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 Teen has dreams for business to take off
By John Howell
Fifteen-year old Spencer Moore is the newest spy in the
sky.
The Cranston East sophomore not only can show you what
Warwick City Hall looks like from 200 feet in the air, but play you the video
of how he got to such heights and back to the grassy outfield of the Apponaug
Babe Ruth Little League field without so much as a scratch.
Now he’s hoping the skills he’s learned will bring in the
bucks as he launches his own aerial photography business.
Spencer drew upon the resources he had – his father’s
business being the major one – to test fly his idea and business plan. His
father, Charles Moore, owns and runs the Apponaug Color and Hobby Shop. That’s
the store near Apponaug Four Corners with the neat model steam engine sign and
where the train whistle blows daily at noon. Actually, Charlie blows the
whistle pretty much whenever he feels like it. Read More... Staying warm & fed this winter
By John Howell Having the proper information could be the difference
between paying the heating bills and still putting food on the table this
winter or having to give one up for the other, according to Jeanne Gattegno.
That’s why Gattegno, executive director of Westbay
Community Action, and a group of nonprofits have combined forces to stage a
public information fair on Saturday, Sept. 13 in Buttonwoods. The fair will
take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is also being coordinated by the Mayor’s
Hunger Free Task Force.
The event is aimed at more than averting the situation
where, because of rising costs, people have to make such dire choices between
eating, heating and taking their medications. With more than 60 agencies and
private businesses already lined up to participate, the information fair –
tagged FYI Warwick for family, youth and individuals – will provide on-site
health screenings, family budgeting information, voter registration,
information of the eligibility for various assistance programs, tips on good
nutrition and even what courses are available to gain a better paying job.
“It’s all geared to providing the resources to balance
the [family] budget and loosen up more money for food,” Gattegno said during a
planning session Thursday morning at the Buttonwoods Community
Center. Read More... Despite having a thin pitching staff, the Warwick Connie
Mack team turned in a solid regular season and an impressive run to the state
finals.
The playoffs, though, are a time when a lack of pitching
can catch up to you. That’s why Warwick
desperately needed to steal Friday’s game one of the title-round series against
Flood Auto, Bishop Hendricken’s entry.
Instead, Flood Auto stole it.
Trailing by two in the sixth inning, Flood fought back to
tie the game then won it 6-5 with a seventh-inning rally. Bolstered by that
performance, Flood rolled past Warwick
12-1 on Saturday morning at Mickey Stevens to seal the series sweep and the
state title.
“With this team, we’ve almost grown accustomed to [games
like Friday’s],” said Flood manager Brett Bodine. “Eight or nine times this
year, we’ve won games in the last inning.” Read More...
American wins Red Andrews
By William Geoghegan When Philip Nemirow crushed a two-run home run in the
third inning of Saturday’s Red Andrews Tournament championship, his Warwick
West Side teammates launched into the biggest celebration of the tournament.
At the time, it seemed like a bigger celebration was
inevitable. Even though West Side still
trailed by a run, momentum was on their side.
But Warwick American had something to say about that.
Behind strong pitching from Eric Edwards, American kept West Side at bay then grabbed two insurance runs in the
sixth inning and held off a furious rally in the bottom of the sixth to win the
championship by a 5-3 score. Read More...
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