Sale of Warren mill goes national
The search for a new owner for the old Warren Manufacturing mill is going national. Attorney Rick Land, appointed by the state to find a buyer for the mill after its owner, MMF Realty Co., went into receivership earlier this year, said he’ll soon start a national advertising campaign to find an owner. Since he [...]
Read More →Photo: FusionFest rocks Warren
Mark Cutler and Otis Read play at Saturday’s Fusion Fest in downtown Warren. By the time Six Star General (video here) took to the stage just after 4 p.m. Saturday, the crowd was ready for some noise. Already, a handful of bands had played at the fourth annual Fusion Fest, which took over Blount Landing [...]
Read More →Warren to install guard at tricky S-curve
The Town of Warren will soon put up a guardrail at a tight S-curve after an accident and subsequent complaint by a resident. The S-curve at the intersection of Canario and Ridgeway drives could be considered a tricky spot, Warren Police Chief Peter Achilli told the Warren Town Council Tuesday night, so he recommended a [...]
Read More →Former Warren school on market for $8.1 million
Four months after its doors closed forever, the former Our Lady of Fatima school on Market Street is for sale — for a hefty asking price. The Sisters of Saint Dorothy, the private order that owns and for decades ran the private Catholic high school, has listed the property with Hewitt Newton Associates for $8.1 [...]
Read More →Warren rejects Liberty Street School bids
Try, try again. The Warren Town Council last Tuesday rejected two of the latest offers for the vacant Liberty Street School, voting instead to give the town manager and planner the authority to come up with a plan for the building. Two entities — Scott’s Woodworking and Thomas Principe Construction, both based in Warren, submitted [...]
Read More →Letter: Let’s get back to baseball
To the editor: Many pundits of the media lately are rating the Red Sox as mediocre, whatever that means. Some even say they stink, which is crossing the line, I think, and flies in the face of those remaining loyal fans who do not boo and heckle yet at remaining games. Under these circumstances, is it asking too much of local sports announcers that they get down to [...]
Read More →Kitchen incubator plan in voters’ hands
Lisa Raiola has two months to spread the word. The Town of Warren will hold a special town meeting on Monday, Oct. 15, to see if voters will approve the sale of the Main Street School to the Hope and Main kitchen incubator project, founded by Ms. Raiola, for $125,000. The town council has already [...]
Read More →‘Urban’ farmers agree to 10-year lease for town land
Right now, there’s not much to see at the end of Paul Court, where Warren’s fledgling Community Farm and Gardens have sprung — just open fields, some cultivated, and a wooded area that’s dark, shaded and damp. For Bleu Grijalva, it’s perfect. Mr. Grijalva, the executive director of the non-profit New Urban Farmers, will spend [...]
Read More →Council rejects Liberty Street School bids
Try, try again. The Warren Town Council on Tuesday rejected two of the latest offers for the vacant Liberty Street School, voting instead to give the town manager and planner the authority to come up with a plan for the building. Two entities — Scott’s Woodworking and Thomas Principe Construction, both based in Warren, submitted [...]
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