RI Weekend: 12 Great Events Around Warwick
![[CREDIT: Goddard Park] Among the RI weekend events on deck this week is the Goddard Park Farmer's market.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Goddard-Park-Famers-Market-RI-Weekend-events-140x140.jpg)
While the weather hasn’t been great lately, things are certainly looking up for RI weekend events, chock-full of great things to do in and around the city. Before making your […]
Good Times
![[CREDIT: Mary Carlos] George Nippo with his wife, Loida Minchez and their twin daughters, Mina and Raquel, 2, while watching Warwick's 2014 Fourth of July fireworks from the Warwick City Park beach. Fireworks in Rhode Island are back on the calendar as vaccinations make crowds a safer prospect.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/firworks7-140x140.jpg)
Fireworks in Rhode Island: Fourth of July 2021
Editor’s note: This article has been updated with a weather-related scheduling change for fireworks in Warwick, from Saturday to Sunday. WARWICK, R.I. — Fireworks in Rhode Island are back in […]
![[CREDIT: Girl Scouts] There's a Girl Scout cookie surplus, and the Girl Scouts aim to put the extra cookies to good use.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Warwick-Girl-Scout-Cookie-Sale-surplus-2-140x140.png)
GSA Encourages Girl Scout Cookie Surplus Donations
WARWICK, RI — The pandemic disrupted many fundraising efforts, including Girl Scout Cookie sales last year, so the organization is asking the public’s help putting their cookie surplus to good […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Kevin McCarthy and his daughter, Asliyna Sollitto,6, watch the 2021 Gaspee Day Parade Saturday, June 12.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Gaspee-Day-Parade-2021-6-140x140.jpg)
Gaspee Days Parade: Returned
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Linc Smith] Emily McGuire packs the cereal from the Second Cereal Challenge for Westbay Marketplace.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Cereal-Challenge-5-5-31-21-140x140.jpg)
Cereal Challenge Collects 628 Boxes for West Bay Marketplace
WARWICK, RI — West Bay Marketplace in Warwick, the third largest food pantry in RI, received 628 boxes of cereal thanks to The Lakewood Baptist Church 2nd Cereal Challenge organized […]
![[CREDIT: Nelson Team] From left, Jamie and Jackie Nelson at the 2016 Coventry Relay for Life, at Coventry High School.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Jamie-and-Jackie-Nelson-Coventry-Relay-For-Life-2016-2-140x140.jpg)
Relay for Life: Concert, Food, Fundraising Saturday
WARWICK, RI — The Relay for Life is back Saturday, 4-9 p.m., with a Charlie Marie concert and a Coventry Greenway route capped by burger and ice cream vendors on […]
![[CREDIT: Lincoln Smith] Gorton Pond at sunset on May 25, 2021.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Gorton-Pond-Sunset-5-25-21-140x140.jpg)
Smith Presents: Gorton Pond Sunset
WARWICK, RI — Local photo Lincoln Smith took this photo of Gorton Pond during sunset May 25. Smith, a Warwick native and member at the Lakewood Baptist Church, 255 Atlantic […]
![[CREDIT: DEM] East Matunuck State Beach, Narragansett. DEM says there will be many RI Beaches Open Memorial Day weekend.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/RI-State-Beaches-opening-Memorial-Day-Weekend-140x140.jpg)
RI Beaches Opening Memorial Day Weekend
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island beaches will open Saturday to early showers clearing to a pleasant 75 degrees, and DEM wants you to know you can buy beach passes for parking […]
![[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.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Gaspee_parade-2016_03-140x140.jpg)
Gaspee Days Parade is Back: Fundraising Goal Met
Note: The parade is a rain or shine Parade. Only in extreme weather circumstances will the Parade be canceled. In the event the Parade is canceled, an announcement will be placed on the Gaspee Phone Line: […]
Charlie Marie Headlines June 5 Relay for Life
COVENTRY, RI — You can read about country singer Charlie Marie in Rolling Stone, catch her latest album, Ramble On, or hear the RI native sing outside United Methodist Church […]
![[CREDIT: RI DEM] State beach passes are available online.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DEM-RI-Beach-Passes-140x140.jpg)
RI Beach Passes Available Online
PROVIDENCE – Season RI beach passes and gift certificates are available for purchase on the state’s website for resident, non-resident, or senior season beach passes and daily flex passes for […]
![[CREDIT: RAMP] Tina Pedersen, founder, president, and CEO of RAMP, which shows businesses how to affordably accommodate those with disabilities.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Pedersen-2-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
