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![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] While Warwick Schools were able to meet all their bus route needs despite challenges with a national bus driver shortage, the ranks of RIDE bus drivers could be filled by non-union DATTCO workers, a move the RI AFL-CIO protests will undermine driver wages and benefits.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/buses-sawtooth-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — The union representing 140 First Student Warwick bus drivers has ratified a new four-year contract with the transportation company, increasing wages and lowering health insurance costs. A […]
![[CREDIT: RI Press & Legislative Info Bureau] Governor McKee hands Representative Evan Shanley a pen used to sign the Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program during an event Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/McKee-Shanley-Secure-Choice-Retirement-250x228.jpg)
STATE HOUSE — Gov. Dan McKee signed Rep. Evan P. Shanley’s (D-Dist. 24, Warwick, East Greenwich), voluntary private retirement plan bill into law Sept. 5. The Rhode Island Secure Choice […]
![[CREDIT: RI Lottery] A Warwick Woman wins $250K on a scratch ticket in the latest news from the RI Lottery.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Warwick-Woman-Wins-250K-Scratch-Ticket-250x228.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — A Warwick woman won an early birthday gift when she won $250,000 playing the “Ultimate Fortune” Instant Game scratch ticket. The woman, who asked not to be […]
![[CREDIT: VEG] Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG), which helps people and their pets when they need it most, opened with a ribbon cutting with Mayor Frank Picozzi at 989 Centerville Rd., Warwick, RI 02886 on Monday.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Veterinary-Emergency-Group-VEG-Ribbon-Cut-08-25-250x228.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG), helping people and their pets during health emergencies, opened pet ER VEG Warwick at 989 Centerville Rd., with a ribbon cutting and the help […]
![[CREDIT: K&K] Robyn Factor, one of Kirshenbaum & Kirshenbaum's workers compensation lawyers, offers common tips for people filing claims.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/KK-workers-compensation-lawyers-tips-300x225.jpg)
Generally speaking, most people do not think about worker’s compensation until they get injured at work. After it happens though, they have many questions such as how they “get on” […]
![[CREDIT: OSJL] A new Quaker Lane Ocean State Job Lot will open this fall, the third location in Warwick and the largest of 17 OSJL stores in the state.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Quaker-Lane-Ocean-State-Job-Lot-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL) has bought the vacant Christmas Tree Shops located at 300 Quaker Lane, and will open a Quaker Lane Ocean State Job Lot […]
![[CREDIT: FDA.gov] Boars Head has recalled all its liverwurst products and listed other deli meats recalled due to deli meat listeria risk.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Boars-Head-deli-meats-recalled-listeria-300x225.jpg)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns Boar’s Head Provisions Co. is recalling all it liverwurst products and marking some other deli meats recalled because they […]
![[CREDIT: RI Lottery] A Warwick woman won $30,000 on an “Emerald Green 7's” scratch ticket.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Warwick-RI-Lottery-Scratch-Ticket-Win-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — A Warwick scratch ticket winner says she’ll put her $30,000 RI Lottery scratch ticket winnings into savings after purchasing an “Emerald Green 7’s” winning ticket. The woman, […]
WARWICK, RI — T. F. Green International Airport was unaffected by a global computer outage this morning, though a spokesman advised double-checking arrivals and departures as other airlines and businesses […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — National hospice provider Gentiva, with 590 U.S. locations including Warwick, will pay $19.4 million to resolve a hospice fraud case alleging the company’s earlier incarnation submitted false […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Coventry Town Solicitor and Law Department Head Stephen J. Angell points the the Soscia Holdings parcel including Johnson's Pond Dam and the access area to it, which the town will take by eminent domain for $157,000.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Johnsons-Pond-Taking-Council-Meeting-06-20-2024-300x225.jpg)
COVENTRY, RI — Soscia Holdings LLC rebuffed Coventry’s $1.5 million offer for the 216 acre Johnson’s Pond property, so Friday the town begins taking Johnson’s Pond & Dam, and associated […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld suspending 2020 RI mail vote witnesses on Aug. 7.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Courthouse-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — The co-owners of a Warwick-based holistic health care center AIM Health have been charged in federal court with alleged health care fraud of federal and private health […]
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story reported the bill to restore a $500,000 payment to Warwick for airport services from RIAC, ended by the FAA, died in the senate. […]
![[CREDIT: RIAC] The RI House has passed legislation establishing a Warwick RIAC seat on the airport corporation's board of directors. The bill heads to the Senate, where a companion bill has been introduced.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Warwick-RIAC-seat-TF-Green-Airport-300x225.jpg)
STATE HOUSE — Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) for a Warwick RIAC seat, granting representation on the Rhode […]
![[CREDIT: Breeze Airways] Breeze Airways will make TF Greene Airport in Warwick its home base, bringing 250 jobs and increasing state GDP.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Breeze-Airways-Home-Base_TF-Green-Warwick-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Breeze Airways celebrated its third year in operation May 20, announcing expansion plans that will make TF Green Airport its largest by capacity and departures over five […]
![[CREDIT: CNE] Kent Hospital's DEI Council did some spring gardening at the hospital's entrance Tuesday.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kent-Hospitals-DEI-landscape-14-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Members of Kent Hospital’s DEI – Diversity Equity and Inclusion Council – put in some gardening work for a landscaping beautification project outside of the hospital’s main […]
![[CREDIT: Mayor Picozzi] Cat's Cakes is open for business at their new West Shore Road location.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Cats-Cakes-Opens-West-Shore-Road-2-300x225.jpg)
If you appreciate important news about Warwick that goes further than Facebook, please consider subscribing to Warwick Post WARWICK, RI — In a few weeks, Catia Torres celebrates a year since […]
![[CREDIT: Evoqua] Evoqua, with an office at Pontiac Mills in Warwick, has entered an NPA, agreeing to pay millions for false revenue claims.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Evoqua-logo-building-300x225.jpg){kind=logo}
WARWICK, RI — Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (EVOQUA), a PA company with divisions in Pontiac Mills on Knight Street, and Coventry, RI, has a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with the U.S. […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Beacon, Clarendon Group] John Howell, Beacon Communications owner, Warwick Beacon Publisher and Editor, is selling his newspaper group to Joy Fox. Howell will remain Beacon Editor.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Fox-Buys-Beacon-Communications-300x225.jpg){kind=tracking}
WARWICK, RI — Longtime publisher and editor of the Warwick Beacon John Howell is selling Beacon Communications to Joy Fox, former Cranston Herald editor and 2022 Congressional Dist. 2 primary […]
![[CREDIT: ABS] From left, ABS staff: Lily Silveira, HR Coordinator; John Papa – Production Print Specialist; David Aulisio – VP of BusinessDevelopmet and Jen Thomson, VP of Sales and Marketing, the first ABS woman VP.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Thompson-First-Woman-ABS-VP-2-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Automated Business Solutions President Michael Ardry has named Jen Thomson of Warwick Vice President of Sales and Marketing, its first woman ABS VP. Thomson, who began her […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RI-State-House-300x225.jpg)
STATE HOUSE — The House of Representatives has passed legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr. on behalf of the Department of Business Regulation that would codifying pet insurance […]
![[CREDIT: Roberta Canestrari] First-grader (now second grader) Conor Gill runs during the 2023 Warwick Neck Color-a-thon. Second grade teacher Kirstin Silvia is visible behind him.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Warwick-Neck-Color-a-thon-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Neck Color-A-Thon fundraising event returns Saturday, May 11, and you can still contribute to the color-strewn run celebrating donations from local businesses to the elementary […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Tourism Dept.] Warwick held the City Hall Plaza groundbreaking ceremony at City Hall Thursday morning, for what will be the Greenwood Credit Union Plaza. Mayor Picozzi, Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and representatives from Greenwood Credit Union](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/City-Hall-Plaza-Groundbreaking-1-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — The City of Warwick gathered state and local officials behind Warwick City Hall Thursday for the Greenwood Credit Union City Hall Plaza groundbreaking ceremony. Located directly behind City Hall, […]
WARWICK, RI — Monday, the Warwick City Council continues work on a resolution preserving Barton Farm’s 65.88 acres at 1351 Centerville Road as a public trust and considers a support […]
![[CREDIT:openstreetmap.org/copyright] A map showing the dam at Johnson's Pond, also known as Flat River Reservoir, in Coventry, RI.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Johnsons-Pond-management-dispute-140x140.jpg)
COVENTRY, RI — A U.S. Court judge has dismissed Soscia Holdings, LLC’s motion to prevent Johnson’s Pond enforcement of historic water levels by RI Department of Environmental Management officials. The […]
![[CREDIT: WPD] Warwick Police warn about Citizens Bank scammers posing on the phone as the bank.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Citizens-Bank-Scammers-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — On the heels of arresting a pair of grandparent scammers, Warwick Police hope to curb a new Citizens Bank scam in which thieves clone the bank’s phone […]
![[CREDIT: Kent Hospital] Stephen Hendriksen has been named Medical Director of the Wound Care Center and Hyperbaric Medicine at Kent Hospital.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Stephen-Hendriksen-Kent-Hospital-Wound-Center-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Dr. Stephen Hendriksen, has been appointed Medical Director of the Wound Care Center and Hyperbaric Medicine at Kent Hospital. Hendrickson brings vast knowledge, expertise, and great enthusiasm […]
![[Downdetector] DownDetector.com reported peak Facebook, Instagram outages between 10 a.m. and noon. Some lingered by 2 p.m. with reports of glitches in the service.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Facebook-Instagram-Outages-Resolving-300x225.png)
RHODE ISLAND — After an apparent brief Facebook outage in some areas of Rhode Island, nationwide and globally Tuesday, Meta’s social media services, including Instagram, were reportedly back, but not […]
![[CREDIT: Care New England] Pictured here, Warwick Leap Day Baby Sidney Lee Bilunas, shortly after arriving on-time, with parents, from left, Jessica Cullen, and Brian Bilunas.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Warwick-Leap-Day-Baby-Sidney-Lee-Bilunas--300x225.jpeg)
WARWICK, RI — In 2028, Warwick Leap Day Baby Sidney Lee Bilunas celebrates her second calendar birthday, a quirky perk of starting life on a punctual note. Sidney Lee was […]
![[CREDIT: BASF] A map of Pawtuxet River sediment testing that will determine additional presence of olychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in sediments along the banks.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Pawtuxet-Testing-Plan-300x225.jpg)
Editor’s note: The following information was provided by the Legislative Press and Public Information Bureau. STATE HOUSE — There are PCBs and VOCs in Pawtuxet River sediment thanks to the […]
![[CREDIT: Colleen Haxton Liquors] A Colleen Haxton Liquors lottery winner is $150,000 richer, the RI Lottery reports.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Colleen-Haxton-Liquors-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — The week has shaped up fortuitously for one lucky Colleen Haxton Liquors lottery winner who bought a $150,000 Powerball® Power Play® ticket at the 1325 Post Rd. […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick City Annex, or Sawtooth Building, at 65 Centerville Road, Warwick.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sawtooth-Building-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Tonight, 6 p.m. at the Sawtooth Annex, the Warwick Planning Board considers a Wharf Road boat workshop, a Knight Street solar array, and starts the Warwick comprehensive […]
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] Elmwood Realty and its manager, Jeffrey Butler with offices at 2077 Elmwood Ave., have been sued by the RIACLU, claiming the landlord filed retaliatory evictions.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Elmwood-Realty-LLC-2077-Elmwood-Ave-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Jeffrey Butler, Warwick property management businessman and landlord, sued by the the R.I. Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union of RI, has agreed to drop […]
Citizens Band has opened its 7th annual Small Business Community Champion Award Contest, giving 30 businesses in 15 states, including RI, a chance to win $10,000. The contest recognizes positive […]
WARWICK, RI — Flight attendants for Breeze Airways, with its home base at TF Green Airport, are attempting to unionize with the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), as the airline […]
STATE HOUSE — State Rep. Evan P. Shanley (D-Dist. 24, Warwick, East Greenwich), has introduced a bill establishing a voluntary state retirement savings plan with deductions from Rhode Islanders’ paychecks […]
![[CREDIT: RI WINS] RI WINS, a program matching the skills and passions of people with disabilities to local business needs, reports early successes.From left, Michael enlisted his tech talent at CareLink, and Tramell focused on his love of sneakers in the retail store at Salvation Army as a bell ringer.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RI-Wins-RIDDC-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI – It’s been a year since grant program RI Workforce Investment and New Solutions (RI WINS) started matching the skills, interests and talents of individuals with disabilities to […]
CORRECTION: The headline for this article has been corrected to report Breeze Airways offering direct flights, not non-stop. WARWICK, RI — Breeze Airways will offer a direct/Breeze-thru seasonal Providence -San […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Low-interest flooding disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to Rhode Island businesses and residents following a Presidential disaster declaration due to severe […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Sue Babin, RIDDC Special Projects Coordinator and chair of Shop RI, reported a big turnout for the 2022 Shop RI Small Business Saturday expo Nov. 26.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Shop-RI-Small-Business-Saturday-6-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — On Jan. 9, the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council (RIDDC) begins its fifth year providing people with disabilities the resources to be self-reliant business owners and […]
