Apponaug Winter Festival Bundles Warmth & Fun
By: Rob Borkowski on December 9, 2024 in Good Times, News to You
WARWICK, RI — A wintry chill necessitated hats and blankets for 2024’s Rolling, Strolling Apponaug Winter Festival as crowds enjoyed food, music, vendors, kids crafts and parade capped by a […]
‘Epic’ Apponaug Winter Festival Boasts Fun, Food, Parade
By: Rob Borkowski on December 7, 2023 in Good Times, News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Tourism Department’s Rolling, Strolling Apponaug Winter Festival Saturday culminates a year of planning with an “epic” day of food trucks, carriage rides, balloon art, face […]
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.
Memorial Day Parade 2015: Families & Flips, Bands & Brothers
By: Rob Borkowski on May 25, 2015 in Good Times, News to You
Families lined Warwick Avenue and West Shore Road Monday morning to see a community-spanning collection of visual and musical treats in the city’s Memorial Day Parade.
Mayor, Gaspee Days Celebrate 50th Birthdays
By: Rob Borkowski on January 21, 2015 in News to You
Friends of Mayor Scott Avedisian, who helped celebrate his 50th birthday and Gaspee Days’ 50th anniversary at One Rhodes Plaza, Cranston Tuesday night, are eager to tell you the relationship between man and event date back at least 36 years.
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.