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While Warwick has its share of big-box stores — many of them launching their Black Friday deals at the stroke of midnight — there are also lots of small local businesses who are offering special sales as part of Shop Small weekend.
Editor’s note: The following Warwick, RI area arrests recorded in the RI Trooper Log were reported by the RI State Police on their website. An arrest reflects charges against an […]
With just five days left till the Warwick school year starts for grades K-7 & 9 Tuesday, with grades 8, 10, 11, and 12 starting Sept. 6, this year’s new 2017 bus routes have been made available online by the Warwick School Department.
Officer David Boardman was patrolling Warwick Avenue July 16 at 1:48 a.m. when he spotted a black 2002 Acura sedan take a right onto the street from Church Avenue before swerving into the opposite lane, prompting the policeman to stop and arrest the driver on a DUI charge.
RI State Police reported five arrests on DUI charges over the weekend, including a man on Rte. 95 in West Greenwich taking a girl to a daycare in Warwick and a Warwick man stopped in West Warwick.
WARWICK, RI —Kids at Boys & Girls Club of Warwick showed off their Club Spirit Friday, competing to wear the most blue and white and put on a song and dance […]
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WARWICK, RI — U.S. Senator Jack Reed included language in the FY 2016 Transportation Appropriations bill requiring the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Amtrak and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to […]
A water main break during a fire hydrant installation at 6:30 a.m. that shut down Post Road from Apponaug Four Corners to West Shore Road is expected to be repaired by noon, with the road open to traffic again by about 2 p.m., DPW Director David Picozzi and Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian report.
Mayor Scott Avedisian announced today that he has appointed Richard Crenca, the city’s current assistant principal planner, as the new director of the Department of Public Works (DPW). Crenca will transition to his new role on July 24.
Jenn White’s first job was junior counselor at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Warwick, so her new gig as director of the arts-based programs at the future Cooper Building branch, catering to middle school students, seems a perfect homecoming for the Warwick native.
Rocky Point was full of people, food and music July 6 during the third of Warwick’s food truck nights, with live entertainment by the Food Truck Five.
Mayor Scott Avedisian announced the distribution of $451,550 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds Tuesday that benefiting several non-profit agencies and the Apponaug Village Association.
WARWICK, R.I. — There were 49 Warwick Police arrests between June 22 and 29, including six for DUI, five for shoplifting, two for simple assault, two for disorderly conduct and […]
Two Warwick Police calls Monday night mentioning machetes were not attacks, Warwick Police said, but a teenager playing and a man wanted on a warrant for a prior incident involving one of the weapons.
Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian has ordered the city’s flags to half staff until Tuesday honoring former Warwick Mayor Eugene J. McCaffrey, Jr., 84, after news of his death at his home Friday.
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.
Toll Gate’s Class of 2017 reflected on the sudden death of Principal Stephen Chrabaszcz and merging with Warwick Vets students Tuesday night, as well as hard-won good grades and personal loss as they savored their final high school hours thinking on the freedom to sleep in and the opportunity to serve others.
If you’ve been wondering where in Warwick you can paddle your canoe or kayak, the Warwick Wildlife and Conservation Commission has you covered with five new Blueways Paddle Maps of Warwick waters.
Editor’s note: The following information was provided in a news release from the House of Hope. WARWICK, RI – Fair House, the one-time headquarters for 19th Century state fairs, began its […]
Rick Barton has watched Apponaug Four Corners from the front steps of his Post Road apartment throughout the last two years of work on the $29.9 million Apponaug Circulator Project, and he’s been enjoying himself, he says, with only a few complaints.
Eight Rhode Island high school seniors, including two Warwick residents, were recognized Wednesday at the Rhode Island State House with a Cox Communications scholarship.
PROVIDENCE, RI — A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment Tuesday alleging that two Rhode Island men sex trafficked a 17-year-old Rhode Island girl at hotels in Warwick and […]
The Steamship Historical Society of America (SSHSA), dedicated to the history of engine-powered ships, raised $60,000 at its April 8 Titanic Dinner, which, combined with a grant, will fund an interactive web archive of the Warwick based non-profit’s extensive records.
State Police activity in and involving Warwick this week involved a DUI arrest following a traffic stop on Rte. 95, an assault on Rte. 95, and the arrest of man wanted for multiple warrants including concealed sale of property out of the Warwick Police Department.
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police made 42 arrests between April 20 and April 27, including three for DUI, five for shoplifting, one for simple assault, two for domestic assault, including […]
WARWICK, RI — Brian R. McCaffrey, 38, of Warwick, a former licensed loan originator and former Real Estate Attorney Louis Marandola, 42, of Providence were sentenced to federal prison last week for […]
The Warwick City Council meets tonight at City Hall, to consider a number of resolutions, including adding salary and overtime line items to the annual budget, expedited expenditure reporting, and renewing the list of vendors solicited for bids.
Warwick Area Career & Technical Center students were asked to develop designs for the new Rocky Point license plate, established last year by Rep. Joe Solomon Jr., and three submissions are waiting on your vote.
UPDATE: According to Kent County Superior Court records, on Sept. 12, 2017, the charges of carrying a weapon while under the influence; resisting arrest; and disorderly conduct against DiDomenico were […]
Officer Alfred Silveira was patrolling Warwick Avenue April 3 at 1:14 a.m. when he spotted a black Toyota traveling at what he estimated to be 60 mph in the 35 mph zone, pulled the car over, and arrested the driver on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Officer David Boardman was called to the intersection of Bald Hill Road and East Avenue for a report of a two-car crash with minor damage, arresting one of the drivers on a DUI charge April 1 at 1:05 a.m.
A pickup truck crashed into an apartment house at 126 Toll Gate Road just before noon Saturday, destroying the gas meter and causing a fire Warwick Firefighters spent three hours extinguishing, which required National Grid to shut off the gas at the line under the road.
State Police activity involving residents of and stops in Warwick this week resulted in arrests on charges ranging from passing false documents to passing bad checks, DUI, and heroin possession with intent to distribute.
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Officer Matthew Smith took two women into custody March 22 on arrest warrants for shoplifting after they were identified as culprits who had stolen $479 in clothing by staging it near an exit at Macy’s before moving it to a waiting car, then were caught in the middle of a repeat of the offense March 11.
A Warwick officer called for a report of a driver leaving a crash near McDonalds’ at 876 Bald Hill Road March 19 at 2:25 a.m. found and stopped the man’s gray 2009 Nissan Sentra headed south near Haxton’s Liquors, arresting him on a DUI charge.
In the latest installment of the WPD arrest log , Warwick Police made 48 arrests between March 23 and March 30, including four for DUI, five for shoplifting, two for simple assault, one for cruelty and neglect of a child and one for unnecessary cruelty to an animal.
At least two fire extinguishers expired since 2015 lingered at Winman Junior High despite repeated warnings from Keane Fire & Safety, the company reports, while the School Finance Director blames the vendor.
WARWICK, RI — Indy comedy film ‘Donald Cried,’ released in March, has won warm reviews, a 92 percent rating on Rottentomatoes.com, and the start of a movie career for Warwick’s Kris Avedisian, who wrote, directed and co-starred in the movie, most of which was shot in the city.
A Johnston man spent some time at Warwick Police headquarters at 99 Veterans Memorial Drive March 16 after an officer checking a report of an unconscious driver at 7:09 p.m. found him pulling in to the Dave’s Fruitland lot at 2687 West Shore Road, arrested him on a DUI charge and later added a charge for heroin possession.
