story and those close to the projects are cautiously optimistic that the final cost of the schools won’t be anywhere near the $400 …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/15/25
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The Pilgrim unified basketball team returned to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Championships last weekend at Bishop Hendricken and topped Mt. Hope to win the title. The Pats reached the …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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5/14/25
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Anthony Albanese Sr. thinks of the latest version for the future for Hunter’s Garage on the Warwick side of Pawtuxet Bridge as the “last hurrah.”
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/12/25
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Lifelong newspaper man and Warwick Beacon editor (and former publisher) John Howell has always been all about getting the story right. Well, on Saturday, he was the right story, joining eight …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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5/7/25
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The Pawtuxet Village Association Garden Club spent several hours on Saturday raking, weeding and cleaning Pawtuxet Park. Originally scheduled for April 26, the Earth Day clean-up attracted a handful …
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5/7/25
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Mayor Frank Picozzi has proposed a $380.3-million budget that if passed by the City Council would give most but not all of the $198.1 million the School Committee asked for and lower the tax rate, …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/7/25
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The Toll Gate baseball team has hit its stride in recent games and is hoping to turn things around completely as it sets its sights on a Division II playoff berth.
The team snapped a nine-game …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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5/7/25
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