WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Tourism Department’s Rolling, Strolling Apponaug Winter Festival returns Saturday with a day of food trucks, carriage rides, balloon art, face painting, photos with Santa and […]
WARWICK, RI — Fair weather, smiles and fun were in abundance at the Rolling, Strolling Apponaug Winter Festival, as big crowds gathered outside City Hall for a parade followed by […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Tourism Department’s Rolling, Strolling Apponaug Winter Festival Saturday culminates a year of planning with an “epic” day of food trucks, carriage rides, balloon art, face […]
WARWICK, RI — Apponaug Playground has become a hit with parents and kids in the week since its $789,000 refurbishment wrapped. The upgrades at the playground behind City Hall at […]
WARWICK, RI — Two local legislators have called for a traffic study of the northbound Post Road section of the Apponaug Circulator, where traffic regularly backs up for upwards of […]
WARWICK, RI — Friday, Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI- Dist. 2 ) joined Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi, former Rep. Jim Langevin and state officials at the Warwick Public Library‘s Apponaug Branch […]
WARWICK, RI — With the $789,950 Apponaug Recreation Complex upgrades fully funded and a contractor secured, work will begin on the project this spring. Warwick City Council Steve McAllister announced […]
WARWICK, RI — On Oct. 6 at 5:51 p.m., Officer Ryan Shibley was called to the Apponaug Little League field where two drivers had parked after a crash, and arrested […]
WARWICK, RI — A bill extending take-out alcohol sales into 2021 has the support of the RI Hospitality Association and one Warwick brewery, though the measure was set for further […]
WARWICK, RI —The RI Hospitality Association (RIHA) recently named Apponaug Brewing Company, in Warwick its first“Brewery of the Year” at the 30th Annual Meeting and Stars of the Industry Awards […]
WARWICK, RI — Apponaug Brewing Co. co-owners Tamara McKenney and Kris Waugh cheerfully managed a bustling opening day crowd that filled the long bar, adjacent tables and spread through the […]
WARWICK, RI — The Apponaug Babe Ruth 12U All Stars, state champs of the Cal Ripken League, are on their way to the championships in Nashua, New Hampshire today, their […]
The Burger King in Apponaug at 70 Centerville Road closed its doors last week after 35 years of business and months after the substantial completion of the three-year Apponaug Circulator Project re-routed direct traffic one street over instead of directly past the fast food establishment.
Warwick Police were called to Wilde’s Corner Nov. 9 at 4:34 p.m. for a report of a possible drunk driver in a brown 1999 Audi, headed toward Apponaug, stopping and arresting him on a DUI charge.
WARWICK, RI — With little more than stretches of sidewalk, a still closed off section of Centerville Road in front of Cumberland Farms, and signs left undone, the Apponaug Circulator […]
Traffic through the Apponaug Four Corners Roundabout (Greenwich Ave./Post Road), narrowed Sept. 5 as the first half of stamped concrete crosswalks were poured, will stay that way another week as the second half is poured Sept. 15.
WARWICK, RI — Traffic through the Apponaug Four Corners Roundabout (Greenwich Ave./Post Road) will narrow starting Wednesday, RIDOT reports. The agency advises motorists to expect narrowed lanes in the area for two […]
The RI Department of Transportation’s work on the final elements of the Apponaug Circulator Project continues this week with curbing work at the Apponaug Four Corners roundabout and on Post Road through the village.
Warwick Police shut down Post Road in Apponaug from Apponaug Four Corners to West Shore Road Wednesday, leaving it open only to local traffic, as Cardi Corporation paved a base coat on the street.
Drivers through Apponaug Four Corners (Post Road at Centerville Road and Greenwich Avenue) should be wary of potential lane closures this week at the RIDOT continues work at the center of that roundabout, the agency warns.
With six weeks left till the Apponaug Circulator Project wraps Sept. 8, RIDOT has reminded drivers that Post Road is narrowing to one lane soon, and isn’t meant to be the primary eastern route through the village any longer.
WARWICK, RI — As the $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project, expected to wrap up Sept. 8, continues, the RIDOT offered some important things to keep in mind as motorists navigate the relatively […]
Rick Barton has watched Apponaug Four Corners from the front steps of his Post Road apartment throughout the last two years of work on the $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project, and he’s been enjoying himself, he says, with only a few complaints.
Single lane closures at Apponaug Village roundabouts, required to allow stamped concrete crosswalks to cure, have not been popular with many motorists, and Mayor Scott Avedisian is asking for patience as the restrictions are expected to last until May 31.
WARWICK, RI — The $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project, expected to wrap up Sept. 8, remains ahead of schedule, with continuing construction requiring lane closures and some traffic snarls during high-traffic hours. […]
The week starts with a national holiday,Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrating the legacy of the renowned Civil Rights leader and advocate of non-violent protest in the struggle for equality for all races.
Don’t forget, Apponaug drivers — Veterans Memorial Drive and Veterans Memorial Drive extension go two-way today, allowing this morning’s commuters to bypass village traffic running from Toll Gate and Centerville Roads to T.F. Green Airport, and vice-versa.
Officer Christian Vargas was traveling east on Post Road toward the West Shore Road intersection Oct. 16 at 10:21 p.m. near Karl’s East Coast Speed as he took a left through the roundabout there when a white sedan approaching from West Shore Road speed past, prompting him to stop the car, then arrest the driver for possession of clonazapam and suboxone.
WARWICK, RI —Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is set to open Post Road between West Shore Road and Veterans Memorial Drive sometime next week, weather and circumstance depending, as […]
Work continues on the $29.9 million ApponaugCirculator Project night and day this week, touching on highway lighting on Post Road, gas main work on Centerville Road and landscaping throughout.
Hesitant morning commuters navigated the newly opened roundabout at Greenwich Avenue and Veterans Memorial Drive and the new two-way option up Greenwich Avenue at Apponaug Four Corners, with a few officers monitoring and occasionally directing traffic through the new byways.
A few Friday morning commuters hesitated at the yield areas near the newly opened roundabout at Greenwich Avenue and Veterans Memorial Drive (the Dunkin Donuts), and needed a patrolman’s direction at the new two-way option up Greenwich Avenue at Apponaug Four Corners, but officers posted throughout the area reported a smooth transition as the new changes took effect.
WARWICK, RI — After RIDOT opens the latest Apponaug Circulator Project roundabout at the Rte. 117 (Centerville Road), Rte. 115 (Toll Gate Road) and Gilbane Street intersection today, work continues to […]
RIDOT’s $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project is a month ahead of schedule and on-budget, with work starting on the roundabout for the Centerville Road / Tollgate Road / Gilbane Street intersection, during which the RIDOT recommends caution.
Warwick Police received a call from a City employee about a man tearing the gutters from Apponaug Library at 3267 Post Road May 9 at 9:30 p.m., caught up with him at the intersection of Rte. 117 and Rte. 5, and arrested him after the witness identified him.
Resurfacing work continues on Veterans Memorial Drive, and the new road connecting the intersection of Toll Gate Road and Centerville Road to it is also progressing as RIDOT reports lane closures and shifts throughout the Apponaug Circulator Project this week.
You don’t see a guy wandering through Apponaug with a ukulele every day, but that’s what Elija Hernandez was doing Monday afternoon on Post Road headed toward East Greenwich on Post Road.
RIDOT warns of one-lane closures on Rte. 5 and Rte. 117, Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to noon this week as crews troubleshoot within existing telephone manholes at Rte. 117 (Centerville Road) at Route 1 (Post Road) and Rte. 5 (Greenwich Avenue).
Warwick, RI — RIDOT will shift lanes on Centerville Road East from Diamond Hill Road to Route 115 (Toll Gate Road) for new traffic lights and close two lanes on Veterans Memorial Drive, from […]
Warwick, RI — RIDOT’s $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project is a month ahead of schedule and on-budget, with roundabouts shaping up at four major intersections, and two-way traffic scheduled to begin on […]