Warwick Radio Online: The Voice of Warwick, Rhode Island
A podcast for the City of Warwick with news and stories about the city’s people, businesses, and one-of-a-kind culture. Hear your friends and neighbors explore their community and home. Write to us at radio@warwicklibrary.org.
Episodes
Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Staff Sergeant John Richards from the Rhode Island Army National Guard.
John Richards is a Recruiting and Retention NCO with the Rhode Island Army National Guard. Hear how John joined the military at age 17, about playing saxophone with the 88th Army Band, working in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a day in the life of a recruiter, how the National Guard is a second family, and can you join in your 40...
Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Miss Rhode Island 2025 Alexia Rodrigues.
Native Rhode Islander Alexia Rodrigues is Miss Rhode Island 2025 and Sgt. Alexia Rodrigues with the Rhode Island Army National Guard. Hear how Lexi started competing in pageants, about being a foster child and advocating for a better foster care system, and how Lexi will compete in the Miss America pageant in Orlando, FL.
Learn how to find a career in a competitive job market in this monthly series by Warwick career management specialist Kathleen Dohoney.
Today, Kathleen answers frequently asked career questions, including questions about résumés, interviews, and salary negotiations.
Kathleen Dohoney, ACRW, CPRW, CDCS, CCTC, is a Career Coach at Randstad RiseSmart and a Career Specialist at Celtic Résumé Services.
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Warwick poet and musician D.K. Mckenzie presents excerpts from his spoken word and music podcast, The Poe Underground, in a Warwick Radio exclusive.
In this episode, hear original music, the poems Sharaku Dreams by John Gould Fletcher and The Casket of Opals (Tenth Opal) by George Parsons Lathrop, and Hemingway City Nights, a reimagining of Ernest Hemingway’s poetry.
Sharaku Dreams
I will scrawl on the walls of the night
Faces.
Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with local ukulele expert Dean Plowman.
Dean grew up in Lakewood in the 1960s where he took piano lessons until a German Shepherd got in the way and he switched to string instruments. Hear about different types of ukuleles, teaching ukulele, playing semi-professionally, performing with the Ramones, taking guitar lessons at Warwick music shops, and ukulele classes at Warwick Public Library.
Avid foodie and Wicked Good Warwick host Leslie Wasilewski talks with Pat Cruz Events owner Pat Paolino Cruz about the Taste of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island’s acclaimed food and drink tasting event is back with an early summer gathering of 70 restaurants, caterers, bakeries, food trucks, wineries, breweries, and distilleries at Crowne Plaza on Wednesday, June 11 from 6 - 9 p.m.
Hear about tasting a wide variety of delicious eats, findi...
Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Mayor Frank Picozzi about Warwick in 2025.
Hear about the School Budget Commission, a new $50 million high schools bond, property revaluation, the city budget, new housing, the sewer system, texting while driving, the Oakland Beach Carnival, Gaspee Days, beach passes, fireworks, New Year’s Eve and Winter Festival, lighthouse improvements, the ice skating rink, and Mickey Stevens Sports Compl...
Learn how to find a career in a competitive job market in this monthly series by Warwick career management specialist Kathleen Dohoney.
Today, Kathleen interviews Julie Palazini, President of Cheryl Alexander & Associates and a founder of Idea 4 Action. Cheryl Alexander helps individuals develop their leadership abilities while Idea 4 Action concentrates on team dynamics and collaboration. Hear how Julie helps groups and individ...
D.K. Mckenzie, Warwick poet, musician, and creator of The Poe Underground, explores the possibilities of combining the voice of the guitar with the haunting words and expressions of poetry.
In this episode, hear the poems Encounter by Polly Chase and Luscious Beach by D.K. Mckenzie accompanied by improvised classical guitar.
Encounter
You move alone the avenue like one
Alone, exultant, among mountain snows;
And through your hair the...
Join lawyer and true crime fanatic Kate Itacy for stories about crimes allegedly committed by Warwick citizens or within Warwick city limits.
Today, hear the story of Warwick serial killer Craig Chandler Price. In 1989, 15-year-old Craig Price confessed to murdering two single mothers, Rebecca Spencer and Joan Heaton, and Joan’s daughters, Jennifer and Melissa. However, juvenile offender laws only allowed Craig Price to be incarcera...
Join lawyer and true crime fanatic Kate Itacy for stories about crimes allegedly committed by Warwick citizens or within Warwick city limits.
Today, hear the story of Warwick serial killer Craig Chandler Price. In 1989, 15-year-old Craig Price confessed to murdering two single mothers, Rebecca Spencer and Joan Heaton, and Joan’s daughters, Jennifer and Melissa. However, juvenile offender laws only allowed Craig Price to be incarcera...
Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with local artist Pam Vale Branch about the Rhode Island Creatives social event group for women.
Pam is the daughter of Italian-American pop singer Jerry Vale. Her husband grew up in Warwick, and her parents met while performing at The Tent. Hear about Pam’s career as a decorative painter and licensing artist, why she started Rhode Island Creatives, what meet-ups are like, how members support ea...
Warwick has so many awesome places to eat and drink. Join Leslie Wasilewski to find out what makes them Wicked Good.
Today, Leslie talks with Molly Newman and Joe Trillo from Apponaug Village Creamery and samples their vanilla and chocolate Hershey’s Premium Gold ice creams.
Visit the Apponaug Village Creamery website.
Go to the Wicked Good Warwick Instagram page.
Write to Leslie at wickedgoodwarwick@gmail.com.
Warwick has so many awesome places to eat and drink. Join Leslie Wasilewski to find out what makes them Wicked Good.
Today, Leslie talks with Karen Krinsky, Warwick ice cream maker, baker, and owner of Like No Udder vegan dessert shop, and samples a croissant, Magic Bar, Lemon Bar, Mexican Hot Chocolate Cake, and Cinnamon Graham Swirl and Coconut Lace ice cream.
Visit the Like No Udder website.
Go to the Wicked Good Warwick Instagra...
Learn how to find a career in a competitive job market in this monthly series by Warwick career management specialist Kathleen Dohoney.
Today, discover how to build an effective résumé, including strategies that work, parts to leave off, and must-have items.
Kathleen Dohoney, ACRW, CPRW, CDCS, CCTC, is a Career Coach at Randstad RiseSmart and a Career Specialist at Celtic Résumé Services.
Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Hillsgrove native, former educator, and boat builder Kenneth Allstrom.
Warwick has been Kenneth’s home for 87 years, and Narragansett Bay has been a central part of his life. Hear how his childhood church lost its steeple, about the boats he built as a youth and an adult—including a boat made out of concrete—how the Bay has changed, competing in Twenty Hundred Club races, and how to have a ...
Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Warwick Musical Theatre aka the Tent employee Cheryl Cohen.
Cheryl began her entertainment career at the Tent, took it on the road with the WWE, and ended up at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center/Amica Mutual Pavilion. Hear about her favorite Tent acts, becoming friends with performers and their crews, unusual perks that performers asked for, what a backstage VIP experience was like, and what makes c...
Learn how to find a career in a competitive job market in this monthly series by Warwick career management specialist Kathleen Dohoney.
Today, discover how to gain clarity and find your focus before you start a job search, including understanding what you want to do, your skills and strengths, and how to sell your qualifications.
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Kathleen Dohoney, ACRW, CPRW, CDCS, CCTC, is a Career Coach at Randstad RiseSma...
Warwick Life host Scott Nerney and Warwick School Committee Chairman Shaun Galligan take an in-depth and fact-based look at the new Pilgrim High School and Toll Gate High School construction project, including the budget, contingency fund, and reimbursement, locking in materials costs, managing the project, changes in the designs, and frequently asked questions.
Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and hel...
Warwick has so many awesome places to eat and drink. Join Leslie Wasilewski to find out what makes them Wicked Good.
Today, Leslie talks with Warwick native and Rhode Island Monthly Best of Rhode Island Editor’s Pick Jariah Gray about Two Hungry Bitches, Jariah’s TikTok and Instagram guide to good food, entertainment, and travel in the Northeast.
Visit the Two Hungry Bitches website.
Go to the Wicked Good Warwick Instagram page.
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