Tom Kravitz News Today

STORY OF THE WEEK: During an address last week to the Northern RI Chamber of Commerce, Gov. Dan McKee suggested the worst traffic fallout from the Washington Bridge is in the past. “We have to …

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The Warwick City Council’s final regular meeting focused on changes to the city’s zoning ordinance to comply with state law, with many residents expressing frustration and discontent with …

In a race against time, Mayor Frank Picozzi has retained Steven M. Taber, who was instrumental in crafting a an agreement with the Rhode Island Airport Corporation leading to an extended runway at …

Within a month the City Council could have another estimate of what it would cost to build new Pilgrim and Toll Gate high schools. City Planner Tom Kravitz has hammered out an agreement with …

By WILL STEINFELD Route 37 opened in 1965 at the height of the highway-building boom. In total it was a three and a half mile stretch of pavement through mostly non-residential land from …

Route 37 opened in 1965 at the height of the highway-building boom. In total it was a three and a half mile stretch of pavement through mostly non-residential land from …

By JOHN HOWELL An ordinance that would have updated the city’s Harbor Management Plan and virtually wiped out the local shellfishing industry and most of the city’s marinaswas …

“It’s a home run.” Those were the words City Planner Tom Kravitz used to describe the $2 million WinnDevelopment bid to buy the vacant former Aldrich Junior High School and …

Frank Picozzi recalls fishing on the rocks below the Warwick Neck Lighthouse as a boy. Now, as mayor, he’s looking to restore the access the public once enjoyed to the property with its …