West Warwick News

NOTICE: For your convenience, you can e-mail your bulletin board notices to sharonr@rhodybeat.com as well as mail to 1944 Warwick Ave., Warwick, RI 02889, or fax to 732-3110. Crafters and Vendors Wanted The Warwick Council #2295 Knights of Columbus, 499 Sandy Lane will be sponsoring their 1st Annual Crafts and Vendor Show on Aug.8 from 9-4p.m.

" Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today signed into law the General Assembly's $7.81 billion state budget package for fiscal 2010, a day before the start of the new fiscal year, ending any doubt that he would either veto it or let it pass into law without his signature.

Mayor David N. Cicilline announced Tuesday that he has appointed Paul J. Thomas, West Warwick's Public Works director, to lead the city's Department of Public Works.

Police said a man was stabbed Monday night near Admiral Street and Douglas Avenue.

Eddie Van Halen is no longer on the market: Saturday night he married Janie Liszewski, his girlfriend of three years.

Bob Johnson of Palmer Township testifies at Michael Derderian's parole board hearing Jan.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, which now has nearly 8 million veterans enrolled in its health-care system, is poised to welcome nearly 266,000 more veterans into its medical centers and clinics.

The School Department has run out of money and cannot afford to issue two of the five biweekly paychecks that are due the town's hundreds of teachers in accrued summer wages -- an apparent violation of state law.

The owners of the largest slot parlor in Rhode Island filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday as they struggle to repay millions of dollars in debt, putting in question one of Rhode Island's largest sources of revenue as the state deals with a budget crisis.

When she began studying The Station site six summers ago, anthropologist Randi Scott expected that the memorials created after the nightclub fire that killed 100 people would be abandoned.

ON THE MARCH: St. Francis School graduates file into the church for Tuesday's commencement ceremonies.

Some of the wheels for sale at Hi-Tech Auto Salon. MOMO brand racing seats, along with others, are sold at the auto salon.

Rhode Island's highest court on Friday blocked the release of thousands of pages of jury questionnaires completed in the case of a nightclub owner charged after a 2003 fire at his club that killed 100 people.

TheDay.com reports: Rhode Island's highest court on Friday blocked the release of thousands of pages of jury questionnaires completed in the case of a nightclub owner charged after a 2003 fire at his club during a GREAT WHITE concert that killed 100 people.

West Warwick has received roughly $562,000 in a federal stimulus allotment earmarked for repairs and improvements at intersections along federally designated roadways, town officials said Wednesday.

Public employees packed a State House hearing on Friday in an eleventh-hour effort to head off pension cutbacks, with Patricia Hines asking on behalf of school principals across the state: "What message does this send about how Rhode Island values education if veteran educators, who devote their entire careers to educating R.I. youth, will have to ...

Settlement money for victims of the nightclub fire at a Great White concert in 2003 could be handed out within the next few months.

California is not the only state to oppose same-sex marriage. According to a new USA Today/ Gallup poll, the majority of Americans continue to oppose gay marriage.

On Thursday, June 4, 2009 at approximately 3:20pm, officers and detectives of the West Warwick Police Department responded to Lenox Avenue off of Route 117 to investigate reports of a disturbance.

Rhode Island is receiving $2.3 million in stimulus funds to protect towns against flooding.