Warren gets $62,500 for bike path work
Warren will soon get $62,500 to make improvements to the East Bay Bike Path between Child and Franklin streets. The money was released by the state Department of Environmental Management (DEM) as part of its Trail Grant program. Statewide, $1.54 million in grants is being distributed under the program this year. Town Planner Caroline Wells [...]
Read More →Warren police: Officers log last marijuana arrest before law change
Monday, March 25 Police were asked to check on the well-being of a dog on Luther Street. A Davis Street woman told police that a neighbor harassed her. A loose dog call came in from Brownell Street. Someone called police to report that the driver of a car on Water Street threw trash from the [...]
Read More →Warren tax base drops by $89 million
Warren’s real estate has lost $89 million of its assessed value, a new analysis concludes. What does that mean for you? It depends on what happens with the budget. If the proposed town budget is adopted as is, Warren voters would see a tax rate of $18.54 this coming fiscal year, up $1.50 from the [...]
Read More →Tough winter saps Warren overtime
It was an expensive winter. The Warren Town Council Tuesday night approved the DPW’s request for $20,000 to help cover the department’s overtime costs for the rest of the year. The department’s account is depleted and most of it was used up during the blizzard, though more recent storms haven’t helped. DPW head John Massed [...]
Read More →Photo: Yes, it’s been a tough winter
Don’t think wind can bend steel? Think again. This is the galvanized steel backstop at the Burr’s Hill baseball and softball diamond. The large fence, which faces to the northwest, is bent backwards a good 15 degrees. It’s a victim of recent storms that covered it with heavy snow and ice and buffeted it with [...]
Read More →Warren budget hearings continue Saturday
Warren’s municipal budget hearings continue this Saturday. The Warren Town Council, which spent all morning and a good part of the afternoon Saturday talking to town department heads about their various budgets, will meet with several other departments this Saturday as they make their way through Warren’s $xx million budget. Public hearings are set to [...]
Read More →Warren house rebuild angers some
Some call it a renovation, others a full-blown demolition. Whatever it is, the construction going on at 5 Westminster St. is hard to miss and may ultimately play a role in changing Warren’s demolition ordinance. The home, an early 1900s tenement owned by 5 Westminster St. LLC, has been completely transformed since work started there [...]
Read More →Parking ban starts at 9 p.m. Monday in Warren
With a coastal storm already bringing snow to our area, the Town of Warren has instituted an on-street parking ban. It starts at 9 p.m. Monday and runs through noon Tuesday, though that may be extended. Though the storm isn’t expected to be significant, our area can expect about three to five inches. And once [...]
Read More →Work turns Warren street into parking lot
Few people in Warren looked forward to the weekend more than a half a dozen families at the bottom of Bridge Street. Last week was a trying one for some of them, but Friday night broiught some relief. For more than a week Bridge Street, at its intersection with Water Street west to the water, [...]
Read More →Warren building permits: Week of Dec. 14
The following building permits were recently approved by Warren Building Official William Nash Jr. Eamon Lawless, 39 Cherry St. Strip and re-roof, install 23 vinyl replacement windows, $17,000. Robert Cembrola, 26 Asylum Road. Re-shingle two dormers on back of house, $2,000. Jeffrey Phillips, 180 Touisset Road. Strip and re-roof, $12,000. John M. Costa, 3 Katie [...]
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