[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Kevin McCarthy and his daughter, Asliyna Sollitto,6, watch the 2021 Gaspee Day Parade Saturday, June 12.

Gaspee Days Parade: Returned

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Kevin McCarthy and his daughter, Asliyna Sollitto,6, watch the 2021 Gaspee Day Parade Saturday, June 12. By: Rob Borkowski on June 14, 2021 in Good Times

WARWICK, RI — It was supposed to rain, but by the time the Gaspee Days Parade started rolling just before 11 a.m. Saturday, the atmosphere was sunny and  upbeat along […]

Gaspee Days 5K 2017: Results, Photos

By: Rob Borkowski on June 10, 2017 in Good Times

The 52nd annual Gaspee Days 5K enjoyed weather in the 70s, a little warmer than the ideal for long-distance runners, but members of the 1,487 strong field sported smiles as they finished to the cheers of friends and announcers.

[CREDIT: Beth Hurd] Members of the Lexington Minutemen emerge from the smoke of their recently fired muskets, walking along the red, white and blue-striped Gaspee Days parade route on Saturday, June 11.

Your Guide to Gaspee Days 2017

[CREDIT: Beth Hurd] Members of the Lexington Minutemen emerge from the smoke of their recently fired muskets, walking along the red, white and blue-striped Gaspee Days parade route on Saturday, June 11. By: Rob Borkowski on June 9, 2017 in Good Times

It’ll be about a month before the rest of the nation celebrates American Independence on July 4, but Warwick gets a head start, just like it’s done since the burning of the Gaspee, which preceded the Boston Tea Party in 1773 by more than a year.

Mayor, Gaspee Days Celebrate 50th Birthdays

By: Rob Borkowski on January 21, 2015 in News to You

Friends of Mayor Scott Avedisian, who helped celebrate his 50th birthday and Gaspee Days’ 50th anniversary at One Rhodes Plaza, Cranston Tuesday night, are eager to tell you the relationship between man and event date back at least 36 years.