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![[CREDIT: Mark Turek] From left, Horne and West in Trinity Repertory Company’s season closer, “Blues for an Alabama Sky.”](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Trinity-Rep-Blues-for-an-Alabama-Sky-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Warning: this review contains spoilers about key plot developments. PROVIDENCE, RI —Trinity Repertory Company’s season closer, “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” is an exceptionally well-mounted production. The performances are all […]
![[CREDIT: Natalie Ferland] Lisa Tomasso Senior Vice President at Hospital Association of Rhode Island, urged councilors to support a General Assembly bill that would curb prescription drug costs. The Council also heard from a number of yellow-clad gun rights advocates urging the council to weigh in opposing an assault weapons ban before the General Assembly.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Council-assault-weapons-tax-plan-2-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The 25 vocally disgusted gun rights advocates at Monday’s City Council meeting emptied Council Chambers after councilors failed to condemn an assault weapons ban, missing a reconsideration […]
![[Credit: WP Composite] This week’s Warwick Weekend Events include Gaspee Days symphony and fireworks, a softball tournament, farmers markets, and dinos.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Warwick-Weekend-events-06-06-25-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] L-R: Mayor Picozzi,Jason Norton, SVP, Altumint, WPD Maj. Andrew Sullivan and WPD Dep. Chief Lima announce the city's new red light cameras program.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Warwick-Red-Light-Cameras-Launch-06-04-25-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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![[Credit: WP Composite] This week's Coventry Community Events in Coventry, RI include a fundraiser car wash, children's craft day, the annual Family Fishing Derby, and a farmers market.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Coventry-Community-Events-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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![[CREDIT:FDA] RIDOH reports a ground beef recall for Organic Rancher 1 lb. packages distributed to Whole Foods nationally.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Ground-Beef-Recall-Organic-Rancher-1-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns a ground beef recall has been issued for Organic Rancher 1 lb. packages shipped to Whole Foods Market locations […]
![[CREDIT: Cat Laine] From Gamm Theatre's 'Angels in America,' From left: Rodney Witherspoon II (Belize) and Haas Regen (Prior Walter) during a touching moment.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Angels-In-America-Gamm-9-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — To celebrate its 40th anniversary season, the Gamm Theatre is presenting Tony Kushner’s Tony Award-winning “Angels in America,” Part One – Millennium Approaches, delivering divine storytelling on […]
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] A map showing the location of the press conference announcing the city's red light cameras program, where one of the cameras will be installed.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/WPD-Warwick-Red-Light-Cameras-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
UDDATE: The WPD and Mayor held a press conference Wednesday detailing the program, ticketing system and clarifying the number and type of cameras in the city and when they’re expected […]
![[CREDIT: Vanessa Baker] House Speaker Joe Shekarchi (D- Dist. 23, Warwick) signs the Casino smoking ban bill March 20 at the State House.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Shekarchi-Casino-Smoking-Ban-Bill-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
STATE HOUSE — A week after members of Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (C.E.A.S.E. RI) and unions rallied in the State Capitol backing a casino smoking ban, the bill remains […]
![[Credit: WP Composite] This week's Coventry Community Events in Coventry, RI include karaoke, a fishing tournament, a farmers market, and goats.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Coventry-community-events-CP-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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![[Credit: WP Composite] This week's Warwick Weekend Events include a duck race, farmers markets, a concert, and dinos.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Warwick-weekend-CP-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A list of Warwick Teachers Union related reductions proposed to help meet the Warwick Schools FY26 deficit, including teacher layoffs.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Warwick-Schools-FY26-Budget-WTU-reductions-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The School Committee approved 15 teacher layoffs Tuesday on a 4-1 vote, which still leaves the district with a $1.9 million FY26 deficit. The district’s FY26 budget […]
![[CREDIT: Rhonda Lapham] From left, Lapham's mother, who was one of her natural mentors and Lapham herself.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/BBBS-Lapham-Mother-Natural-Mentors-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
RHONDA LAPHAM Market President, iHeartMedia Providence & Board Member, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island May is a time of change and growth. Students are wrapping up the school […]
![[CREDIT: Lincoln Smith] The Avenue of Flags at Pawtuxet Memorial Park.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Memorial-Day-Pawtuxet-Park-2-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Today is Memorial Day, the federal holiday honoring those who died in service to the country, with the Warwick Memorial Day service starting at 10 a.m. at […]
![[CREDIT: RI Sec. of State] A timeline for Coventry Town Council Candidates to declare and file nomination papers for the Dist. 3 and Dist. 5 Special Elections Aug. 8.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Town-Council-Candidates-Declare-May-29-30-250x228.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — Coventry Town Council candidates for the Dist. 3 and Dist. 5 special elections Aug. 5 must declare May 29-30, Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore announced this […]
![[CREDIT: Courtesy Photo] Members of Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (C.E.A.S.E. RI) and several unions rallied in the State Capitol May 20 supporting a casino smoking ban bill, which has the support of House Speaker Joe Shekarchi.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Casino-Smoking-Ban-Bill-State-House-Rally-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
STATE HOUSE — Members of Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (C.E.A.S.E. RI) and several unions rallied in the State Capitol rotunda May 20 supporting a casino smoking ban bill, protecting […]
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] The Warwick City Council approved Mayor Frank Picozzi's $380M FY26 budget Thursday, with a few changes that did not affect additional school funds, the bottom line or estimated tax rates.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FY26-Budget-Council-Schools-Funding-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council voted 8-1 approving Mayor Frank Picozzi’s $380M FY26 budget, with some amendments moving funds from line items into the paving budget, without altering […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RI-State-House.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
STATE HOUSE — Tuesday, the RI House approved legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr. (D-Dist. 22, Warwick) allowing public utilities to purchase clean, safe nuclear power, at a […]
![[Credit: WP Composite] This week's Warwick Weekend Events include an arts and crafts festival, fundraiser car wash, fundraiser car show, and dinos.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Warwick-Weekend-Events-May-20-2025-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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![[CREDIT: Rob Borklowski] Warwick City Hall on Post Road. The Warwick City Council's first meeting adjusts rules on meeting agendas, moving public comment one item later, and preserves a rule cited in a First Amendment Lawsuit against the Council.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Warwick-City-Hall-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Hours after Warwick Teachers protested outside Warwick City Hall urging officials to increase the Warwick Schools budget, Mayor Frank Picozzi increased school funding to $2.1 million. The […]
COVENTRY, RI — Not long after Suzy Quattrocchi and Town Council members cut the ribbon at Suzy Q’s Summit General, 25 Old Summit Road, more than 100 hungry people from […]
![[CREDIT: WP Composite] This week's Warwick Weekend Events include the Gaspee Days kickoff, pollinator expo, ping pong and a charity car wash.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Warwick-Weekend-Events-May-16-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police took a knife-wielding man, 64, threatening his neighbors with a knife at 23 Cedar Pond Drive into custody peacefully Thursday night, transferring him to Warwick […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] At right, Acting Superintendent William McCaffrey addresses City Councilman Bill Muto.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Warwick-Schools-FY26-Budget-1-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick School officials reviewed recent progress righting their FY26 budget at a special City Council meeting Wednesday, reiterating the need for $144,994,755 in school funds requested in […]
![[CREDIT: Mayor Picozzi's Office] Warwick Police Chief Col. Brad Connor speaks following his swearing in as the RI Police Chiefs Association President.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/WPD-Chief-Connor-RI-Police-Chiefs-Association-president-2.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — WPD Chief Brad Connor will retire June 29 after 27 years with the Warwick Police Department, Mayor Frank Picozzi announced on his Facebook page today. Remarking that […]
STATE HOUSE — State Senators passed Sen. Mark McKenney‘s (D-Dist. 30, Warwick) Freedom to Read Act Tuesday protecting libraries and patrons from partisan & doctrinal book-banning efforts and affirm the […]
![[WP Composite] From left, Acting Superintendent William McCaffrey and retired Superintendent Lynn Dambruch.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/McCaffrey-Acting-Dambruch-Retires-05-13-25-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI – The School Committee accepted the notice of retirement from Superintendent Lynn Dambruch and named William McCaffrey as Acting Superintendent unanimously Tuesday. Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan, David Testa, […]
Editor’s note: The May 14 Warwick Schools Budget Commission meeting referenced in this article has been cancelled due to members’ scheduling conflicts. WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Schools Budget is […]
![[CREDIT: RI State House] Sen. Peter A. Appollonio Jr. (D-Dist. 29, Warwick)'s bill authorizes the DOH director to approve back-logged license applications.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RI-Sen.-Peter-appollonio-1-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
STATE HOUSE — The Senate today approved legislation introduced by Sen. Peter A. Appollonio Jr. (D-Dist. 29, Warwick) to address the state’s medical licensing backlog, authorizing the Department of Health […]
![[CREDIT: MHARI] From left, Senate Finance Chairman Louis P. DiPalma and House Environment and Natural Resources Chairman David A. Bennett following the presentation of the Mental Health Association of Rhode Island’s Legislator of the Year awards.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Bennett-DiPalma-Mental-Health-Awareness-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
STATE HOUSE — The Mental Health Association of Rhode Island (MHARI) honored House Environment and Natural Resources Chairman David A. Bennett and Senate Finance Chairman Louis P. DiPalma as the […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Lynn Dambruch, director of elementary education, was appointed interim secondary education director duties Jan. 23. She was named assistant superintendent March 3.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Dambruch-School-Committee-Jan-23-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Schools Superintendent Lynn Dambruch, on personal leave since mid-March, is retiring, hinted at in the May 13 Warwick School Committee’s executive session agenda. The executive session […]
PROVIDENCE, RI– Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is urging state leadership to increase RI Medicaid reimbursement after Providence Community Health Centers announced it will lay off 10 percent of its […]
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![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick Schools Budget Commission after its Wednesday afternoon meeting at the Sawtooth Building. Pictured, from top left to bottom, Ernest Almonte, David Champagne, Angela P. Murray and Sherri Kuntze.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Warwick-School-Budget-Commission-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Schools Budget Commission wrapped its review of School Department purchasing Wednesday night, hours before Mayor Frank Picozzi sent his proposed $380M FY26 budget, with $194M […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] City Councilman Bill Muto says he's a maybe on a June 2 food truck bid vote.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Muto-Sawtooth-Budget-Commission-Meet-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick City Councilman Bill Muto, recently recovered from food poisoning, says his vote on the Food Truck Bid June 2 is a ‘maybe,’ pending changes to how […]
WARWICK, RI — Monday, Warwick City Councilors and local food truck owners debated the City’s new approach to assigning mobile concession vendors, then held a food truck bid award to […]
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![[CREDIT: ABLTC Foundation] The ABLTC Silent Auction will be held May 8 at May 8, 5:30 to 10:00 p.m. at the Warwick Country Club, 394 Narragansett Bay Ave., Warwick, RI.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ABLTC-Silent-Auction-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Alliance for Better Long Term Care Foundation – ABLTC Silent Auction will be held May 8, from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at the Warwick Country Club, […]
![[CREDIT: Town of Coventry] The Coventry Town Council discusses expanding access to full town solicitor invoices to the entire council and alerting the council when departments exceed budgets by 5 percent.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Coventry-Town-Council-April-21-Solicitor-Invoices-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
COVENTRY, RI — The Coventry Town Council voted April 22 to expand access to town solicitor invoices to the entire council and to mandate a review when departments threaten to […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council approved seeking a $50 million new high schools bond last week supplementing the $350 million bond for the project. Council asks for New […]
