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 […]
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 […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police are investigating a Holt Street fire during which a woman was injured & a man was killed early this morning, following a report of a […]
WASHINGTON, DC – A $1 million Warwick Fire Department grant delivered by Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation is part of $3,277,138 in federal grants for local fire departments aiding National Fire […]
WARWICK, RI — There were no injuries resulting from Tuesday’s car fire at around noon on the East Avenue bridge crossing Rte. 295, which resisted efforts to control it as […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Firefighters were called for a Robins Way fire today at 5:28 p.m. Friday, extinguishing it quickly. The call was reported as an exterior fire that had […]
WARWICK, RI — A second round of federal community project funding, including a new $530K WFD Emergency Center, was approved in the U.S. House Friday, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-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 […]
WARWICK, RI — U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) reports a second round of federal community project funding, including a new $530K WFD Emergency Center, will be up for a vote […]
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 […]
WARWICK, RI — The hot wieners Deputy Fire Chief Michael Mernick planned to eat Sunday Oct. 15 went cold when he stopped to help rescue a family from a three-alarm […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police are investigating the drowning death of a 3-year-old boy Monday morning at a Gorham Avenue address. At approximately 11:37 a.m., Warwick Police Department officers and […]
Warwick, RI – The Warwick Police Department’s National Night Out returns Tuesday, Aug. 1, 3 p.m. at Rocky Point Park food, fire spinners, mermaids, witches, wagon rides and a petting zoo, […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick’s new WFD rescue went into service at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, one of two bought in 2021 under Mayor Frank Picozzi’s lease/purchase program to replace vehicles and […]
Editor’s note: The following report was provided by breaking news photographer Chris Palmer. WARWICK, RI — At about 4:10 p.m. Dec. 5, Warwick Firefighters were dispatched to the area of […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Fire Department plans to hire 20 new firefighters after being awarded a $6.3 million federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. On Thursday, […]
WARWICK, RI — On Oct. 15, WFD Captain Andrew Sisson, off-duty, was surfing in Tiverton when beach-goers alerted him to a paddle boarder in distress, prompting the firefighter to retrieve […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police were called to Conimicut Point Beach, 2 Point Ave., July 4 at 10 :16 p.m. for a large brush fire set off by illegal fireworks, […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick officials don’t have to produce the original digital records detailing WFD sick time taken by firefighters between 2013 and 2018 that cost the city up to […]
PROVIDENCE, RI —The Statewide Grand Jury returned an indictment March 30 charging Carlos Figueroa Ortiz, 29, of Portsmouth, with one count of first-degree arson in the June 9, 2021 Evergreen […]
WARWICK, RI —Federal inspectors at a Warwick excavation July 8 found Greenville and Johnston contractors ignoring cave-in risks, placing workers in serious danger from an unsafe sewer trench. The contractors […]
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI Ethics Commission has penalized former city councilman Steve Merolla $3,500, settling an ethics complaint by Warwick resident Rob Cote that he failed to recuse himself […]
WARWICK, RI — About two years ago, RI’s General Assembly codified firefighter paid leave to count toward overtime, typically a negotiated benefit, which the City Council’s intergovernmental committee passed up […]
UPDATE: The man who lost his life attempting to rescue the girl has been identified by Mayor Picozzi’s office as Valentin Cardona Sanchez, 35, of Central Falls. The girl has […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police report they have arrested a man living at 50 Evergreen Ave., charging him with arson in a fire there Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. Warwick Firefighters […]
WARWICK, RI — Mayor Frank Picozzi and RI Speaker Joseph Shekarchi are praising Warwick firefighters who put out a blaze that damaged the speaker’s office off Bald Hill Road Tuesday […]
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Law Enforcement is investigating the deaths of a Warwick man and woman during a sailboat sinking in Greenwich Bay Tuesday […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council will consider a bid for pothole reports software and creating a commission studying union health care during their regular Monday meeting. Purchasing new […]
WARWICK, RI — The City’s in dire need of three new rescue trucks, but Greenwood Emergency Vehicles in North Attleboro will hold three till Monday, so the City Council will […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police report they’ve arrested a Charlestown woman, a suspect in the arson case at Le Chateaux Apartments fire, 1403 Warwick Ave., Feb. 13 that displaced 70 […]
WARWICK, RI — More than 70 people, most elderly, were displaced by a fire at Chateaux Apartments Saturday morning, and Mayor Frank Picozzi’s taking donations to help on Gristmill Road. […]
UPDATE – 10:10 a.m.: Warwick Police have identified the man found dead in the fire as Stephen E Barker, 50, who lived at the house. The cause and manner of […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police have identified the 74-year-old Warwick man pulled from a pool at 1000 Cowesett Road Sunday, later pronounced dead at Kent Hospital. The man, Charles Schifino, […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council ratified the Warwick Firefighters contract 5-4 Jan. 6, with language that prevents the city from disputing certain injury claims and incorrect wording that […]
WARWICK, RI— Two Warwick City Council members weren’t served notice as required by charter for calling Friday’s special meeting to ratify the firefighters contract, prompting Council President Steve Merolla to […]
WARWICK, RI— Constables visited city councillors Wednesday to inform them a special meeting to ratify the firefighter’s contract had been called for Friday, except for Jeremy Rix, who was on […]
WARWICK — Council Finance Committee Chair Ed Ladouceur expressed misgivings about the contract ironed out between Mayor Joseph Solomon and Warwick Firefighters Local 2748 Monday night, then residents urged delaying […]
WARWICK, RI — Last week, the offices of Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha and U.S. Attorney Aaron Weisman acknowledged receipt of financial watchdog Ken Block’s complaint alleging Warwick officials […]
WARWICK, RI — D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches delivered nearly 300 feet of sandwiches to more than 40 fire New England stations Sunday, including to Warwick firefighters and West Warwick firefighters. The […]
WARWICK, RI — An unidentified man who suffered “minor to moderate” burns to his extremities in a boat fire Saturday at 4:45 p.m. had just finished fueling the vessel when […]