West Warwick News

The Department of Health says 74 people who attended an April 5th wedding at the West Valley Inn in West Warwick got the norovirus.

"It's the same method. They go to file to their taxes, then they realize that somebody else has filed their taxes and they can't -- it's been returned to them," Police Chief John LaCross said.

Ocean State Theatre Company , currently celebrating its first full season in its new state-of-the-art theatre in Warwick is proud to present the tap-dance extravaganza, 42nd Street from April 23 - May 18. Based on the 1933 movie musical of the same name, this timeless, inspiring story focuses on a naive young chorus girl named Peggy Sawyer, who is ... (more)

Several Rhode Island legislators visited Worcester Technical High School on Friday seeking ideas to strengthen technical career education in Rhode Island.

VIOLATING NCO Police charged Michael Daniel Iavarone, 20, of 3 Drawbridge Drive, West Warwick, with violating a no-contact order April 6 at 12:20 a.m. after they got a report the day before that he was planning to be in the presence of the subject of the no-contact order.

In light of Narragansett and West Warwick's recent press reports summarizing their respective action and funding improvement plans, I was moved to review how this commission - which was born out of crisis - could have turned into such a disaster.

Rep. Patricia A. Serpa has been named to the House Finance Committee, considered the most influential of the House committees because of its role in developing the state budget, as well as a myriad of other matters that have a financial impact on the state.

Allowing former Speakers of the House to become lobbyists so soon after they retire threatens our democracy, believes John Perilli Former Rhode Island House Speaker William J. "Bill" Murphy has not held elected office since 2010, but he still casts a long shadow over Smith Hill.

Eleven years later there's still about $1.8 million in fundraising to go to build a permanent Station Nightclub memorial in West Warwick, but despite the lack of funds organizers says construction will begin in a few months.

It's been seven years since 18yearold Andrew Coit was killed by a hit and run driver in West Warwick.

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 AT 3 A.M. AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this March 31, 2010 file photo, water encircles homes from the flooded Pawtuxet River in West Warwick, R.I. In 2012, Congress passed a law requiring approximately 1.1 million policyholders nationwide to start paying rates based on the true risk of flooding.

A new mental-health office called Fertile Ground opened in East Greenwich recently and is now accepting new patients.