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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 […]
![[CREDIT: WPD] On June 10th, Carlos Figueroa Ortiz, 28 was arraigned in Kent County District Court on a first degree arson charge following a 50 Evergreen Avenue fire Wednesday night.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/figueroa-ortiz-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: OSHA] OHSA tips on trench safety. Inspectors at a Warwick excavation found numerous violations, fining two contractors more than $70,000 combined for the unsafe sewer trench.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/OSHA-trench-safety-2-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Councilman Steve Merolla speaks during the ground breaking for the new Potowomut Fire Station Oct. 29, 2014 at 225 Potowomut Road.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Merolla-Potowomut-2014-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Frank Picozzi] A fire damaged the Speaker Joe Shekarchi's office off Bald Hill Road Tuesday night.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Shekarchi-office-fire-WFD-Warwick-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A 3 a.m. fire at Chateaux Apartments Feb. 13,2021 left residents displaced and in need of money donations, said Mayor Frank Picozzi, who has set up a collection bucket in his front yard.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Chateau-Apartments-Fire-Feb.-14-2021-donations-140x140.jpg)
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 […]
