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WARWICK, RI — The City Council approved updates to language governing composition of and titles assigned to the Warwick Fire Department and approved an updated version of a General Assembly […]
Warwick City Council members meet Monday, 5 p.m. at Warwick Town Hall, 3275 Post Road Warwick, RI, in Council Chambers, starting with the body’s subcommittee meetings before starting the regular […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Warwick Veterans Middle School, 2401 W Shore Rd, Warwick, RI, is the venue for the Warwick School Committee meetings.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Warwick-Veterans-Middle-School-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick School Committee continued chipping away at its Warwick Schools deficit Thursday, cutting $401,248 for a new FY25 deficit total of $5,704,119. “We have approximately another […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] School Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan explains the School Committee already has the deficit problem fix underway.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Warwick-Schools-Budget-Commission-Vote-1-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Despite School Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan’s best efforts, the clock is ticking on Warwick Schools’ solution to its $9 million deficit before a Warwick Schools Budget Commission […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borklowski] Warwick City Hall on Post Road. The Warwick City Council's first meeting adjusts rules on meeting agendas, moving public comment one item later, and preserves a rule cited in a First Amendment Lawsuit against the Council.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Warwick-City-Hall-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council meets Wednesday, 4:45 p.m. to vote on whether to establish a Warwick Schools Budget Commission state takeover of Warwick Public Schools to remedy […]
WARWICK, RI — Councilor adopted new City Council rules governing meeting business Monday night, unanimously, adding the President’s authority to move to remove members from committees, and increasing committee memberships […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] City officials enter main ball room at Crowne Plaza for the Warwick Inauguration Jan. 8, 2025. From left, front, Kim Picozzi, her husband, Mayor Frank Picozzi, Warwick City Council President Anthony Sinapi, City Councilman Jeremy Rix, majority leader, followed by council members Willam Foley (Ward 1), Vincent Gebhart (Ward 9) Bryan Nappa (Ward 3), Sal DeLuise (Ward 4) Edgar Ladouceur (Ward 5) William Muto (Ward 6) and John Kirby (Ward 7).](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Warwick-Inauguration-01-07-25-4-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Officials gathered at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich Ave., Tuesday night for the Warwick inauguration of newly elected and re-elected leaders, celebrating Mayor Frank Picozzi’s first four-year […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick City Council] Councilman Ed Ladouceur (Ward 7) with donations for local families, ins](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/City-Council-Westbay-Community-Action-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Incoming and current Warwick City Council members partnered with West Bay Community Action, gifting winter clothes and toys to make their holidays brighter. The initiative brought together […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
![[CREDIT: Lane Italiane Campaign] Beth A. Lane Italiane, is running for Ward 6 City Council.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Lane-Italiane-Warwick-City-Council-Ward-6-race-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Beth A. Lane Italiane, an accountant who has led nonprofits and former business manager for Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, is running for Ward 6 City Council to […]
![[CREDIT: Muto Campaign] Bill Muto is running for Ward 6 City Council in 2024.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Muto-City-Council-Ward-6-race-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Bill Muto, Buttonwoods raised and Warwick Vets grad, First Vice President at Bristol County Savings Bank, aims to bring 30 years of financial experience to city government […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A voter makes his choices during the 2014 primary. The 2024 primary in Warwick advanced two School Committee incumbents and Ward 7 hopeful Stephen Mulcahey to the Nov. 5 election.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Warwick-primary-Results-voter1-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — At 10:30 p.m., with all precincts reporting, Warwick Primary Results appeared to advance two School Committee incumbents and Ward 7 hopeful Jack Kirby to the Nov. 5 […]
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] Warwick City Council Ward 7, currently represented by Council President Steve McAllister. McAllister is not running for re-election, and three Democrats are vying to be their party's nominee in the Nov. 5, 2024 election.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/warwick-ward-7-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Three Democratic candidates hope to be nominee for Ward 7 Sept. 10, who will run against two independents at the end of City Council President Stephen McAllister’s […]
![[CREDIT: Warwick Democratic City Committee] Democratic incumbent Ward 6 City Councilwoman Donna Travis is running for re-election in the Ward 6 race.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Donna-Travis-Ward-6-140x140.png?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI –Councilwoman Donna Travis will be arraigned in Third Division District Court in Warwick today on a misdemeanor charge of filing a false document in the transfer of property […]
![[CREDIT: Steve McAllister] Steve McAllister's daughter enjoys the new swingset at Arnold's Neck, part of Warwick neighborhood APRA projects.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/McAllister-Council-Update-Arnolds-Neck-Swingset.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council ratified Mayor Frank Picozzi’s agreement with the city, fire & police unions adding a paid union Juneteenth holiday to the city’s 13 holidays, […]
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] The Warwick City Council passed a $236,550,000 budget May 25, increasing Mayor Picozzi's proposed 1.48 percent tax increase to 1.97 percent.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Warwick-FY25-Budget.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council approved a $361.2 million FY25 budget 6-3 May 23, adding $1,050,000 to Mayor Frank Picozzi’s proposed budget, partly to avoid relying on projected […]
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] A Warwick Officer escorts Rob Cote from Council Chambers July 17, 2023. Councilwoman Donna Travis ordered him removed for persisting in speaking about a property dispute detailed in a Providence Journal article involving Travis.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Warwick-City-Council-ACLU-Cote-Free-Speech-1.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The ACLU of Rhode Island and frequent city critic Rob Cote have expanded the Cote free speech suit protesting Cote’s ouster from a July 17 2023 City […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council approved several bids Monday night including $115,000 for WPD garage and $136,000 for a Conimicut Point Park shade structure, using federal American Rescue […]
WARWICK, RI — Monday, the Warwick City Council continues work on a resolution preserving Barton Farm’s 65.88 acres at 1351 Centerville Road as a public trust and considers a support […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
![[CREDIT: Westbay Community Action] Westbay Farm is a 3-acre farm on the Barton Farm parcel, which the City Council will consider preserving in a public trust at the March 4 meeting.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Westbay-Farm-Barton-Farm-2.png?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council will consider preserving Barton Farm’s 65.88 acres at at 1351 Centerville Road as a public trust and a traffic light at the Centerville […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council got good FY24 headwinds news from Finance Director Peder Schaefer Monday before OKing a new $500K WPD Mobile Command Center and $32,000 for […]
WARWICK, RI — Bids up for approval before the Warwick City Council tonight include a new $360,000 Bear Cat armored vehicle for Warwick Police, a $25,000 WFD Engine 15 repair […]
![[CREDIT: RICLU] A recent report by the ACLU of RI outlines public speaking rules of RI communities governing bodies, including the Warwick City Council and Warwick School Committee. A rule barring personal attacks or salacious comments, unwritten for the Council and written for the Committee, is being chllenged in a lawsuit against the Council.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RIACLU-RI-Public-Speech-Report.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick School Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan says the board is re-examining its public speaker rules after an American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island report noted its […]
![[CREDIT: City of Warwick] Mayor Frank Picozzi helps ready Warwick Schools Superintendent Lynn Dambruch's presentation on the State of Warwick Schools.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Council-Update-State-of-Warwick-Schools-12-4-2023.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council began its full meeting Wednesday with an immediate vote to enter executive session to discuss Rob Cote’s free speech suit against the body, […]
WARWICK, RI — The ACLU of Rhode Island has filed a Warwick City Council free speech suit against the body in federal court for stifling the free speech rights of […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
Editor’s note: The Council Update is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice a month. This […]
Editor’s note: The following column is a twice-monthly update on Council meetings and developments from Warwick City Council President Steve McAllister. The column is written after each council meeting, twice […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council unanimously OK’d new regulations governing short-term rental properties Feb. 27, characterized as a reasonable compromise subject to change. Objections raised during discussion included […]
WARWICK, RI — Most state and local offices remained in Democratic hands after Election Day 2022 in Warwick, with Republicans potentially picking up two General Assembly seats and keeping a […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council will consider spending $52,500 on 10 Flock Automatic License Plate Recognition ALPR cameras and an ordinance governing their use Monday, a step A […]
WARWICK, RI — In February, a U.S. Naval War College expert on information warfare warned City Councillors that allowing Flock security cameras would step toward a police state, it was […]
