Time to tango for our veterans
Flight Tango - the 20th flight conducted by the Rhode Island Association of Fire Chiefs - was held Saturday with 24 veterans, leaving and returning to Green Airport after a full day of visiting the nation's war memorials in Washington. As it has done
School audit session delayed
By ETHAN HARTLEY A hearing scheduled for last night's City Council meeting in which the Warwick School Department would have presented its results from a third-party audit that analyzed its fiscal and programmatic practices was postponed in light of
Dinner talks indeed brought people together, report finds
By ETHAN HARTLEY Could a pasta, chicken and meatball dinner really bring people together to talk civilly about the most important issues facing us as a state? Those in charge of the experimental dinner sessions are saying, yes, it can indeed. Starting in
Stenhouse sticks to message of 'building' at headquarters opening
By JOHN HOWELL With the Democratic primary having determined the matchup for the mayoral election, Republican Sue Stenhouse opened her campaign headquarters Friday with a message that Warwick voters deserve the leadership that has the resolve and
70 years, GCU serves 60,000, keeps growing
By JOHN HOWELL Emo Gordon has been a member for 65 of the 70 years there's been a Greenwood Credit Union. He and his wife June were part of a group that gathered in the institution Thursday morning to commemorate GCU's 70th anniversary. He was also among
Diane Rich takes helm as first female head of Rocky Hill School
On Thursday, September 14 members of the Rocky Hill School community celebrated the installation of Head of School Diane Rich, the first woman Head of School since Rocky Hill School was founded in 1934. The ceremony was opened by Board Vice President
Fun run/walk to perpetuate Mary Preston's legacy at Kent Y
By JOHN HOWELL Mary K. Preston would approve. On Monday, Oct. 8 the Kent County YMCA will hold the first Mary K. Preston Family Run Run/Walk at the Y campus on Centerville Road with all proceeds to benefit the Y's swim lesson fund. A Y employee, Mary,
It was mesmerizing
It was memorizing The Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce installation dinner was held Thursday at the Warwick Country Club with Joseph D. Lajoie of Greenwood Credit Union being sworn in as chairman of the board of directors. He spoke of the
Cry of 'lies' in crossfire of Senate Dist. 30 race
By JOHN HOWELL It's gotten hot in the closing days of the Senate Dist. 30 primary contest, although the crossfire isn't between the two candidates, but rather endorsed Democratic candidate Mark McKenney and the RI Values Project. At issue is a mailer
Community is discovering Peace and Providence
By KELLSIE KING -- Peace and Providence Community Outreach Center on Warwick Avenue has been a busy place since opening last month.
Summer's final farewell?
By ETHAN HARTLEY It might seem more like something out of last month's news rather than just last week, but temperatures got so hot last Thursday that the Kent County YMCA temporarily reopened its spray park to accommodate families trying to escape the
Sweet showing of support
By ETHAN HARTLEY On a day of somber remembrance, a group of benevolent bakers and volunteering local residents are spreading cheer to first responders in Rhode Island cities and towns through a universally popular method - handing out free treats;
Being active helps Parkinson's patients remain optimistic
By JOHN HOWELL Frank Puleo rides a Harley. He was a helicopter pilot for the Rhode Island National Guard and later in life provided care to premature babies. Jeffrey Bartsch is an eighth grade teacher at a Beverly, Mass school. He's taken up boxing and
My great-grandfather's legacy revealed
WFFSC continues to shine
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Dinner talks indeed brought people together, report finds