With conceptual drawings and engineering plans nearing competition, the administration is moving ahead with advertising for the naming rights of Mayor Frank Picozzi’s dream for a City Hall …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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9/14/23
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Extraordinary expansion!
Those two words best describe preparations for The Feast of La Madonna della DiFesa that begins tonight and continues through Sunday at a famed Festival field on …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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9/7/23
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Members and guests of the Rotary Club on Post Road in Warwick got the opportunity to talk with Senator Jack Reed, a Cranston native, and hear more about the goings-on in Washington this past …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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9/7/23
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When pulled to the side of the road for no apparent reason, Barry Cook says he feels “intimidated” when a uniformed police officer approaches his door with his hand resting on his weapon.
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Jim Palmisciano wants to give Rhode Islanders a new political party.
Palmisciano, a graduate of Bishop Hendricken High School and Providence College, is chair of the Rhode Island Forward Party, …
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ADAM ZANGARI
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9/7/23
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An executive summary provided by Ellana Construction Consultants shows the projected costs of building new high schools are higher than initially interpreted and portend heated deliberations on Sept. …
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It was a hot start for Warwick schools Tuesday unless it was Sherman, Warwick Neck and one of the schools with HVAC systems.
“It’s very toasty,” said School Committee member …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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9/7/23
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Highlighting the people of Warwick and their stories has become a passion for Scott Nerney- one that he finds particularly enjoyable.
Nerney, who was born in Warwick, went to Warwick Veterans …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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8/31/23
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A Narragansett-based company that has a 40 year history in restoring aging buildings, including lighthouses, has been selected to bring new life to a Warwick icon that is showing its age and visually …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/31/23
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As students prepare to end their summer vacations, the Warwick School Department is ready to welcome them back.
The administration projects an enrollment of 7,963 students on Sept. 5, …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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8/31/23
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The City Council will get an overview of the latest cost projections to build two new high schools and long terms impact on city finances at its regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 18.
In an …
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Johnston’s mayor has called on Gov. Dan McKee to make a “disaster declaration” in Johnston to help residents rebuild after the Aug. 18 tornado .
McKee’s administration …
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By RORY SCHULER
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8/30/23
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“Even though you wouldn’t know,” Steve Gothberg said Friday of renovations nearing completion at Warwick Neck School, “it looks like a bomb went off.”
It was an …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/24/23
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An independent third look at the numbers basically confirms what school architects Saccoccio Associates have said all along that new Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools can be built for the $350 …
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It was a poor pun but US Senator Jack made it anyway last Thursday in announcing three grants totaling $4.37 million to enhance the city’s sewer infrastructure, build in environmental …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/24/23
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Most parents stop thinking about breastfeeding once their child is weaned but not Amanda Couture.
Amanda, a Warwick mother of two, is a Breastfeeding Peer Counselor at the East Bay Community …
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By CADEN DILLON
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8/24/23
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By JOHN HOWELL
It’s predictably difficult to find a parking place in front of Warwick Neck School. But this is summer and it’s Saturday. The parking lot is full. The front door to …
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8/24/23
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UPDATED: The twister churned the cemetery grounds, mixing earth and mighty trees and bending grave markers perpendicular to the souls interred beneath.
The spinning winds struck Johnston where the town buries its dead and the neighborhoods where residents live their lives.
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By RORY SCHULER
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8/23/23
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The spinning winds struck Johnston where the town buries its dead and the neighborhoods where the residents live their lives.
Dashcam footage shows a twister crossing Interstate 295.
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By RORY SCHULER
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8/18/23
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United way of Rhode Island is hosting a free “Power the Future” youth and family career exploration clinic this Saturday at the R.I. Convention Center to provide an opportunity to explore …
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By ED KDONIAN
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8/17/23
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