Timetable to groundbreaking for new high schools
Feb 13 - retention of OPM Mid April - complete design for bid docs Late April - Out to bid for design build contractors Late May, early June - …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Beautiful pizza, like art, is subjective.
Take Rhode Island’s Italian bakery specialty — pizza strips (or party pizza or party strips … or bakery pizza or red strips or …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/7/24
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The gymnasium at Warwick Veterans Memorial Middle School was standing-room-only well before 6 p.m. last Wednesday, though it wasn’t for a typical middle school basketball game.
The game- …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/7/24
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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, …
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Annette loves playing bingo.
Evaline can’t stand the game.
Annette is hard of hearing.
Evaline is partially blind.
Annette is 104.
Evaline is 101.
But they are …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/1/24
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A shadow has been cast on Green Development’s solar project plans in Johnston.
The opposition was nervous. A rumor had circulated through the ranks of Stop Johnston Solar (SJS) that the …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/1/24
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Survivors who applied for assistance from FEMA for the September 10 - 13, 2023 flooding, severe storms and tornado winds will receive determinations letters, request letters and informational letters …
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2/1/24
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On average, Warwick police issue between 175 to 220 traffic citations a week for a range of offenses from running a red light, failure to wear a seat belt , failing to stop for a pedestrian in a …
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“How many digital quahogs do I have to dig a day to make a day’s pay?” asked Mark Johnson, concluding the fifth meeting of the Special Legislative Commission to Study and Provide …
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By BENJAMIN BALINT-KURI
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2/1/24
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Estelle Mailloux owns a North Smithfield condo, away from the bustle of Warwick and in a setting she could sell in a heartbeat. But daily she makes the trip to Warwick to be with family.
Now she …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/1/24
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