Avedisian: FY18 Audit ‘Paints a Very Different Picture’ From Solomon’s Claims (UPDATED)
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on July 29, 2019 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — More than 200 days after it was originally due, the city’s audit for FY18 has been released— and former Mayor Scott Avedisian is using it to dispute […]
Avedisian: ‘The Whole Issue Is Communication’
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on July 10, 2019 in Schools
WARWICK, RI — In light of a potential lawsuit by the Warwick School Department against the city for failing to provide adequate funding for education, Warwick Post asked former Mayor […]
2018 in Review: Warwick Politics
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on December 21, 2018 in Election 2018, News to You
WARWICK, RI — The biggest splash in Warwick politics happened early in 2018 — the week before Memorial Day, in fact. Everything else was just ripples after that. When then-Mayor Scott […]
It’s Time for Warwick to Appoint School Committee, Go After Former School Admins’ Pensions
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on April 18, 2017 in All Politics Are Local, News to You, Schools
WARWICK, R.I. — It’s time for Mayor Avedisian to end his hands-off approach to the school department and show some leadership. Here are two suggestions.
Avedisian Dispatches Another Opponent, Defeats Corrente By Nearly 2-1 Margin
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on November 8, 2016 in All Politics Are Local
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Pressed to Explain Errors, Corrente Doubles Down Instead
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on October 26, 2016 in All Politics Are Local
WARWICK, R.I. — As is generally the case with such events, the recent mayoral debate between incumbent Republican Scott Avedisian and Democratic challenger Richard Corrente did little more than give […]
Warwick Water Division Rates Rise to Pay Upkeep, Deficit
By: Rob Borkowski on September 1, 2015 in News to You
Warwick Water Division rates will go up for the first time in four years on the September quarterly tax bills to fuel future infrastructure and service improvements, and take a $675,000 bite out of the utility’s $1.5 million deficit.
They Have Another Chance to Get Things Done — Will Warwick’s Officials Take It?
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on November 12, 2014 in All Politics Are Local, Schools
Warwick, RI — Going forward, maybe city officials will see the Potowomut fire station as an example of how Warwick government can work when given the opportunity.
Avedisian Leading Kirby Nearly 20-1 in Money Race
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on October 10, 2014 in All Politics Are Local
Warwick, RI — Incumbent Mayor Scott Avedisian had almost 20 times the money of his Democratic opponent in the mayor’s race, perennial challenger Jack Kirby, according to the most recently filed campaign finance reports.
RI GOP Needs to Cure Its ODD If It Expects to Win
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on March 4, 2014 in All Politics Are Local
Mayor Scott Avedisian’s stock as a political star in Rhode Island will probably rise — rather than fall — as a result of his decision not to enter the 2014 gubernatorial race. With a dwindling number of seats in the General Assembly and the still-sour taste of former Gov. Don Carcieri’s dismal record still in voters’ mouths, the Rhode Island GOP has pinned its hopes on two candidates who weren’t originally Republicans in this year’s governor’s race.