RI Authors Report A Successful Expo at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet
By: Rob Borkowski on December 4, 2016 in Good Times
CRANSTON, R.I. — About 130 RI writers spent what many reported was a fun and successful day putting themselves and their work in front of an eager public Saturday at Rhodes […]
RI Trooper Log: DUI Arrest in Warwick; Drivers Wanted in West Warwick, Cranston
By: Rob Borkowski on November 26, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI – This week’s Rhode Island State Police activity in and nearby Warwick involved an arrest for DUI reckless driving stemming from a crash on Rte. 95 in Warwick, as well as traffic stops catching people wanted on warrants from the West Warwick, Coventry and Cranston Police Departments.
Fifth Man Indicted in August 2015 Murder of Kerry Mello
By: Rob Borkowski on July 21, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Louis Geremia, 62, of 36 Stone Ave., Warwick, has been indicted in the in the murder and dismemberment of Kerry Mello of Cranston in August 2015, the fifth man charged in the crime.
Cranston Police Arrest Two Warwick Suspects in Car Break-in Spree
By: Rob Borkowski on May 12, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
On Wednesday, Cranston Police arrested two Warwick men suspected of breaking into several cars in that city, thanks to an alert neighbor who spotted them skulking around parked cars near the corner of Curtis and Cranston Streets at about 4 a.m.
Ukulele Wanderer Adventures in Apponaug
By: Rob Borkowski on April 12, 2016 in Good Times, News to You
You don’t see a guy wandering through Apponaug with a ukulele every day, but that’s what Elija Hernandez was doing Monday afternoon on Post Road headed toward East Greenwich on Post Road.
Warwick’s Stenhouse Resigns Cranston Senior Center Director Post After Staged Press Conference
By: Rob Borkowski on January 14, 2016 in News to You
Sue Stenhouse, a Warwick Planning Board Member and former Warwick City Councilor, has resigned as executive director of Cranston’s Senior Enrichment Center after NBC10 reported that a senior center bus driver masqueraded as a female senior citizen during her evidently staged press conference.
RIDOT Hires D’Ambra Construction to Repave All of Rte. 37
By: Rob Borkowski on July 15, 2015 in Business, News to You
Warwick, RI – The RI Department of Transportation has announced it has awarded a $5.9 million contract to D’Ambra Construction of Warwick to resurface the entire length of Rte. 37 […]
CarMax Dealership Coming to Warwick-Cranston Line
By: Rob Borkowski on August 15, 2014 in Uncategorized
Warwick, RI – The lot at 203 Bald Hill Road, once home to a series of ill-fated retailers including Building 19, Syms discount clothing, Zayre’s Department Store and Child World, will soon sport a CarMax used auto dealership.
Warwick Shopkeepers Mark Nine Years at Art & Soul
By: Rob Borkowski on July 14, 2014 in Business
Nine years ago, Susan Shapiro and Jim Carroll of Warwick opened their gift shop, Art & Soul on the city line at 2007 Broad St. in Cranston, during the Gaspee Days Parade.