Red Cross, WFD, Aid Family After Kilvert Street Fire
By: Rob Borkowski on May 29, 2025 in Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — The American Red Cross is helping a family of four adults after a 157 Kilvert Street fire in the building’s basement, quickly extinquished by Warwick firefighters. The […]
Red Cross Makes Urgent Ask for Hurricane Volunteers
By: Rob Borkowski on October 9, 2024 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Peter Prowe of Pawtuxet Village, a Red Cross volunteer, is home from aiding Hurricane Helene relief in Florida, where more hurricane volunteers are needed to aid people […]
Red Cross: Fourth of July Safety Tips
By: Rob Borkowski on July 2, 2024 in Good Times, News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — The American Red Cross offers some Fourth of July safety tips with the holiday just days away, to help keep you, friends and family, safe during the […]
Red Cross Aids Two Families After Francis Street Fire
By: Rob Borkowski on March 23, 2024 in News to You, Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI —The American Red Cross in Rhode Island is helping two families – two adults and three children – after a Francis Street fire early Friday. According to Warwick […]
RI Henri Power Outages May Last Till Wednesday
By: Warwick Post Staff on August 23, 2021 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Tropical Storm Henri may not have been a hurricane after all, but it powerful gusts have still left thousands across RI without power, including 869 in Warwick […]
Extreme Cold: Personal, Home Preparedness Tips
By: Rob Borkowski on January 30, 2021 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — Another day of deep chill’s in store for Rhode Island, with Saturday’s temperature 14 degrees and a wind chill feel of -10 degrees at 10 a.m., raising […]
Red Cross, NHSTA Offer Back to School Safety Tips
By: Rob Borkowski on August 27, 2019 in Schools
The school year begins in just a matter of days, which means its time for many to start taking student and school safety into account again, and for some to […]
Woman Escapes Elm Brook Drive House Fire, Alerted by Passer-by
By: Rob Borkowski on April 19, 2016 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
A passer-by drawn to a fire at 64 Elmbrook Drive after hearing an explosion at about 2:30 p.m. Monday alerted a woman inside the home in time for her to escape the blaze that gutted the building.
WFD Puts Out House Fire at 155 Greeley Ave.
By: Rob Borkowski on December 28, 2015 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Firefighters responded to 155 Greeley Ave. at about 5:30 p.m. for a fire in the basement, bringing it under control by 6 p.m. and out by about 6:30 p.m.
Warming Centers Open, Officials Offer Tips on Staying Warm
By: Rob Borkowski on January 8, 2015 in House & Home, News to You
Warwick, RI – As temperatures promised to stay well below freezing for the second day of a cold snap in Rhode Island and southern New England, warming centers opened in […]