JSC Management Group will celebrate the grand reopening of its Burger King® restaurant at 2615 West Shore Rd. with free meals, giveaways and a $1,000 donation to Pilgrim High on Saturday, …
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2/15/24
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City Finance Director Peder Schaefer has a nose for numbers. When they aren’t what he expects them to be he starts digging.
He did that last week as he reviewed the governor’s budget …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/15/24
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There aren’t many who knew him that don’t have a special place in their hearts for Bob Shapiro.
Last week, the Warwick City Council declared Sept. 20 as Robert A. Shapiro Day. All …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/15/24
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Two of Warwick’s elementary schools will make history on March 21 at 3:30 p.m.
That’s the date that Hoxsie and Park’s Unified Basketball teams- aimed at unifying students with …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/15/24
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Chief Resident Daniel Boateng and Dental Assistant Sheila Fernandez readied the exam room for their next patient. They try to turn the chair over quick. They’ve got patients waiting.
For …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/13/24
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A rabid coyote attacked a hiker in Johnston. He strangled the sick animal.
According to Johnston Police Chief Mark A. Vieira, shortly after noon Friday, a 58-year-old man was hiking in the …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/13/24
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Two of Warwick’s most prominent political figures visited to Halcyon West Bay assisted living last Wednesday for a celebration of six of Warwick’s oldest residents.
Halcyon’s …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/8/24
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Elizabeth Bastan is looking to raise money and resources for an addiction treatment center and animal rescue in a rather unusual way- with the beloved fan base of a 1970s TV landlady.
The …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/8/24
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Everyone loves a comedy, and just as many people are intrigued with crime. So, the Warwick Public Library plans to deliver both with a year-long film series featuring a funny movie one …
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2/8/24
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“I’m sort of taking it easy,” Joanne McGunagle said Monday morning.
That seemed uncharacteristic for McGunagle, who started her journey with Comprehensive Community Action …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/8/24
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As principal Gary McCoombs said Friday, Cottrell F. Hoxsie Elementary School has had some good fortune lately.
First-grader Sofiah Kidd recently won a Feinstein Junior Scholar Golden Ticket, …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/8/24
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Rhode Island State Representative and Speaker of the House Joe Shekarchi is “considering all his options” in response to an Ethics Commission complaint filed against him by RI GOP …
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By WILL STEINFELT
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2/8/24
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A 90-year-old construction company has decided to branch out for the first time- and in doing so, build roots in Warwick.
New Britain, CT-based Downes Construction Co. recently opened a Warwick …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/8/24
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Five culinary students from the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center competed in the National Restaurant Association’s Prostart Competition for Food Service Management. Team Warwick placed …
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2/8/24
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City Council President Steve McAllister called it a “shot in the dark” yesterday. And that shot has generated more feedback that he imagined possible.
After following reports that …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/8/24
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Gas demand rose last week, helping to push pump prices upward locally and nationally despite a drop in oil prices.
The average gas price in Rhode Island is 5 cents higher than last week, …
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2/8/24
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Thomas O. Sweeney, SIOR, principal of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal brokered the Jan. 1 sale of 349 Centerville Road in Warwick. The 4,907 square foot office building located in the Office …
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2/8/24
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You wouldn’t imagine history could come alive in a cemetery until you talk with Pegee Malcolm.
Malcolm is chair of both the Warwick Historic Cemeteries Commission and the Rhode Island …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/8/24
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The purchase of the Warwick Police Department’s first armored car- estimated to be delivered to the department in fourteen months- drew significant attention from the public at Monday …
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