Gaspee Days 5K 2024: Results, Photos
By: Rob Borkowski on June 10, 2024 in Good Times, News to You
CRANSTON, RI — The 59th annual Gaspee Days 5K enjoyed clear weather in the mid 70s, as members of the 1,741-strong field crossed the finish line at Rhodes on the […]
Gaspee Days: Celebrating Freedom’s First Blow
By: Rob Borkowski on June 8, 2023 in Uncategorized
WARWICK, RI — Not long after the 1772 burning of the HMS Gaspee by a daring band of Rhode Islanders, newspaper accounts of the deed reached Col. George Washington at Mount Vernon, […]
Gaspee Search Renewed by RI Marine Archaeology Project
By: Warwick Post Staff on May 11, 2022 in Good Times, News to You
WARWICK, RI — Local and international officials marked the 250th anniversary of the burning of the HMS Gaspee May 10 at Aspray Boat House in Pawtuxet Village with news that […]
Your Guide to Gaspee Days 2018: America’s ‘First Blow for Freedom’
By: Rob Borkowski on June 8, 2018 in Good Times
Celebrate RI’s lead role in the Revolutionary War Gaspee Days weekend honoring the 1772 burning of the HMS Gaspee starting with a 5K and parade Saturday.
Video: Gaspee Day Parade 2017 Highlights
By: Rob Borkowski on June 18, 2017 in Good Times
On Saturday, June 10, Warwick celebrated “The First Blow for Freedom,” the 1772 burning of the HMS Gaspee by a rebellious band of Rhode Islanders, commemorated every year with Gaspee Day events, including the Gaspee Day Parade.
Neighbor Alerts WPD to Wheel Thief
By: Rob Borkowski on June 16, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
An Gaspee neighborhood woman spotted a suspicious man moving back and forth between her neighbor’s car and another parked on Ann Mary Browne Drive at 3:50 a.m. Wednesday morning,
Gaspee Days Parade 2016: Patriotic, Full of Frolic
By: Beth Hurd on June 11, 2016 in Good Times
One unintended consequence of the recent state-wide tourism debacle was to shed a spotlight on a local annual celebration known to almost all natives of Rhode Island: the annual Gaspee Days Parade, held on Saturday, June 11.
Gaspee Days 5K 2016: Sights of the Times
By: Rob Borkowski on in Good Times
Warwick, RI — The 51st Gaspee Days 5K is in the books, with fair weather and an ever-enthusiastic field of runners, including race men’s and women’s division winners 24-year-olds Jacob Sienko of […]
Need to Know Basics: Trash Delay, Light Snow on the Way
By: Rob Borkowski on November 13, 2014 in Good Times, News to You
Warwick, RI – White stuff falls from the sky but probably won’t do much else, a documentary about the search for the Gaspee premieres and trash collection is pushed back […]
Gaspee Days Parade 2014: Video Highlights
By: Rob Borkowski on June 16, 2014 in Good Times, News to You
Warwick Post has your answer, whether you’re hoping to glimpse some of the parade or just trying to describe it to friends: Warwick Post caught some highlights from the percussive spectacle and we’re sharing them with you.
Gaspee Days Parade 2014: Sights and Sounds
By: Rob Borkowski on June 14, 2014 in Good Times, News to You, Uncategorized
The 49th Annual Gaspee Days Parade started with a bang, and kept up the percussive momentum as a string of spectacles marched past throngs along Narragansett Parkway Saturday morning.
Found Online: Scenes from Warwick
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on June 2, 2014 in Good Times
See the photos of Warwick that people are posting online.