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January 20, 2025

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  • [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence.

    Committee OKs Bill Adding Parent Input to School Evaluations

    [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence. By: Rob Borkowski

    STATE HOUSE — Wednesday, the House Education Committee passed legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) to include parent input in  school evaluations. The measure now […]

  • [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School, 2401 W Shore Rd, Warwick, RI, is the venue for the Warwick School Committee meetings.

    Committee Cuts FY25 Warwick Schools Deficit to $3M

    [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School, 2401 W Shore Rd, Warwick, RI, is the venue for the Warwick School Committee meetings. By: Rob Borkowski

    WARWICK, RI  – Tuesday night the School Committee cut another $ 2.6 million from their budget, bringing an original $9 million FY25 deficit down to $3.1 million. The vote was […]

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    Council Rejects New High Schools Special Election 7-2

    warwick-city-hall By: Rob Borkowski

    WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council rejected a resolution for a special election to revoke authority for further debt for the $350 million bond for two new high schools, […]

Business

  • [CREDIT: Graham Center] A graph showing trends, including aging physicians contributing to a projected RI physician shortage.

    RI Physician Shortage Bill: Let RIDOH OK Delayed Licenses

    [CREDIT: Graham Center] A graph showing trends, including aging physicians contributing to a projected RI physician shortage. By: Rob Borkowski

    STATE HOUSE — Sen. Peter A. Appollonio Jr.’s (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) new legislation to combat a looming RI physician shortage would empower the director of the Rhode Island Department of […]

  • [CREDIT: Professor Shelly Miller, U. Colorado] A still from a video showing the use of masks against close-contact spread of respiratory disease, including COVID-19.

    Kent Hospital Masks Up Today For Everyone

    [CREDIT: Professor Shelly Miller, U. Colorado] A still from a video showing the use of masks against close-contact spread of respiratory disease, including COVID-19. By: Rob Borkowski

    WARWICK, RI — Kent Hospital masks for staff, patients and visitors is required starting today, in response to unspecified respiratory illness spikes. “Universal masking (masking of healthcare workers, patients, and […]

  • [CREDIT: KCWA] A boild water advisory is in effect for the highlighted areas of Major Potter Road. (Affected sites are highlighted on the attached map.) Kent County Water Authority customers in the Spencer Hill and Stonebridge Crossing condominiums are not impacted by this water main break, so this boil water advisory does not apply to them.

    KCWA: Major Potter Road Boil Water Advisory In Effect

    [CREDIT: KCWA] A boild water advisory is in effect for the highlighted areas of Major Potter Road. (Affected sites are highlighted on the attached map.) Kent County Water Authority customers in the Spencer Hill and Stonebridge Crossing condominiums are not impacted by this water main break, so this boil water advisory does not apply to them. By: Rob Borkowski

      UPDATE JAN 19 – 1:36 P.M.: The Kent County Public Water System was notified by the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) on January 18 that the precautionary boil […]

Schools

  • [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School, 2401 W Shore Rd, Warwick, RI, is the venue for the Warwick School Committee meetings.

    Committee Cuts FY25 Warwick Schools Deficit to $3M

    [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School, 2401 W Shore Rd, Warwick, RI, is the venue for the Warwick School Committee meetings. By: Rob Borkowski

    WARWICK, RI  – Tuesday night the School Committee cut another $ 2.6 million from their budget, bringing an original $9 million FY25 deficit down to $3.1 million. The vote was […]

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    Council Rejects New High Schools Special Election 7-2

    warwick-city-hall By: Rob Borkowski

    WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council rejected a resolution for a special election to revoke authority for further debt for the $350 million bond for two new high schools, […]

  • [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School, 2401 W Shore Rd, Warwick, RI, is the venue for the Warwick School Committee meetings.

    Warwick Schools Deficit Cut to $5.7M Thursday

    [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School, 2401 W Shore Rd, Warwick, RI, is the venue for the Warwick School Committee meetings. By: Joe Siegel

    WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee continued chipping away at its Warwick Schools deficit Thursday, cutting $401,248 for a new FY25 deficit total of $5,704,119. “We have approximately another […]

All Politics are Local

  • [CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial in Washington D.C. By King's reckoning, the evils of racism, poverty and war were intertwined, and King was determined to oppose them all.

    MLK Day: Whats Open?

    [CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial in Washington D.C. By King's reckoning, the evils of racism, poverty and war were intertwined, and King was determined to oppose them all. By: Rob Borkowski

    More than 50 years after Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr., MLK , was assassinated in Memphis outside the Lorraine Motel room where he was organizing a crusade against […]

  • [CREDIT: National Archives] A view of the firsts paragraphs of the U.S. Constitution, authored to guard the nation against tyrants and dictators.

    Honor Veterans With Your Vote Nov. 5

    [CREDIT: National Archives] A view of the firsts paragraphs of the U.S. Constitution, authored to guard the nation against tyrants and dictators. By: Warwick Post Staff

    Next week, Rhode Islanders join their fellow Americans honoring people sworn to defend the nation and Constitution, days after weighing whether a man threatening both should lead them, with their […]

  • Biden vs. Trump 2024: Are You Smarter Than a Dictator?

    By: Warwick Post Staff

    It’s painful to say this, but we have all seen the proof, the aging, the public appearances and interviews, the obvious inability to take the fight for democracy to Donald […]

Police and Fire

  • Warwick Police Headquarters at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police report a Northup Street man arrested after firing a BB gun indoors, while intoxicated.

    WPD: Bank RI Robber Arrested In Providence Feb. 12

    Warwick Police Headquarters at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police report a Northup Street man arrested after firing a BB gun indoors, while intoxicated. By: Rob Borkowski

    WARWICK, RI – Warwick Police report they apprehended a Bank RI robber suspect in Providence with Providence Police after the 39-year-old man gave a note to the Jefferson Boulevard bank’s […]

  • Warwick Police Headquarters at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police report a Northup Street man arrested after firing a BB gun indoors, while intoxicated.

    Mini-Bike Rider Injured in Feb. 11 Car Crash

    Warwick Police Headquarters at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive. Police report a Northup Street man arrested after firing a BB gun indoors, while intoxicated. By: Rob Borkowski

    WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police report a mini-bike rider injured in a Feb. 11 crash into an oncoming car near the Post Road Walmart was transported by Warwick Fire rescue […]

  • [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld suspending 2020 RI mail vote witnesses on Aug. 7.

    RI, AGs Block DOGE Access to U.S. Treasury, Social Security Numbers

    [CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld suspending 2020 RI mail vote witnesses on Aug. 7. By: Rob Borkowski

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A U.S. judge has blocked Trump administration disclosure of Americans’ Social Security numbers, bank details and private information to DOGE staff in response to Rhode Island  and […]