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PROVIDENCE, RI – RI Attorney General Neronha today joined 20 other attorneys general suing the Trump Administration to stop the Trump Administration from continuing its Education Department dismantling plan, defying […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Coventry Town Manager Dan Parrillo speaks about Coventry's Road Repair efforts aided by Gov. Dan McKee's RoadRestore program.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Coventry-Road-Repair-RoadRestore-Project-Feat-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – Governor Dan McKee, RIDOT Director Peter Alviti, Jr., Town Manager Dan Parrillo and other officials met at Gamm Theater last month to announce $3.2 million matching RhodeRestore […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Mayor Frank Picozzi offers comments on Warwick road repair aided by Gov. Dan McKee's RoadRestore program.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Warwick-Road-Repair-RoadRestore-Program-Picozzi-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – Governor Dan McKee, RIDOT Director Peter Alviti, Jr., and Mayor Frank Picozzi and other officials met at Gamm Theater Wednesday morning to announce $5.2 million in matching […]
![[CREDIT: BrucePac] A BrucePac meat Listeria risk has prompted a recall of nearly 10 million lbs. of meat and poultry.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Bruce-Pac-meat-Listeria-risk-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns a BrucePac meat Listeria recall of nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry due to Listeria monocytogenes […]
WASHINGTON, DC – A $1 million Warwick Fire Department grant delivered by Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation is part of $3,277,138 in federal grants for local fire departments aiding National Fire […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Cahoone Road Bridge, closed to traffic due to erosion from heavy rains in January. The bridge is scheduled for repair in 2026. A RIDOT van was parked on the opposite side, with three men working under it on Feb. 22, 2024.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cahoone-Road-Bridge-2.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — Cahoone Road Bridge, closed Feb. 20 after the RIDOT determined erosion had caused “serious bridge deficiencies,” will remain off-limits for the time being, possibly till 2026. DPW […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Centerville Road work by RI Energy will replace a gas main ahead of a RIDOT paving project in 2024.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Centerville-Road-work-RI-Energy-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — If you’re wondering about Centerville Road work near the Rte. 95 ramps, RI Energy reports it’s upgrading a gas main there during the rest of the construction […]
![[CREDIT: Mayor Frank Picozzi] Two water main breaks on Centerville Road (Rte. 117) closed traffic for the day Aug. 24. The first, pictured here, was at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Water-Main-Break-1-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — A speedy Centerville Road repair (Rt 117) reopened traffic sooner than estimated last night at 8:38 p.m. following what Mayor Frank Picozzi termed a “Herculean effort” throughout […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Gloucester Light Infantry Military Militia fire their muskets at the start of the Gaspee Days Parade June 9, 2018.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Gaspee-Days-Parade-2018-19-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — On Saturday, Warwick began repaving Narragansett Parkway so it will be newly surfaced in time for the Gaspee Days Parade. The cost is projected at around $680,000, […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOT] Rte. I-295 Looking South at Rte. 37 Overpass Bridges. RIDOT is demolishing the bridges over I-295, Cranston Street & the Washington Secondary Bike Path for the Cranston Canyon Project, so the Rte. 37 traffic pattern is changing.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/RIDOT-Cranston-Canyon-Project-Rte.-37-traffic-pattern-2-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE— The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will resume milling and repaving I-295, from the Massachusetts border to Warwick, Sunday night, April 16. This year RIDOT will finish paving […]
![[CREDIT: WarwickPost Composite] Scenic Fruit Company is recalling frozen organic strawberries due to Hepatitis A illnesses which may be related to the fruit.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Frozen-Strawberry-Recall-March-20-2023-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) reports the Scenic Fruit Company announced its frozen organic strawberries recalled due to an outbreak of Hepatitis A illnesses which may […]
WARWICK, RI — RIDOT has begun a $36 million Rte. 295 repaving project along the entire highway from the Massachusetts border in Cumberland to Warwick, upgrading drainage and using more […]
![[CREDIT: WPS] The Warwick School Committee is investigating its finance department after reports of allegations of procurement, policy, and procedure issues.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Warwick-School-Committee-investigates-finance-department-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick School Committee members are scheduled to discuss the investigation into former Director of Finance and Operations Robert Baxter at tonight’s meeting, scheduled for 6:15 p.m. at […]
![[CREDIT: DEM] East Matunuck State Beach, Narragansett. DEM will begin repairing beaches first this week as it cleans up from Tropical Storm Henri.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Matunuk-State-Beach-RI-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Tropical Storm Henri directly hit RI beaches, management areas, and several other facilities, which the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) began cleaning up this week, […]
UPDATE, JULY 23: Warwick Public Schools have since posted the administrator position approved during their Wednesday meeting. The job listing on Schoolspring.com describes the new administrator’s duties as “responsible […]
WARWICK, RI — Repairs at the ice arena and McDermott Pool were under discussion at Monday night’s Warwick City Council Finance Committee meeting with one put on hold and the […]
WARWICK, RI — McDermott Pool, which has been closed since March 2020, is undergoing repairs and is on track to open as soon as they’re complete, Mayor Frank Picozzi announced […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick’s Finance Department, led by new Finance director Peder Schaefer, filed its mid-year review of the FY21 budget, projects a $1.2 million deficit, offset by a $1.9 […]
![[CREDIT: HHS] RI's Health and Human Services warns about frostbite and hypothermia during extreme cold.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RI-HHS-extreme-cold-frostbite-hypothermia-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — Another day of deep chill’s in store for Rhode Island, with Saturday’s temperature 14 degrees and a wind chill feel of -10 degrees at 10 a.m., raising […]
WARWICK, RI — Mayor Frank Picozzi named several new Warwick department heads were announced this week by incoming on the cusp of his inauguration early this week. Picozzi’s new administration […]
![[CREDIT: Kent Hospital] Kent Hospital is located at 455 Toll Gate Road.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Kent-Hospital-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Kent Hospital’s Emergency Department has achieved the bronze standard— Level 3 GEDA accreditation, — from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), with support from The Gary […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Public Schools] The Warwick School Committee reviewed recent repairs and discussed whether to return to in-person meetings Tuesday night.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Warwick-School-Committee-Oct.-13-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – Several of the district’s schools have received much needed upgrades, Director of School Buildings and Maintenance Steven Gothberg told the Warwick School Committee Tuesday. The $40 Million […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick School Department](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Warwick-Public_Schools-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Warwick, RI – The School Committee voted Wednesday morning not to move kindergarten classes to Veterans Middle School. The committee chose to wait for the arrival and installation of HEPA […]
![[CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot] The Warwick School Committee approved $750K for HEPA filters to be installed in most of its schools. The upgrade will improve ventilation in schools, making in-person learning less dangerous during the pandemic.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Warwick-School-Committee-Zoom-Sept.-15-2020-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK — The School Committee has authorized the $750,000 for Warwick Schools HEPA filters, to be delivered within 12 weeks, upgrading air quality to improve the safety of in-person learning. […]
![[CREDIT: YouTube] The Warwick School Committee approved fall athletics and a $56M school repair bond during their remote Sept. 8 meeting,](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Warwick-School-Committee-Sept.-8-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK – Classes are set to resume on Monday, much of it remotely, since most city schools do not meet the basic criteria required to limit spread of the novel […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Water Division has restored water service to Warwick Neck after rotted bolts caused a shutdown of the water main at Tidewater Drive and West Shore […]
WARWICK, RI — With Rte. 95 bridges in Warwick complete, RIDOT will start a $75.9 million repair of 15 Rte. 37 bridges between Cranston and Warwick July 17, temporarily closing […]
WARWICK – Mayor Joseph J. Solomon has announced that the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has approved loan funding his $10 million Warwick road repair plan. Warwick will use the loan […]
![[CREDIT: NIAID RML] This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CORVID-19-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE — RI Commissioner of Education Angélica M. Infante-Green has ordered RI school districts to develop remote-learning instruction plans, due March 19. Infante-Green instructed school districts to submit the plans […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] One lane of Airport Road near the Post Road intersection was closed Monday as the Warwick Water Department repaired a water main.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Airport-Road-Water-Main-11.04.19_2-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — A broken water main reported Sunday night at about 9:30 p.m. blocked one lane at 536 Airport Road during the morning and afternoon commutes Monday as the […]
![[CREDIT: File Photo] Warwick Veterans Jr. High School at 2401 W Shore Road.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Warwick-Veterans-School-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI— The Warwick School Committee approved a Phase II Capital Bond Project totaling $79,988,757 for school building repairs Tuesday night at Warwick Veterans Middle School. Warwick Schools Finance DirectorAnthony […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee approved Phase II of its school improvement bond Wednesday, now estimated at $79.9 million with extensive HVAC repairs at Winman Middle School and […]
WARWICK, R.I. — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has opened Conimicut Point Beach and Yawgoog Scout Reservation in Hopkinton as bacteria levels have ebbed in the beaches’ respective […]
![[CREDIT: NWS.gov] The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the area.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Heat-Advisory-tips_NWS-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
UPDATE Aug. 1: The Health Department has re-opened Scarborough Beach South for swimming. RIDOH recommends the closure of Burlingame Picnic Area on Watchaug Pond in Charlestown for swimming due […]
![[CREDIT: RIDOH] Kent County YMCA's beaches have been closed due to high bacteria counts.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RIDOH_Warwick_Beaches_Closed-July_22_2019-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health recommends closing Kent County YMCA Lower and Upper Ponds in Warwick for swimming because of high bacteria levels. The health department […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Cranston Fire Department's Fire Rescue 7 was parked at WFD Headquarters Thursday. On Sunday, WFD's used ladder truck suffered an unspecified engine breakdown.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Cranston_Fire_Rescue_7_WFD-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — On Sunday, the used ladder truck the City purchased from Westerly broke down while at Warwick Fire Department headquarters in Apponaug. The truck was not responding to […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The R.I. Department of Health has announced recalls on locally produced cheese and on Growers Express vegetables within the last two days, warning consumers against eating the […]
STATE HOUSE — The General Assembly has passed the Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act, which requires utility companies’ repairs to roads they perform underground work on to […]
WARWICK, R.I. — The School Committee is preparing to make major cuts to the 2020 budget after the city council declined their request for an additional $7.7 million, to be […]
WARWICK, R.I. — Tuesday night, after Warwick School Finance Director Anthony Ferrucci’s presentation of the School Department’s spending increase request at $7 million more than Mayor Joseph J. Solomon’s budget […]
