News to You
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Providence Street Bridge Closes Nights Till Thursday
WEST WARWICK, RI — Tonight through Thursday, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will close the Providence Street Bridge over I-295 in West Warwick from 10 p.m. till 6 […]
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![[CREDIT: Sean Wiggins] Sean Wiggins, candidate in the School Committee race Nov. 5, 2024.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sean-Wiggins-School-Committee-250x228.jpg)
![[CREDIT: Sean Wiggins] Sean Wiggins, candidate in the School Committee race Nov. 5, 2024.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20250%20228%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Wiggins School Committee Race Q&A
WARWICK, RI — Sean Wiggins, an Intellectual Property Manager in the retail industry, is one of four School Committee candidates Warwick voters will choose among Nov. 5, naming two for […]
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![[CREDIT: Zachary Colon] Zach Colon is running for an at-large seat in the 2024 Warwick School Committee race.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Zach-Colon-Warwick-School-Committee-250x228.jpg)
Colon School Committee Race Q&A
WARWICK, RI — Zach Colon, former high school student political leader and an institutional investment wholesaler in Smithfield, hopes to improve district and city communication, bolster Career & Tech Center […]
Business
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![[CREDIT: BrucePac] A BrucePac meat Listeria risk has prompted a recall of nearly 10 million lbs. of meat and poultry.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Bruce-Pac-meat-Listeria-risk-250x228.jpg)
BrucePac Meat Listeria Risk: Restaurants, Public Warned
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns a BrucePac meat Listeria recall of nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry due to Listeria monocytogenes […]
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![[CREDIT: RIAC] The RI House has passed legislation establishing a Warwick RIAC seat on the airport corporation's board of directors. The bill heads to the Senate, where a companion bill has been introduced.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Warwick-RIAC-seat-TF-Green-Airport-300x225.jpg)
![[CREDIT: RIAC] The RI House has passed legislation establishing a Warwick RIAC seat on the airport corporation's board of directors. The bill heads to the Senate, where a companion bill has been introduced.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20250%20188%22%3E%3C/svg%3E)
RIAC Virtual Info Session Held Oct. 23 at Noon
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) will hold its next virtual info session for Rhode Island’s General Aviation (GA) airport communities Wednesday, Oct. 23 at noon, for […]
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![[CREDIT: CNE] CNE has named its Director of Quality, Jennifer M. La Luz Kent Hospital Executive Director.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/La-Luz-La-Luz-Kent-Hospital-Executive-Director-250x228.jpg)
CNE Names La Luz Kent Hospital Executive Director
WARWICK, RI — Kent Hospital is looking for a new director of quality after CNE named Jennifer M. La Luz Kent Hospital executive director. Kent Hospital Executive Director duties La […]
Schools
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Wiggins School Committee Race Q&A
WARWICK, RI — Sean Wiggins, an Intellectual Property Manager in the retail industry, is one of four School Committee candidates Warwick voters will choose among Nov. 5, naming two for […]
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Colon School Committee Race Q&A
WARWICK, RI — Zach Colon, former high school student political leader and an institutional investment wholesaler in Smithfield, hopes to improve district and city communication, bolster Career & Tech Center […]
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![[CREDIT: Robert Ford] Karen Bachus, candidate in the School Committee race Nov. 5, 2024.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Warwick_School_Committee_Bachus-250x228.jpg)
Bachus: School Committee Race Q&A
WARWICK, RI — Karen Bachus, an outspoken and often contrarian voice on the Warwick School Committee since she was first elected in 2012, is one of four School Committee candidates […]
All Politics are Local
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Biden vs. Trump 2024: Are You Smarter Than a Dictator?
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 […]
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![[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.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Martin-Luther-King-DC-Monument-2011-140x140.jpg)
Martin Luther King Day: Act Against Poverty Directly
Fifty-five years ago, Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated outside the Lorraine Motel room in Memphis where he was organizing a crusade against American injustices causing poverty, […]
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![[CREDIT: NOAA] A graph showing sea level rise during the last few decades, which is predicted to continue throughout the century.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/NOAA-Sea-Level-Rise-140x140.png)
McAllister: Make Sea Level, Coastal Hazards A Priority
TO THE EDITOR: US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse recently spoke to a group of business leaders and referenced a RI Coastal Resources Management Council report that indicated Warwick is especially vulnerable to raising […]
Police and Fire
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![[CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Police have charged the driver in an 109 Hopkins Hill Road DUI crash Oct. 12 into two parked vehicles.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Hopkins-Hill-Road-DUI-Crash-Oct.-12-3-250x228.jpeg)
Hopkins Hill Road DUI Crash Damages 2 Parked Cars
COVENTRY, RI — Coventry Police charged a West Warwick man in a 109 Hopkins Hill DUI crash into two parked cars Friday at 3:30 a.m. that injured the driver and […]
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RI Trooper Log: 2 Jailed – DUI Hit & Run, Felony Assault
WARWICK, RI — Warwick arrests in the RI Trooper Log  Oct. 5 -9 involved charges against two men, one for DUI, hit & run, and the other for Breaking and Entering […]
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![[CREDIT: RICADV] The RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence hotline is open for victims of domestic violence, even during the COVID-19 outbreak. The hotline number is 1-800-494-8100.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RICADV-hotline-140x140.jpg)
RICADV Seeks Domestic Violence Prevention Plans
WARWICK, RI – Tuesday, the RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV) announced a Domestic Violence Prevention Fund (DVPF) Community Microgrants Request for Proposals as Domestic Violence Awareness Month begins. During […]
