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TEACHERS ACT UP: Warwick Neck Elementary School PTA held its major fundraiser of the year – a colorthon – Saturday at Confreda fields in Conimicut. The kids ran a course where they were dusted in colored corn starch and when that was over things got somewhat hectic as teachers joined in the fun. Even as they and Principal Galligan gathered for a group photo, some couldn’t resist firing shots of color. Story and more photos on page 27.
What’s the Warwick Neck School color?
The answer if you were at Confreda Fields Saturday morning is “rainbow.” Not only were students wearing multiple colors but so, too were teachers and the principal Frank Galligan from … more
Revaluations up, tax rates down
Warwick home owners who haven’t been following the real estate market are likely to be in for sticker shock when they receive notifications of their property values starting this week. As … more
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Mayor proposes $353.2M budget
Yesterday Mayor Frank Picozzi forwarded City Council members the outline for a proposed $353.2 million budget representing a 3.56 percent increase in spending that projects an expected increase in … more
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OPEN FOR PLAY? Johnston has been locking most of the town’s ballfields. One town councilman would like to see that policy change. The town’s director of buildings and grounds, however, says the locks keep out pooping dogs and their irresponsible owners.
Padlocks or poop?
There’s nothing quite like walking out onto a freshly raked ball diamond on a crisp spring afternoon — squinting up at the sunlight and blindly walking into the freshly clipped outfield grass. Nothing sours that moment faster than sinking your sole into a steaming pile of poop. more
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School budget review stops before it starts
School Committee Chair David Testa had planned to go to Mayor Frank Picozzi on Tuesday with a school budget request less than the $6.5 million in additional funds proposed by the superintendent and … more
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Bridge dismantled
If there was a bridge between the owners of 175 Post Road and the Pawtuxet neighbors who are looking to halt development of the commercial-zone property and save most of the 15 acres as open space, … more
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A race to save lives from sepsis
A sore throat shouldn’t kill someone. But in 2017 that’s what happened to Skip and Tara Cirella’s 16-year-old daughter Gianna. On a Thursday, Gianna developed a sore throat and felt … more
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What a catch
If you enjoy eating clams on the half shell, clam cakes and clam chowder there’s a better than a 50 percent chance that the quahogs were harvested from a 1,900-acre stretch of the Providence … more
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LOST: Dillon Viens, 16, a Johnston resident and student at William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School, died following a shooting in a Cedar Street home on Feb. 12, 2022.
Dillon Viens' shooting death ruled homicide
Following more than a year-long investigation, Johnston Police arrested a juvenile last week and charged him with manslaughter in the 2022 shooting death of Dillon Viens. Viens’ death, first … more
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Council moves to get ‘another set of eyes’ on new high schools
Questioning whether the city can build two new high schools for $350 million, despite assurances from school administrators that that is possible, the City Council is moving ahead with obtaining a … more
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A DISAPPOINTING 10 MINUTES: David Mozzoni didn’t record a single buckeye as he kept watch over Buckeye Brook on Saturday about noon. Those volunteering to perform the river herring count stand watch for 10 minutes and then log results in a book in a lockbox on the site where Warwick Avenue crosses the brook.
Buckeyes are back, but it’s too early to call it a good run
By JOHN HOWELL David Mozzoni stood watch at the Warwick Avenue bridge over Buckeye Brook Saturday about 2 p.m.  He focused on a white plastic strip that spanned the brook no more than two … more
DIGGING INTO DETAILS: Richard Langseth, who has doggedly pursued the reasoning for the proposed air cargo facility, talks with Renee Codega of VHB, civil engineers subcontracted to work on the environmental assessment, at Thursday’s informational session.
Air cargo plan closer to taking off
Consultants and airport representatives outnumbered residents Thursday evening to view the proposed $100 million plan to relocate and expand air cargo facilities from the Airport Road side of the … more
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GREETING: House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Senator Mark McKenney chat with constituent Pearl Holloway prior to a listen session the two legislators held Saturday at the library. Rep. Joseph Solomon joined them. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Legislators get earful on guns, schools
What was billed as listening session by three Warwick legislators Saturday morning started with gun control and continued with rapid fire questions about recycling, taxes, litter, education, plans to … more
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1,000 property owners receive tax sale notice
Kayla Jones has run city tax sales long enough to know too many people wait until the last moment to pay up or make an arrangement to save their property. And now that certified letters went out … more
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TOUR PLANNERS: Betty Ann Rogers, superintendent of the Warwick Sewer Authority and assistant superintendent Michael Bedard at one of the first tanks those attending the tour of the treatment will get to see on at the April 29 open house and tour April 29. (Warwick Beacon photo)
After the flush…
Last year more than 200 people, many of them children, took an hour or more out of a Saturday to tour, seemingly, one of the least likely Warwick attractions – the waste water treatment plant, … more
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SISSY ROPE: You wouldn’t have caught Mayor Frank Picozzi climbing this rope as a junior high school student – it was called the “sissy rope” back then - but he was seriously considering giving it a try Tuesday when he and prospective bidders for the former Aldrich Junior High School toured the building. (Warwick Beacon photos)
First step to new role for Aldrich
Mayor Frank Picozzi fingered the hefty rope hanging from the rafters with big knots every couple of feet. “This is the sissy rope,” he said remembering his days in junior high when he … more
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ONCE PARKING NOW DINING: The parking lot that has transformed into the Pawtuxet Village Square.
‘Pawtuxet Village Square’ still al fresco
“The village square,” as some have renamed the parking lot for six Pawtuxet businesses, will get to keep outdoor seating, bar and dance floor at a cost to the three … more
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Congressman Seth Magaziner
Magaziner pursues federal dollars for RI
Since talking office three months ago, Congressman Seth Magaziner said he has submitted 400 requests, an average of about seven a day, for federal funding for Rhode Island projects and … more
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HOW ABOUT MAKING THE TURN? Questions have been raised whether FedEx and UPS trucks will be able to navigate the Green Airport traffic pattern to access Post Road and their impact on passenger traffic. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Analysis looks at impacts of air cargo facility
Residents, and those interested in the future of Green Airport, will get to ask airport officials and their consultants about plans for a $100 million air cargo facility south of the terminal backing … more
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VLOTS OF QUESTIONS: Ron Long who owns Gearhead DIY Super Center with his wife Cheryl is accustomed to being questioned about the replica anti-aircraft emplacement guarding the roof of the shop. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Keeping skies safe over Oakland Beach
At the intersection of Oakland Beach Ave and West Shore Road stands what is quite possibly the most well-defended auto repair shop in the country. If nothing else, Gearhead DIY Super Center … more
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