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Dragons everywhere
And you thought Roger Williams Park Zoo was the only place to find dragons at this time of year. Well, Peter Legg who was watching the sunset at Fort Getty in Jamestown Sunday, grabbed this shot of … more
Karen Santilli
Karen Santilli wants to move the YMCA past its COVID slump
There’s a room just off the lobby of the Kent County YMCA equipped with plenty of exercise balls and stationary bikes, and even a mirrored wall, complete with a ballet barre. Each hints at … more
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Trails in the sky: Steve Johnson, who keeps an eye on the sky, sent along this photo of the eclipse framed by contrails
Many pick Rocky Point to view solar show
Rocky Point drew a crowd of about 400 Monday afternoon for a rare solar show. With the eclipse reaching 92% totality at 3:29 p.m., Warwick was closer to seeing a total solar eclipse than … more
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Breaking records
Angelica and Mike Penta of Gel’s Kitchen on West Shore Road have been raising thousands of dollars for worthy causes for years. Last Friday Gel outdid herself in more than one way. She took to … more
A. Disco Ducky
Keep pedaling until you’re 100…maybe even more
A Disco Duck – that’s his name -  was riding his “Cadillac”- that’s his bike -  on West Shore Road Easter afternoon. There was no way of missing him. … more
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CENTER PIECE: Two  architect renderings of the outdoor skating rink complex to be built behind City Hall in Apponaug which Mayor Frank Picozzi envisions will be a focal point for events year round. The City Council awarded Tower Construction of Cranston the $7,219,000 contract Monday.
Ice rink construction skates through legal drama
Mayor Frank Picozzi’s dream to build an open air ice rink in Apponaug was approved by the City Council by an 8-1 vote, but now has to skate through a legal challenge from the bidder that was … more
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READY FOR OCCUPANCY: Eagle candidate Eiriana Fairbairn Summers shows off the newly built bat house that the scouts installed during her recent Eagle Service Project.
13-year old Eagle candidate leads environmental initiative at Robertson School
The answer is a lot if you ask Eiriana Fairbairn Summers, a Life Scout with Scouts BSA Troop 77 Buttonwoods, who exhibited her dedication to community service by planning, organizing, and leading an … more
BURST PIPE: Michael DiPetrillo and a section of 30-inch cast iron pipe that carried about half of the 9 million gallons of water the city uses daily. The section of pipe ruptured in December 2018. Fortunately, there was a bypass that the city has depended on since. (Warwick Beacon file photo)
A fix finally
Imagine Warwick as a gigantic bathtub that, depending on the time of year, needs to be filled with 15 to 25 million gallons of water daily. Now imagine two large water spigots each capable of … more
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Neighbors fear squeeze of expanding marina
As a practice, city planners write an opinion as a guide for the Planning Board on most applications for major land development/subdivisions. An approval was drafted for Safe Harbor Greenwich … more
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AT THE BOOK NOOK: McKee buys two books from Tracy Doyle at Mary’s Paperbacks for his granddaughter. The governor mentioned that while it was too late for reading week, the Disney-themed Easter book was just in time for another holiday.
Gubernatorial visit heats up potential mayoral race drama
By ADAM ZANGARI Governor Dan McKee visited Warwick on Monday to hand out certificates of special recognition to seven small businesses along West Shore Road. McKee was flanked by State … more
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WITH THE CHEF: Gathering for a photo with WACTC culinary arts program Chef Austin Irons are School Committee member Leah Hazelwood, Assistant Superintendent William McCaffrey, RI Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green, School Committee chair Shaun Galligan and Warwick Superintendent Lynn Dambruch. (Warwick Beacon photos by Kevin Fitzpatrick)
‘Many of our kids need to work’
The Commissioner of Education for the State of Rhode Island, Angélica Infante-Green, visited Tides Restaurant at Warwick’s Career and Technical Center last week for a chat with members … more
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OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD: Opening night for Toll Gate Drama Club’s production of The Wizard of Oz is this Friday, March 22! See the Tin Man - Jonah Buccheri, Scarecrow - Francesca Beagan, Dorothy - Rebecca Farias, and Cowardly Lion - Jayden Murray, arm in arm, ease on down the yellow brick road. More than 50 students play a role in the production. Their names and a story are on page 16. (Warwick Beacon photo by Steve Popiel)
Toll Gate Drama Club to present The Wizard of Oz
The yellow brick road leads to the Robert J. Shapiro Cultural Arts Center at Toll Gate High School, March 22 and 23, , at 7:00 PM as  the Toll Gate Drama Club presents The Wizard of Oz. The … more
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. … more
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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 … more
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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 … more
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McAllisster
Picozzi might face challenge this time
New 4-year mayoral term has McAllister thinking By JOHN HOWELL Last time Governor McKee and House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi hosted a reception for City Council President Steve McAllister, … more
‘Silence is acceptance’
For a first time, Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter have posted rewards to “bring justice” to abandoned animals. Triggering efforts to abate what appears to be a growing trend to … more
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V\CATCHING THEIR ATTENTION: Warwick quahogger Jody King came armed with a rake, lots of photos and his personal experiences documenting a decline in quahog catches. He spoke Tuesday before the Special Legislative Commission studying a decrease in quahog catches. (Warwick Beacon photos by Will Steinfeld)
Declining quahogs
After a half-year and counting, a Special Legislative Commission studying decreased quahog catch is nearing the finish line. The commission will discuss their recommendations in an early April … more
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NOT FOR MUCH LONGER: Airport Road motorists have grown accustomed to the big pipes that serve as a bypass to the Cedar Swamp pressure line between the pump station off Cedar Swamp Road not far from Sandy Lane and a point off Airport Road where it is then carried to the waste water treatment plant. The relining of the in ground pipe that was seriously deteriorated is nearing completion, enabling removal of the bypass. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Major sewer projects near finish line
By late May those big black pipes snaking down Airport Road and buried at intersections such as Commerce Drive should be gone and a major link in the city’s sewer system conveying about a third … more
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How could she miss it?
Matt Hayden couldn’t let all of that heavy wet snow go to waste in front of his aunt’s home on West Shore Road, so he decided to send a message to a friend. Her birthday was coming up and … more
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