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February 20, 2025

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  • The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence. The FBI warns of armed protests planned at the RI Capitol at all state capitols.

    Warwick Schools Budget Commission OK’d By Senate

    The Rhode Island State House is located at 82 Smith St. Providence. The FBI warns of armed protests planned at the RI Capitol at all state capitols. By: Rob Borkowski

    STATE HOUSE — The Senate today passed legislation introduced by Sen. Mark McKenney (D-Dist. 30, Warwick) that would allow the city to create a Warwick Schools Budget Commission. The bill […]

  • The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI.

    AGs Sue to Stop Trump Education Department Dismantling

    The US District Courthouse in Providence, RI. By: Rob Borkowski

    PROVIDENCE, RI – RI Attorney General Neronha today joined 20 other attorneys general suing the Trump Administration to stop the Trump Administration from continuing its Education Department dismantling plan, defying […]

  • Warwick weekend events include two women-oriented events, paint and brunch and comedy.

    Warwick Weekend Events: Women’s Expo, Comedy, Paint, Skate

    Warwick weekend events include two women-oriented events, paint and brunch and comedy. By: Rob Borkowski

    Wondering why your event isn’t here? You might not have entered it into our calendar. Social media isn’t going to reach all your followers, but our calendar reaches everyone who reads […]

Business

  • [CREDIT: CFPB] President Trump has removed the CFPB's staff, funding and offices, leaving Americans and military families alone against predatory lenders and other cheats and scams.

    Trump Guts CFPB, Leaving Military Families Defenseless

    [CREDIT: CFPB] President Trump has removed the CFPB's staff, funding and offices, leaving Americans and military families alone against predatory lenders and other cheats and scams. By: Rob Borkowski

    WASHINGTON, DC — As an officer in the 82nd Airborne Division, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) was dismayed his troops were cheated by predatory lenders, so he knows Americans and military […]

  • [CREDIT: LyonsMagnus] Imperial and ReadyCare shakes recalled for Listeria risk were primarily sold to long-term care facilities.

    Imperial, ReadyCare Shakes Recalled for Listeria

    [CREDIT: LyonsMagnus] Imperial and ReadyCare shakes recalled for Listeria risk were primarily sold to long-term care facilities. By: Rob Borkowski

    PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) warns that Imperial and ReadyCare Shakes recalled may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Lyons Magnus, a food product company headquartered […]

  • [CREDIT: Ryan Pickering] Coventry students delivered Kent Hospital Valentines to patients Friday.

    Coventry Students Deliver Kent Hospital Valentines Feb. 14

    [CREDIT: Ryan Pickering] Coventry students delivered Kent Hospital Valentines to patients Friday. By: Rob Borkowski

    WARWICK, RI — Coventry students delivered Kent Hospital Valentines and meals to hospital patients on Valentines Day Friday. “Kent Hospital served a special Valentine’s treat with patient meals! Thanks to […]

Schools

  • [Photo courtesy Jeff Goss] Jeff Goss will begin the new school year as principal of Warwick Veterans Middle School Sept. 6.

    Warwick Vets Principal Goss Resigns

    [Photo courtesy Jeff Goss] Jeff Goss will begin the new school year as principal of Warwick Veterans Middle School Sept. 6. By: Joe Siegel

    CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the vote approving a group of resignations including that of Warwick Veterans Principal Jeff Goss. Warwick Post regrets the error, and […]

  • Coventry Schools's finance director Chris DeVerna estimates an cumulative $5M Coventry Schools deficit, which the RI General Auditor says calls for a meeting to discuss the challlenge and make a plan to address it.

    Council Seeks Coventry Schools Deficit Oversight

    Coventry Schools's finance director Chris DeVerna estimates an cumulative $5M Coventry Schools deficit, which the RI General Auditor says calls for a meeting to discuss the challlenge and make a plan to address it. By: Rob Borkowski

    COVENTRY, RI —The Coventry Town Council unanimously passed a resolution urging the General Assembly to enact legislation authorizing town Coventry Schools deficit oversight. In a statement about the resolution from […]

  • [CREDIT: WPS] Warwick Schools Finance Director Brandon Bohl has resigned as a consultant reviews his accounting.

    WPS Finance Director Bohl Resigns Feb.19 During ‘Investigation’

    [CREDIT: WPS] Warwick Schools Finance Director Brandon Bohl has resigned as a consultant reviews his accounting. By: Rob Borkowski

    WARWICK, RI — Warwick Schools Finance Director Brandon Bohl has resigned a week after he was placed on paid administrative leave Feb. 12 as an outside consultant helping him investigated […]

All Politics are Local

  • [CREDIT: Women Forward] On March 1, the Women Forward grassroots political action group hosted a Livestream roundtable discussion with Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) & Rob Shriver, former Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) discussing opposition to the Trump Coup.

    You’re Not Alone: Trump Coup Opposition Is Growing

    [CREDIT: Women Forward] On March 1, the Women Forward grassroots political action group hosted a Livestream roundtable discussion with Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) & Rob Shriver, former Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) discussing opposition to the Trump Coup. By: Rob Borkowski

    The President Donald J. Trump Coup is angling for Congress’s Constitutional spending power, ignoring Judicial independence, dismantling federal agencies, and claimed the punchline from French surrender jokes by handing Russia […]

  • [CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial in Washington D.C. By King's reckoning, the evils of racism, poverty and war were intertwined, and King was determined to oppose them all.

    MLK Day: Whats Open?

    [CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial in Washington D.C. By King's reckoning, the evils of racism, poverty and war were intertwined, and King was determined to oppose them all. By: Rob Borkowski

    More than 50 years after Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr., MLK , was assassinated in Memphis outside the Lorraine Motel room where he was organizing a crusade against […]

  • [CREDIT: National Archives] A view of the firsts paragraphs of the U.S. Constitution, authored to guard the nation against tyrants and dictators.

    Honor Veterans With Your Vote Nov. 5

    [CREDIT: National Archives] A view of the firsts paragraphs of the U.S. Constitution, authored to guard the nation against tyrants and dictators. By: Warwick Post Staff

    Next week, Rhode Islanders join their fellow Americans honoring people sworn to defend the nation and Constitution, days after weighing whether a man threatening both should lead them, with their […]

Police and Fire

  • [CREDIT: Desiree Fournier] Peanut, family dog, alerted her family to a Town Farm Road Fire that destroyed their home and all their belongings. A Gofundme has been started to help them as they recover.

    Peanut Saves 2 From Town Farm Road Fire

    [CREDIT: Desiree Fournier] Peanut, family dog, alerted her family to a Town Farm Road Fire that destroyed their home and all their belongings. A Gofundme has been started to help them as they recover. By: Rob Borkowski

    COVENTRY, RI — At about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Raymond Fournier, 19, was asleep when the family dog, Peanut, let out an unusual bark at their home, waking him to a […]

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    2020 Airport Road Hit & Run: Gilroy Guilty

    wpd-skyla-gilroy By: Rob Borkowski

    PROVIDENCE, RI —A Kent County Superior Court jury has found Skyla Gilroy, 24,  of Cranston, guilty in the Dec. 22, 2020 Airport Road hit & run that killed Daniel Boss, […]

  • The Rhode Island State Police are stationed in several barracks throughout RI. Each week Troopers make multiple RI arrests recorded in the RI Trooper log.

    RI Trooper Log – 4 Coventry Arrests: Pot, Robbery, Assault

    The Rhode Island State Police are stationed in several barracks throughout RI. Each week Troopers make multiple RI arrests recorded in the RI Trooper log. By: Rob Borkowski

    COVENTRY, RI — Coventry arrests and other Kent County arrests in the RI Trooper Log  Feb. 28 – March 9 involved charges for possessing marijuana with intent to deliver,  robbery, assault […]