Council Meets on WFD, DPW Trucks, Benefit Street Zoning Change
Driver, Wrong Plates, Arrested for Adderall Possession
RI Trooper Log: Arrests for DUI, Soliciting a Child
Kellogs Recalls Honey Smacks Cereal After Salmonella Infections
News to You
Council Meets on WFD, DPW Trucks, Benefit Street Zoning Change
By: Rob BorkowskiWarwick City Council meets tonight on bids for new WFD pump trucks and rescue, a new trash truck and a zoning switch for a Benefit Street lot.
![[CREDIT: Kellogs] The following products have been recalled for a possible salmonella contamination.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Honey-Smacks-Recall-Image-100x100.jpg "Kellogs Recalls Honey Smacks Cereal After Salmonella Infections")
Kellogs Recalls Honey Smacks Cereal After Salmonella Infections
By: Rob BorkowskiKellogg Company is voluntarily recalling 15.3 oz. and 23 oz. packages of Kellogg’s® Honey Smacks® cereal out of concern they could contain Salmonella after people in 31 states fell ill […]
![[CREDIT: Courtesy Photo] Brian M. Silvia, the current Finance Director for the Town of Cumberland, has been appointed as the City Treasurer for Warwick.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Brian-Silvia-100x100.jpg "Solomon: Silvia to Remain as Warwick Finance Director")
Solomon: Silvia to Remain as Warwick Finance Director
By: Rob BorkowskiWARWICK, RI — City Treasurer and Interim Finance Director Brian Silvia has decided to remain in Warwick and has been appointed Warwick Finance Director, Mayor Joseph Solomon announced Wednesday morning. Silvia was […]
Business
Raimondo Signs Several Warwick-Sponsored Bills into Law
By: Rob BorkowskiPROVIDENCE, RI — Gov. Gina Raimondo recently signed into law several bills sponsored by Warwick’s General Assembly delegation.
![[CREDIT: Ryan Brissette, Small Business Administration] From left, Lieutenant Governor, Daniel J. McKee; SBA Regional Administrator, Wendell G. Davis; President of Jade Manufacturing, Donald J. Boyle; SBA District Director, Mark S. Hayward; Secretary of State, Nellie M. Gorbea during the “Salute to Small Business” luncheon on Friday, May 11, at Kirkbrae Country Club.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SBA-Awards-2018-89-100x100.jpg "SBA Honors 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Award winners")
SBA Honors 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Award winners
By: Rob BorkowskiThe U.S. Small Business Administration honored the 2018 Rhode Island Small Business Award winners May 11 at the “Salute to Small Business” luncheon on Friday, May 11, at Kirkbrae Country […]
![[CREDIT: Alyssa Stevens] Gary Bimonte, Grandson of Frank Pepe and Director of Quality Assurance & Training + incoming Mayor/City Council President Joseph Solomon celebrate the opening of Frank Pepe of Warwick with an official pizza cutting.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Frank-Pepes-Open-2-100x100.jpg "Frank Pepe’s Opens Warwick Location off Bald Hill Road")
Frank Pepe’s Opens Warwick Location off Bald Hill Road
By: Rob BorkowskiFrank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, opened its first Rhode Island location and 10th restaurant total at 21 Universal Boulevard in Warwick Monday, awarding the first 10 guests with a $100 gift […]
Schools
CCRI Hosts RI Promise Scholarship Enrollment Days June 19, July 26
By: Rob BorkowskiCCRI will host two enrollment days this summer to help Rhode Island high school grads enroll with free tuition under the RI Promise scholarship..
![[CREDIT: File Photo] Warwick Veterans Jr. High School at 2401 W Shore Rd,](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Warwick-Veterans-School-100x100.jpg "Warwick School Committee Disavows Contract Continuation 4-1")
Warwick School Committee Disavows Contract Continuation 4-1
By: Joe SiegelThe Warwick School Committee approved a resolution disavowing contract continuation Tuesday night during their meeting at Warwick Veterans Jr. High School at 2401 West Shore Road.
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick School Committee during their Jan. 10 meeting at Warwick Veterans Jr. High.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/School-Committee-Jan.-10-100x100.jpg "School Committee to Discuss Teacher Layoffs, Superintendent Performance May 15")
School Committee to Discuss Teacher Layoffs, Superintendent Performance May 15
By: Rob BorkowskiThe Warwick School Committee will meet in executive session 6 p.m. May 15 in the Veterans Middle School Auditorium to discuss teacher layoffs and the performance of Superintendent Philip Thornton […]
All Politics are Local
Remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy at the Ballot Box in 2018
By: Rob BorkowskiFifty years ago today, Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis outside the Lorraine Motel room where he and his friends and advisors were working on […]
Digit Spinner: Richard Corrente Fudges the Numbers Again
By: Joe HutnakWARWICK, RI — Democratic mayoral candidate Richard Corrente is starting his second run for office where he left off last time: Trying to manipulate numbers. Just this week, the Warwick […]
School Committee Can’t Spin Bad Optics of Hiring PR Firm
By: Joe HutnakWarwick, RI — When the going gets tough, the tough… hire a PR firm? That seems to be the modern twist to the old saying, as the Warwick School Department […]
House and Home
![[CREDIT: Matt Patty Realty] Matt Patty with Keller Williams Realty.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Matt-Patty-II-e1505610512507-100x100.jpg "Patty: Spring Real Estate Market Creating Rush of Sellers")
Patty: Spring Real Estate Market Creating Rush of Sellers
By: Rob BorkowskiThe Spring Real Estate Market has sprung, and we are starting to see that rush of new listings and excited buyers and sellers, particularly in the upper middle and higher […]
![[CREDIT: Statewide MLS] A view of 176 Knight St. from the street.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/176-Knight-St.-100x100.jpg "Featured Home: Turnkey Convenience, Privacy at 76 Knight St.")
Featured Home: Turnkey Convenience, Privacy at 76 Knight St.
By: Rob BorkowskiWARWICK — This weeks Featured Home, listed by our Team with Keller Williams, is at 76 Knight Street on the market for $169,900. At almost 1,000 sq. ft. with 2 bedrooms and 1 bath, the home […]
![[CREDIT: Statewide MLS] The view of 217 Wethersfield Drive, the featured home of the week, from the street.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/217-Wethersfield-1-100x100.jpg "Featured Home: A View of the Neighborhood on Wethersfield Drive")
Featured Home: A View of the Neighborhood on Wethersfield Drive
By: Rob BorkowskiThis weeks Warwick Post Home of the Week, listed by our Team with Keller Williams, is another great middle class home in Buttonwoods at 217 Wethersfield Drive, situated on a […]
