![[CREDIT: CDC] An image of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The pandemic caused by the virus continues as children return to school this week. About 14 school COVID-19 test sites have been set up to track infections.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/COVID-19-CDC-Image-140x140.jpg)
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Providence College are responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 among about 120 off-campus students near the school. The cases were […]
![[CREDIT: U.S. Senate] CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told U.S. Sen Jack Reed (D-RI) that facemasks are more effective at preventing COVID-19 infection than a vaccine would be.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CDC-Director-Redfield-COVID-19-Senate-Facemasks-140x140.png)
WASHINGTON, DC – Wednesday, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) before a key Senate panel that face masks may provide more protection from COVID-19 than […]
![[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://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Warwick-School-Committee-Zoom-Sept.-15-2020-140x140.jpg)
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. […]
PROVIDENCE — Many kids are back to school in-person as the COVID-19 pandemic continues without a vaccine, so the RI Department of Health has established 14 COVID-19 test sites to […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Councilwoman Donna Travis speaks during Warwick's annual Sept. 11 observance memorial ceremony in 2019.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sept.-11-Ceremony-2019-7-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — This year’s Sept. 11 observance will be an online replay of last year’s event, local officials announced Wednesday. Rep. Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson (D-Dist. 21, Warwick) and Rep. […]
![[CREDIT: YouTube] The Warwick School Committee approved fall athletics and a $56M school repair bond during their remote Sept. 8 meeting,](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Warwick-School-Committee-Sept.-8-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] From left, poll workers Julie Thurston and Marge Ovalles wait for the next round of voters to pass through Pilgrim Senior Center during the 2020 statewide primary Sept. 8.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Warwick-Voting-Primary-2020-4-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Tables, voting booths and lines were socially distanced among masked voters using stylus-pens to sign in and vote during the 2020 statewide primary Tuesday, but otherwise voting […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick polling places are limited to 10 for the 2020 statewide primary. Officials recommend familiar mask and distancing precautions, and offer COVID-19 Voting Tips to speed voters through the process Sept. 8.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RI-2020-primary-voting-tips-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — In-person voting for the RI 2020 primary begins tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 7 a.m., lasting till 8 p.m. at 10 polling places throughout the city, where […]
STATE HOUSE — RI House Republicans plan legislation creating COVID-19 stimulus-funded Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) for family home schooling and allow students to attend in-person learning districts with state education […]
![[CREDIT: Gov. Raimondo's Office] RI in-person learning plans are expected to take effect Sept. 14, with full in-person learning implemented by Oct. 13. Providence and Central Falls COVID-19 testing must show improvement by Oct. 13 before they return to full in-person learning.](https://4c04wc5wq0w3uloelhe44ddb-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RI-physical-learning-checklist-140x140.png)
PROVIDENCE, RI — On Monday, Gov. Gina M. Raimondo announced most Rhode Island public schools are clear to return to in-person learning Sept. 14, though not every district’s leadership is […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — After telegraphing it for weeks, Gov. Gina Raimondo sided with business over children in declaring today that all school districts can resume some level of in-person classes […]
STATE HOUSE — Rep. Camille F.J. Vella-Wilkinson (D-Dist. 21, Warwick) has introduced legislation that would permit Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous to hold meetings during a declared disaster emergency. The bill […]
