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Thursday, 15 December 2011 10:30 |
The city’s Board of Public Safety has voted to allow all Class B and D licensed liquor establishments to extend liquor serving hours until 2 a.m. on January 1 (New Year’s Eve celebrations).
The decision encompasses all restaurants, including some pizza parlors that serve liquor, sports bars that offer a limited menu, as well as country clubs, VFW and American Legion halls and similar facilities. |
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Thursday, 15 December 2011 09:00 |
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National Non-profit Offers Eye Exams at No Cost to Rhode Island Seniors
Telling someone about EyeCare America may be the greatest gift to give during the holiday season. The national non-profit organization, in partnership with the City of Warwick Dept. of Human Services and the Buttonwood Community Center encourages friends and family in Rhode Island to visit www.eyecareamerica.org and connect the seniors in their lives with a no cost eye exam. This national campaign makes it easy for everyone to Give the Gift of Sight!
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Friday, 09 December 2011 09:03 |
Police officials, Mayor Scott Avedisian and the Board of Public Safety will attend the department’s promotional ceremony at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the community room of police headquarters, 99 Veterans Memorial Drive.
The following have completed training at the Municipal Police Academy and will be sworn in as probationary officers: Quentin Tavares, Jeffrey Taranto, Nicholas Reay-Alton, Christopher Lo, Matthew Higgins, Andrew Gilmartin, and Charles Austin.
The following have completed their terms as probationary officers and will be sworn in as Third Class Officers: Patrick H. Smith and Hovsep Sarkisian.
Special recognition will also be given to John T. McHale and Frank Magee, who were promoted to the rank of detective within the last five months. |
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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 09:03 |
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City residents and individuals who work in Warwick are invited to take part in a survey that has been developed as part of the ongoing process to update the city’s comprehensive plan, Mayor Scott Avedisian announced today.
The survey – available online at http://www.warwickcompplan.com/?page_id=21 – takes approximately seven to 10 minutes to complete and includes a range of general and specific questions designed to afford Warwick residents, businesses and the local workforce additional opportunities to help guide and shape the new plan.
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Tuesday, 06 December 2011 09:06 |
The City of Warwick calendars are expected to be residents’ mailboxes by mid-week next week, Mayor Scott Avedisian announced today.
The calendar was first published in 2001 and has been a perennial favorite of residents ever since. Avedisian, noting that the calendar contains important information about trash and recycling collection, is asking residents to keep the calendar in a convenient location throughout the year, and to be certain to recycle the 2011 calendar.
One calendar per household is being mailed.
If a calendar has not arrived by the end of the month, please call the Department of Recycling and Sanitation at 738-2000, ext. 6525. |
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Monday, 05 December 2011 09:08 |
Mayor Scott Avedisian and Lauren Slocum, president and CEO of the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, are urging residents to “shop local” and support area merchants this holiday season.
“Our small, family-owned businesses as well as national retailers offer a great variety of items – in all price ranges,” Slocum said. “Shopping at local businesses is not only convenient, it supports the heart of our economy, and helps to keep our friends and neighbors employed.”
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Monday, 31 October 2011 11:07 |
Hear fresh poetry from new poets and top-notch poems from accomplished Rhode Island authors at Warwick Public Library’s Dynamic Hour of Poetry, a spirited and lively poetry reading, on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM. Members of the Ocean State Poets, participants in Warwick Library’s Poetry Writing Workshop, and other area writers will move you with their words. This isn’t your dusty professor’s poetry. Modern poems are real, aware, and sometimes funny. Come for a jam-packed hour of imaginative, exciting, and honest writing. Register online at warwicklibrary.org or call (401) 739-5440, x5. For more information, call (401) 739-5440, x221. The Library is located at 600 Sandy Lane. This program is free and open to all. |
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Monday, 17 October 2011 09:09 |
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Mayor Scott Avedisian today announced the start of the 2011 annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors holiday food program. The Department of Human Services is seeking the assistance of the Warwick community to help needy families this holiday season by making donations to “Neighbors Helping Neighbors.”
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