Coventry News

CHS Attendance Policy: Coventry High School administrators will be reviewing the school's attendance policy during the summer months and are seeking several parents to serve on an attendance policy committee.

Wickford Barracks On June 3, at 2:41 a.m., Troopers, arrested Ashley Goodhart, 25, of 57 Princeton Ave., Coventry, RI on a Third Division District Court Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for a Technical Violation on the charge of Domestic Assault out of the West Warwick Police Department.

Named in 2011 as a community on the move, this town of just over 35,000 in Kent County has rural, historic roots and a legacy of its 8 once-vibrant mill villages.

The Western RI Civic Historical Society hosted its annual Flag Day Ceremony on Friday to honor our country's stars and stripes, while allowing residents the opportunity to reverentially dispose of their own worn or tattered flags.

State Health Director Michael Fine, in a series of unprecedented moves, has permanently revoked the pharmacy license of Leo Blais, a former state senator from Coventry.

Don't let those sunny blue skies outside fool you, meteorologists are predicting severe rain and lightning throughout the region on Monday afternoon and Tuesday.

DPW Summer Hours: Residents , please take note that today, June 17, the Coventry Department of Public Works will begin operating under summer hours .

After 13 years of schooling, countless quizzes, tests, required reading assignments, portfolios and four years of Capstone preparation, the Coventry High School Class of 2013 officially ended their time as Coventry students.

Dear Coventry Taxpayers: I would like to clarify something that was printed in the Thursday, June 13, issue of the Kent County Times and also state my position on the recent Financial Town Meeting : There was an erroneous statement in the article on the 2013 Coventry Financial Town Meeting.

It's quite possible there were more nonresidents than residents at Tuesday night's annual Financial Town Meeting at the high school.

Sunday, June 2 9:33 a.m. - Police arrested John Gilbert Mischler, 34, of Ten Rod Road, for driving without consent of the owner, driving with a suspended license and disorderly conduct after his girlfriend said he took her car without permission the night before and then was found passed out in the car in front of Mike's Auto Body at around 7 a.m.

Coventry - and all of Rhode Island, actually - was spared a significant outbreak of West Nile Virus last summer.

The Rhode Island Chapter of the Association of United States Army , together with Banneker Industries , recently recognized eight soldiers during its annual "Soldiers of Excellence" awards dinner held at the Quonset "O" Club.

In one sentence, could you tell us what your dad taught you? It's not an easy question, but one we asked local residents to answer the week before Father's Day, which is this Sunday, June 16. Coventry residents tell us their answers in the video seen above.

Coventry FD Meeting: The Coventry Fire District Board of Directors will meet this evening at 7 p.m. at Anthony Fire Station .

Members of the Coventry Public Education Foundation recently presented grant awards to four Coventry educators to purchase classroom tools and materials.

At approximately 4:30 a.m. on Monday, Western Coventry Fire crews responded to a reported barn fire at 175 Log Bridge Road.

The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a flood watch for Coventry and much of the Southern New England area starting tonight and lasting through Tuesday evening.

Eighteen people are now being treated for possible rabies exposure after coming into contact with a baby raccoon in Coventry that later tested positive for the disease.

A West Warwick woman faces nine felony counts of embezzlement after the chairman of Boy Scout Troop 1, which meets at St. Vincent De Paul Church, noticed that the troop's checking balance was unusually low.