Warren goes all out for Memorial Day
For many, it’s the traditional kickoff to summer. For Warren residents, though, the upcoming Memorial Day weekend is a chance to give thanks. Warren will mark Memorial Day this coming Sunday and Monday with a full slate of ceremonies, speeches and parades, as well as appearances by highly decorated and prominent veterans and current service [...]
Read More →Warren treasurer leaving post
Warren’s treasurer, on the job for less than a year, is leaving. Ross Latham started in July 2012 and prior to coming to Warren, served as the accounts payable and receivable clerk for the Town of Portsmouth. Though he was happy for the chance in Warren, Mr. Latham said Tuesday that his role in Warren [...]
Read More →Block announces candidacy for Rhode Island governor
PROVIDENCE — In a press release issued Tuesday morning, May 21, East Bay resident and entrepreneur Ken Block, who founded the Moderate Party of Rhode Island and ran as its candidate for Governor in 2010, announced he is running for Governor and forming a finance committee. Mr. Block, of Barrington and who has spent the [...]
Read More →Warren meets quorum, OKs Liberty Street School sale
Warren voters passed a $22 million-plus budget and approved the sale of two town properties Monday night in a Financial Town Meeting that saw enough voters — barely — to reach a quorum. When Warren Fire Chief Al Galinelli walked down the Kickemuit Middle School auditorium aisle at roughly 7:20 p.m. and called out, “We [...]
Read More →Warren police logs: Late night parties, loud music galore
Monday, May 13 A Broad Street resident reported telephone harassment. Police checked out a man using a metal detector near Burr’s Hill just after noon. A barking dog complaint came in from Benefit Street. A Cottage Street resident reported fraudulent credit card charges. A woman told police that someone left harassing messages on her voicemail. [...]
Read More →Carlos L. Eastwood II, 53, Bristol
Carlos L. Eastwood II, 53, of Paine Avenue, Bristol, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. He was the husband of Alicia A. (Turner) Eastwood. Born in Onaga, Kansas, he was a son of the late Carlos L and Nora L. (Gamino) Eastwood. Mr. Eastwood was a Navy veteran of the [...]
Read More →East Bay Newspapers and Chatter Group announce partnership
East Bay Newspapers and The Chatter Group have formed a partnership that brings a leader in digital and social media marketing under the newspaper company’s umbrella. Kirsten DiChiappari, founder of The Chatter Group consulting business, is now managing director of One Bradford, the graphic design, new media and special services division of East Bay Newspapers. [...]
Read More →Warren tree ordinance to get a pruning
Amidst more puns than you can shake a stick at, Warren Town Council members broached some serious property rights issues Tuesday night when they discussed a proposed new tree ordinance. The ordinance, first introduced by the Warren Tree Commission last year, had sat on a shelf since last August before being dusted off by town [...]
Read More →Construction work delays Warren Town Beach opening
Summer will start late this year at the Warren Town Beach. The beach is usually open and staffed for the first time on Memorial Day weekend. But delays in work in the area will push the opening back until early to mid-June. “The construction is not complete down there yet,” Warren Town Manager Thomas Gordon [...]
Read More →Warren FTM: Liberty Street School on block Monday night
If it’s anything like last October’s meeting, that would be something. Warren holds its annual Financial Town Meeting next Monday, May 20, and among the items on the agenda are the proposed sale of two buildings — the Liberty Street School and the old VFW hall on Metacom Avenue. The meeting will mark the second [...]
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