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Warwick School Board Has Unique Chance to Make Major Improvements
WARWICK, RI — It’s admittedly an understatement to say that COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way our society functions — but it’s also equally true that the pandemic has created […]
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FY22 School Budget: 34 Teacher Layoffs, No Program Cuts
WARWICK, RI — All Warwick schools would remain open, school busses would return to full capacity, and student programs would remain intact under the proposed FY22 budget reviewed by the […]
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Rte. 295 N Lanes Shift Tuesday
JOHNSTON — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will shift lanes for I-295 North on Tuesday night, April 20, as it continues to replace the Greenville Avenue Bridge at […]
Business
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RAMP: Advocating So Those With Disabilities Thrive
Tina Pedersen was a walker most of her life, until seven years ago during a 10-minute surgery she suffered a spinal stroke. She said after that nothing about her changed […]
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Buy Local RI T-Shirts Sales Support Pandemic-Struck Businesses
PROVIDENCE — The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB) and Rhode Island Hospitality Association (RIHA) have partnered with Frog & Toad to launch a limited run of Buy Local […]
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PWCVB Asks Businesses: ‘Meet in RI’ 2022 – 20224
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau (PWCVB) has launched the Meet in RI campaign asking local companies to commit to hosting future meetings, events, and conventions […]
Schools
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Warwick School Board Has Unique Chance to Make Major Improvements
WARWICK, RI — It’s admittedly an understatement to say that COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way our society functions — but it’s also equally true that the pandemic has created […]
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FY22 School Budget: 34 Teacher Layoffs, No Program Cuts
WARWICK, RI — All Warwick schools would remain open, school busses would return to full capacity, and student programs would remain intact under the proposed FY22 budget reviewed by the […]
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Baxter: Teacher Cuts Solve FY22 $7.5M Deficit
WARWICK, RI — Warwick schools are short $7.5 million, and have 34 too many teachers, reported Robert Baxter, Director of Finance and Operations, at the April 13 Warwick School Committee […]
All Politics are Local
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Raimondo Pushes RI’s Faustian Bargain En Route to D.C.
How many needless COVID-19 infections, long-term disabilities and deaths resulting from in-person schooling are acceptable? We’re going with none. That’s not the route the Warwick School Committee chose. Nor is […]
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Martin Luther King Jr. Fought Poverty, Too
Fifty three years after Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis outside the Lorraine Motel room where he was organizing a crusade against poverty, the scourge […]
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Langevin: Trump Should Resign, or be Removed
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) urged President Donald J. Trump to resign, and failing that, for Vice President Mike Pence or Congress to remove him from office after […]
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 […]