Picozzi Showcases Conimicut Point Swimmer Alert System
By: Rob Borkowski on July 24, 2023 in News to You, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — A new Conimicut Point swimmer alert will soon be operating to warn the public away from the hazardous swimming area near the sandbar that has claimed the […]
Conimicut Point Beach Closed for Swimming, Briar Point Reopens
By: Rob Borkowski on July 13, 2023 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has advised closing Conimicut Point Beach to swimming due to high bacteria levels, the third such closure at the beach […]
DEM Reopens Upper Narragansett Bay Shellfishing
By: Rob Borkowski on September 22, 2022 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI —The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has reopened most of the upper Narragansett Bay shellfish Area A closed after a sewage spill on Lake Shore Drive Sept. 12. […]
Conimicut Point Drowning Hazard Signs Installed
By: Rob Borkowski on July 8, 2021 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Three weeks after an 11-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man lost their lives battling the currents off Conimicut Point, Warwick has posted signs that’ll warn the […]
Girl, Rescuer Recovered Unresponsive at Conimicut Point
By: Rob Borkowski on June 22, 2021 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
UPDATE: The man who lost his life attempting to rescue the girl has been identified by Mayor Picozzi’s office as Valentin Cardona Sanchez, 35, of Central Falls. The girl has […]
Court Scofflaw Found At Conimicut Point Beach
By: Rob Borkowski on August 10, 2020 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — Officer Oliver Pinheiro was checking Conimicut Point beach July 23 at 12:47 a.m. to close it for the night when he discovered a trio of women on […]
Conimicut Point: Saturday Sunrise
By: Rob Borkowski on February 4, 2019 in Good Times
WARWICK, RI — Local photog Lincoln Smith was up at dawn Saturday, and he’s got the proof, and stunning proof at that. “It was 11 degrees when I took this […]
DEM Investigates Death of Woman Injured on Boat Off Conimicut Point
By: Rob Borkowski on August 1, 2017 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management reports a North Providence woman injured on a private boat off Conimicut Point Sunday has died as the agency continues […]
Sunset at Conimicut Tuesday
By: Rob Borkowski on August 10, 2016 in Good Times
Once you’ve seen one sunset, you have definitely not see them all.
Featured Home: Double Billing on Shawomet Avenue
By: Rob Borkowski on March 27, 2016 in House & Home
The featured home is provided each week by the Matt Patty Team with Keller Williams. To receive a free, instant home valuation of your property check out ridreamhome.smarthomeprice.com. Warwick, R.I — […]
Super Moon Over Conimicut
By: Rob Borkowski on September 2, 2015 in Good Times
Monday gifted stargazers with the first “supermoon” of 2015 — a full moon near its closest point to Earth for the month, as explained by earthsky.org — and local photog Lincoln Smith has photos of the event.
Conimicut Point Concert Series Ends on High Note
By: Rob Borkowski on August 28, 2015 in Good Times
Revellers enjoyed the final City of Warwick summer concert series at Conimicut Point Wednesday, Aug. 26 as Bayside Beat brought its classic rock sound.
Sunset Shot: Conimicut Point, Aug. 7, 2015
By: Rob Borkowski on August 11, 2015 in Good Times
Conimicut Point is a lovely setting for watching sunsets, but if you couldn’t make it out there to watch the sun go down Aug. 7, there’s no need to worry – local photog Lincoln Smith was there to catch if for you on camera.
Conimicut Point Twilight
By: Rob Borkowski on July 30, 2015 in Good Times
Not long after southern RI’s threat of a tornado passed Tuesday, local photographer Lincoln Smith captured this stunning shot of twilight colors during sunset at Conimicut Point.
February Vistas at Conimicut Point
By: Rob Borkowski on February 25, 2015 in News to You
Warwick, RI – This week’s photographic essay of Warwick focuses on Conimicut Point in late February, coated in a blanket of snow. Local photographer Lincoln Smith submitted this gallery after […]
Conimicut Point Sunset
By: Rob Borkowski on January 20, 2015 in Good Times, News to You
Winter holds more than cold weather, brown lawns and freezing precipitation, if you know where to look, and when.
Beach Bacteria Levels Remain High, Monitoring Rates Low
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on June 27, 2014 in News to You
Conimicut, Oakland Beach, and Goddard Memorial State Park were ordered closed by the Health Department this week.
Conimicut Point Beach Closed, High Bacteria Count
By: Rob Borkowski on June 19, 2014 in News to You, Uncategorized
Warwick, RI – The RI Department of Health has closed Conimicut Point Beach and King Park Beach in Newport due to a high bacteria count.