[CREDIT: Warwick Post] The first Warwick Weekend lineup in June has food, music, art and fireworks. WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Weekend is packed with music, food trucks and a rescheduled Gaspee Days fireworks show at Salter Grove, though the weather forecast calls for rain all weekend. Rain is expected to begin sometime Friday, with … [Read more…]
By Alex Jensen PORTLAND, Ore. — A mass-timber prototype home was delivered last week to a site in Otis, in Lincoln County, for a couple who lost their home in the Echo Mountain Fire in 2020. The 1,136-square-foot, three-bedroom structure is one of six homes being built as part of the Mass Casitas project. It … [Read more…]
June 16, 2023 As the school year winds down, seniors are looking forward to graduation and other students are looking forward to moving up a grade. For Warwick Valley Middle School eighth grader Abigail Sorrell, the consensus among her teachers is that Abigail’s future is very bright. “Abigail can do it all,” said WVMS music … [Read more…]
Uh oh, this is scary. The launch cable for Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ snapped while riders were on the popular roller coaster this week, according to Inside the Magic. Thankfully, no one was hurt and the ride made it back the launch pad safely. Phew. I wonder if the … [Read more…]
The Warwick Valley Gardeners celebrated the grand opening of the Butterfly Garden and Habitat’s new water feature on June 10 at the Pine Island Park on Treasure Lane. The Pine Island Butterfly Garden and Habitat’s new water feature was designed by Garden State Koi of Warwick. The original concept was developed by Mary Poler and … [Read more…]
New York is teeming with zombies in the newest chapter of “The Walking Dead.” The foul undead — the walkers — are the chief inhabitants of a post-apocalyptic Manhattan. The city is so overrun with the menacing, decomposing hordes that bodies drop from skyscrapers like human anvils. But for months, the shrieking, shambling walkers made … [Read more…]
Julia Schlesinger is an eighth-grader at Warwick Valley Middle School with a big heart. Her service to a community program she assisted in founding helped her earn a national award furnished by the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS). The program helps provide children with clothing donations – whole wardrobes – that are chosen specifically for … [Read more…]
Marshall, Minn—Southwest Minnesota State University announces the students recognized for academic achievement during the Spring 2023 semester. An undergraduate student who completes 12 or more A-F graded credits and achieves a grade point average of 3.5 or higher will be considered for the Honors Dean’s List. If a 4.0 grade point average is achieved the … [Read more…]
RHODE ISLAND — The Rhode Island House of Representatives on Thursday voted in favor of a bill to ban foam containers and plastic stirrers in restaurants. Having already passed the state senate, the bill now heads to Gov. Dan McKee’s desk and awaits his signature. The bill (2023-S 0014A) was sponsored by state Rep. David … [Read more…]
On April 22, 1996, two US Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornets got into a mid-air collision during an exercise off the coast of Virginia. Both suffered physical damage, with one aircraft losing its nose section and canopy and the other losing a section of its port-side wing and parts of both vertical stabilizers. Despite this, … [Read more…]