Five Things You Need To Know Today, April 8
CCFD Hearing: The Central Coventry Fire District hearing postponed from Apr. 2 will be held today at 2 p.m. in Kent County Court (222 Quaker Ln., Warwick) with Superior Court Judge Brian Stern. This...
View ArticleHopkins Hill Students Collect Pennies for Patients
Students at Hopkins Hill Elementary School, along with friends and family members, recently rounded up their loose change for a good cause. At the beginning of March, students began participating in...
View ArticleElementary Students Sample Lunches From Around the World
Have your kids ever wondered what students eat for lunch in other countries? ARAMARK is helping them find out this week through a fun, international lunchtime promotion. Meals from actual school...
View ArticleCoventry Man Among 6 Charged with Mortgage Fraud
A Coventry man is among six suspects arrested for their participation in one or more mortgage fraud schemes netting an excess of $3.9 million in mortgage financing obtained under false pretenses, the...
View ArticleCouncil President Calls Special Meeting To Discuss CCFD Loan
During a Monday afternoon hearing in Kent County Superior Court, Judge Brian Stern strongly suggested to CCFD Special Master Rick Land, as well as state and town officials, that they attempt to find...
View ArticleFive Things You Need To Know Today, April 9
School Committee Meeting: The Coventry School Committee will meet at 7 p.m. this evening at Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School to discuss and vote upon several administrative resolutions, the Oak...
View ArticleHip Hop, Poetry and Literature Merge at Tiogue School
Students at Tiogue Elementary School exercised their minds, bodies and imaginations recently during a five-day Cultural Arts Workshop featuring "Shakespeare to Hip hop". The inspirational and...
View ArticleLetter: Can RIDE Exempt Teacher Seniority?
I write to express my concerns with the recent directive issued on Jan. 31 by Education Commissioner Deborah Gist to school superintendents throughout the state. Commissioner Gist warned...
View ArticleGALLERY: 2013 CHS Alumni Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
On Thursday, Mar. 28, 2013, friends, family and colleagues, both former and current, gathered at Nino's on Lake Tiogue for a meal, lively conversation and the opportunity to recognize five...
View ArticleCoventry Spending That Increases Fire District Deficit Is Irresponsible, Says...
STATE HOUSE, APR 9 – A proposal to spend $300,000 to keep the failed Central Coventry Fire District operating for a few more weeks is “absolutely irresponsible” says State Rep. Patricia Morgan...
View ArticleCouncil Approves Proposed 300K Town Loan to Fire District
Dozens of Coventry residents gathered in Town Council Chambers at Town Hall Tuesday night for an emergency Special Meeting to bear witness to a discussion by Council members regarding a suggested...
View ArticleTell Us: What’s the Biggest Challenge You’ve Ever Faced?
In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic scaling of Mount Everest, Patch is asking our readers across the country: What’s the biggest challenge you’ve ever had to overcome?...
View ArticleFive Things You Need To Know Today, April 10
CCFD Hearing: Be advised that Judge Brian Stern is conducting another Central Coventry Fire District hearing today, Apr. 10 at 2 p.m. in Courtroom 4F at Kent County Superior Court (222 Quaker Ln.,...
View ArticleWanted Man From URI Library No Threat
Release courtesy of the University of Rhode Island. The individual who was the subject of a photo distributed to the campus community on Monday, April 8, voluntarily went to the URI Police Department...
View ArticleLetter: Rep. Guthrie Requests More Time For CCFD Solutions
Your Honor, I stand here concerned about the Central Coventry fire district, and its future. Although I have sat quietly during these proceedings in the courtroom, I have acted, as directed by the...
View ArticleJudge Grants Town Loan to Central Coventry Fire District
At Tuesday night's emotionally-charged emergency Special Meeting, four of the five Coventry Town Council members voted in favor of putting forth a motion in court requesting authorization for the...
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