NEWS
Chronic absenteeism rates see dramatic drop in Warwick
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, …
READY TO SWING: Nick Mainville, Navigant Credit Union’s AVP of Digital Bank Originations, will is paired with Rachael Mooney in the event benefiting Mentor RI. Rachael enjoys teaching social dance lessons but also competes with her students across the United States in both ballroom and country. (Submitted photo)
Local celebrities to sparkle in Dancing with Stars of Mentoring
In less than a month, Rhodes on the Pawtuxet will host to a cadre of local celebrities ready to boogie for charity. The annual fundraiser- Dancing with the Stars of Mentoring- will be raising …
SOME FRIENDLY ADVICE: Officer Jacob Elderkin offers advice to a motorist following a stop on Post Road. (Photo courtesy of Officer Nicholas DiNardo)
Putting the brakes on traffic violators
Not long after taking office, Mayor Picozzi put his foot down on speeders. He’d listened to the complaints at neighborhood meetings, heard how motorists traveling roads with 35 MPH limits were …
Mayor Frank Picozzi
Picozzi appeal for another term: City in better place
Mayor Frank Picozzi’s decision to run for reelection was never really in question, yet the banquet hall of Chelo’s Bar and Grille on Post Road in Warwick was packed Wednesday  with …
HIS DREAM: Bob Allen, left, conceived of the center run by the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island  that would accept donations of medical equipment and give them  out at no cost. The center opened in 2002 and has been operating ever since at the Masonic Youth  Center on Long St., Warwick. George Donahue, at right, now runs the center. (Warwick Beacon file photo)
New life for medical equipment
It would be impossible for George Donahue to keep count. “We were down to one bed and then all of a sudden we have 14,” he says surveying the lot and open garage at the Robert J. …
ARRESTED: Police arrested two suspects tied to an alleged “grandparents scam” in Warwick and throughout Rhode Island. Police identified the two suspects as Jason Rhodes, 34, of Flushing, New York (the alleged suspect at the residence)
Alleged ‘grandparent scammers’ arrested in Warwick
A pair of alleged “grandparent scammers” have been arrested by Warwick Police. According to Warwick Police Detective Capt. John McAniff, local victims nearly taken for more than …
Warwick Police Log 03-14-24
CHILD MOLESTATION Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced in a press release that a West Warwick man has been charged in Kent County Superior Court with second-degree child …
FROM STREET TO VILLAGE: This aerial shows ECHO Village, which is nearing completion, in the clover leaf on ramp to Route 146 headed south in Providence. The “village” of 45 Pallet Houses would offer secure housing for homeless.
Village of hope for homeless
The House of Hope CDC is building the state’s first village of hope for the homeless. Laura Jaworski, executive director of the Warwick-based non profit, advanced the concept of box-like …
Home Loan Investment name change to better reflect breadth of services
Home Loan Investment Bank is changing its name to Shoreham Bank to better reflect their expansion of financial products and services as well as the company’s deep roots in Rhode Island. …
DISCUSSING THE DETAILS: IlluminOss chairman Mike Mogul (right) discusses the benefits of his company’s product with Speaker of the House Joe Shekarchi and Ortho RI CEO Michael Bradley.
Bones repaired without a cast: Ortho RI debuts new technology
The creators of a new medical technology developed in East Providence that they say could revolutionize how to  heal broken bones demonstrated their product at Ortho RI in Warwick on Friday. …
RI Foundation offering $10,000 grants for ideas that create community
X The Rhode Island Foundation is offering local libraries, neighborhood groups and nonprofit organizations grants of up to $10,000 to fund proposals that bring people together as a community. March …
A SUPER PLUNGER: Police Sergeant Daniel O’Neil is one of 14 dunking himself into the Atlantic 24 times for the Special Olympics. (Warwick Beacon photo)
All for Special Olympics
There aren’t many harder tests of endurance than plunging yourself into the Atlantic Ocean in March every hour for a full day. That, though, is what Daniel O’Neil and 13 others will …