News to You
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Coventry Hosts Emergency Rabies Clinic July 30
COVENTRY, RI – Due to the positive rabid cat located in Coventry last week, Coventry Animal Control will be hosting an Emergency Rabies Vaccine Clinic for pets at at the […]
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Coventry Community Events July 18: Local Businesses, Music
Your event’s not here? You probably didn’t enter it into our calendar. Add your event to make sure we don’t miss it, then e-mail editor@warwickpost.com to give us a heads-up. COVENTRY, […]
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Warwick Weekend Events July 18: Fun Fest, Cornhole
WARWICK, RI — This weeks’ Warwick Weekend events features a Summer Family Fun Fest, a fundraiser cornhole tournament, a fundraiser car wash, and live music Drift Bar, along with the usual Food Truck Fridays.
Business
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Bennett, Burke $17 Minimum Wage Bill Clears House, Senate
STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives and Senate today approved bills introduced by Rep. David A. Bennett and Sen. John Burke that would increase Rhode Island’s minimum wage from […]
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Casino Smoking Ban Bill Supporters Rally at State House
STATE HOUSE — Members of Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (C.E.A.S.E. RI) and several unions rallied in the State Capitol rotunda May 20 supporting a casino smoking ban bill, protecting […]
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Suzy Q’s Summit General Opens
COVENTRY, RI — Not long after Suzy Quattrocchi and Town Council members cut the ribbon at Suzy Q’s Summit General, 25 Old Summit Road, more than 100 hungry people from […]
Schools
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Warwick Schools Nix Admin Positions
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Schools are cutting admin positions, including currently vacant roles such as Assistant Superintendent and Assistant Director of IT, cutting costs. Warwick School Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan […]
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Warwick Schools Tech Director on Leave June 15
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Public Schools Tech Director Jeffrey Taylor has been put on leave with pay for an undisclosed “personnel issue.” When asked about Taylor, Warwick Schools Superintendent William […]
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RI Co-Leads 25 States’ Education Funding Freeze Suit
PROVIDENCE, RI –Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is co-leading 23 attorneys general and two governors in a Rhode Island lawsuit to thaw the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional education funding freeze of […]
All Politics are Local
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What’s Open July 4th, What’s Going Down
Let’s review America’s first defiance of a tyrannical madman, to keep in mind what all the fireworks, patriotic songs, slogans and flag pins are supposed to signify:
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RI ‘Hands Off!’ Protestors: ‘Ho-Ho, Donald Trump Has Got to Go!’
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Islanders in four Ocean State locations were among millions nationwide turning out for ‘Hands Off!’ protests against the Musk – Trump Coup seizing Congressional powers, defying […]
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Tassoni: Cannabis Profits Should Aid Overdose Prevention, Education & Treatment
Where does the money from Rhode Island’s cannabis sales go? As President and CEO at The Leadership Council for Substance Abuse and Mental Health of Rhode Island, I would like to […]
Police and Fire
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CPD Investigating July 16 Motorcycle-Pickup Crash
COVENTRY, RI — Wednesday, at 6:26 p.m., Coventry Police and the Central Coventry Fire Department responded to Hill Farm Road for a reported motorcycle-pickup crash. The man riding the motorcycle […]
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Warwick Schools Custodian Turns Self In for Laptop Larceny
WARWICK, RI — A part-time Warwick Schools custodian turned himself in Monday on a warrant for his arrest for a laptop larceny of 10 Chromebooks from Robertson Elementary School, 70 […]
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Road Rage Driver Charged For Illegal Pistol, Magazines
WARWICK, RI — Officer Gian Micheletti was called to the Cranston Public Library June 12 at 4:28 p.m. for a firearm displayed during a road rage incident in Warwick, arresting […]