Johnston War Memorial Park playground, closed for the past four months for improvements, was officially christened the Grieco Automotive Group Inclusive Playground and reopened to the public on …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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8/8/24
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Attorney General Peter Neronha is recommending the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner not approve Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s requested 14.3% premium rate increase for …
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By RYAN DOHERTY
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8/8/24
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On Friday night, Aug. 16 the Rhode Island Department of Transportation will begin an extended weekend closure affecting a short portion of I-295 in Warwick, West Warwick and Cranston for the …
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8/8/24
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The Gershkoff Auto Body senior American Legion baseball team wrapped up its summer season after falling to eventual champ Upper Deck in two games in the opening round of the playoffs. Gershkoff fell …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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8/7/24
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Are you looking for Love? Well, here she is, her name is actually Love! She is under a year old, so still a puppy and an adorable one at that! Those ears are just the ultimate! Love is a unique mix …
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8/7/24
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The Rhode Island International Film Festival is set to showcase the much-anticipated film “The Tributaries” on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. (check in at 6 p.m.) …
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8/7/24
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WARWICK SHOWCASE
TRAP
* * ½
(Good Acting/Jumbled Plot)
Josh Hartnett plays a loving father/serial killer in M. Night Shyamalan’s latest attempt to shock and confuse …
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8/7/24
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Twenty-three-year-old Carlo Carrier was to be united in marriage on Feb. 19, 1912. The Johnston bellboy was about to pledge an eternal commitment to 24-year-old Cecelia Agnes Gath of Providence. He …
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8/7/24
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The debate between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones has been going on ever since they first crossed paths on the charts 61 years ago. The argument at the time, and one that still persists, was that …
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8/7/24
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Numerous local musicians perform excellent takes on genres ranging from alternative, punk, hip hop and reggae to folk, jazz, blues and everything in between. What you don’t hear a lot around …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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8/7/24
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Rhode Island residents may recognize Charlie Hall’s name from his cartoons published in newspapers across the state, his comedy sketch show or his double act “Aging Disgracefully.” …
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By ANISHA KUMAR
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8/7/24
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You don’t have to be an elite athlete to have your life affected by an orthopedic injury. Everyone who deals with painful joints, muscles, and bones, deserves to get better – better focus …
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8/7/24
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8/7/24
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In the spring of 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration conducted a routine, annual inspection of T.F. Green International Airport and made an important discovery: The Warwick air travel …
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By CHRISTOPHER GAVIN
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8/7/24
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To the Editor,
Rhode Island has the distinction of being the only state in New England where no state-owned forests are protected from logging. Instead, the Rhode Island Department of …
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8/7/24
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By JUDGE PAUL MICHEL
The Biden administration is quietly advancing a proposal that could devastate America’s high-tech economy.
The proposal functionally rewrites a 1980 law known as …
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By JUDGE PAUL MICHEL
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8/7/24
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With Rhode Islanders getting a much-needed reprieve from recent, relentlessly scorching heat waves this week, it provides an opportunity to ponder the transitional nature of August; a month that …
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8/7/24
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“It’s just time.”
After 62 years, brothers George and Ernie Sotirakos recently decided the time has come to close the doors of Wein-O-Rama, located at 1009 Oaklawn Ave. in …
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By JOY FOX
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8/6/24
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The CLCF-CWLL softball team’s surge continued on Monday afternoon when it picked up a 3-0 shutout win over West Region Champion, Willcox, Arizona in the opening round of the Little League World …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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8/6/24
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Police say they found 30-year-old Aramis Segura hiding under her bed following a fatal New Year’s Eve crash in Warwick that claimed the life of an East Greenwich teen. The defendant was …
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Beacon Staff Reports
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8/2/24
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