News to You
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RI Counties at High COVID Risk, Masks Indoors Advised
PROVIDENCE, RI — COVID-19 community levels in Bristol County, Kent County, Providence County, and Washington County are now designated high COVID risk by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
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DEM: Seasonal Shellfishing Closures Start May 28
PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that seasonal shellfishing closures will take effect at sunrise on Saturday, May 28, and will remain in place […]
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Marijuana Legalization Bill Full Votes Set for Tuesday
STATE HOUSE — Legislation legalizing, regulating and taxing adult recreational marijuana has cleared House and the Senate committees, and if full votes pass Tuesday, it will also expunge any civil […]
Business
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DEM Hiring for Summer Jobs
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is recruiting for its summertime workforce again to help staff seasonal employment positions at state beaches, parks, and campgrounds. Every […]
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Balise Gives BGCW $3,500 ‘Tires to Inspire’ Donation
In a demonstration of their ongoing commitment to local kids and families, on April 29, Balise Motor Sales presented the Boys & Girls Clubs of Warwick with a check for […]
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LPL Financial Welcomes Farmer to Warwick BankNewport
WARWICK, RI— OceanPoint Investment Solutions has announced John W. Farmer, CFP®, has joined LPL Financial as a financial advisor, operating out of the BankNewport Warwick branch at 27 Strawberry Field […]
Schools
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RIDE Will Reimburse $314M of $350M
Warwick – The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) has agreed to reimburse the district for the construction of two new high schools for $314 million out of the $350 […]
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Committee Mulls FY22 Deficit, Longer School Walking Distance
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee meets at 6 p.m. in the Warwick Veterans Memorial auditorium to consider updating a number of policies ranging from pandemic measures to security […]
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School Committee Seeks $4.9M Increase for FY23
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct votes taken during the meeting. Warwick Post regrets the errors. WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee approved its proposed 2023 […]
All Politics are Local
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MLK Voting Rights Legacy Imperiled
Fifty-four years after Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis while organizing a crusade against poverty, a key Civil Rights victory protecting voting rights is under […]
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Insurrection Question: Do Elections Matter?
You’re either part of the solution, or part of the problem, and today marks the one-year anniversary of very big problem for the Republic: the first break in America’s 244-year […]
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Sept. 11: Start to Remember
Never forget Sept. 11, 2001, they’ve said, for 20 years now. I do remember. On Sept. 11, I walked into the MetroWest Daily News Framingham newsroom awash in a stunned […]
House and Home
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Warwick Real Estate Booming With National Trend
Source: WalletHub WARWICK, RI — WalletHub’s recent assessment of the best places in the U.S. to be a real estate agent place Warwick on the map at 114 out […]
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Matt Patty Team Hosts Thanksgiving Pie Giveaway
CRANSTON, RI — This Thanksgiving, The Matt Patty team launched their first annual pie giveaway for past and current clients. The real estate agency gave away 30 pies, apple and pumpkin, to past […]
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Patty: Housing Market May Be Nearing Crossroads
For the last several years, increasing home prices for sellers and low interest rates for buyers have created a historically positive housing market, but mixed metrics in the local and […]