Warwick Radio: The Voice of Warwick, Rhode Island

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with City Historian and Warwick Historical Society Vice President Henry A.L. Brown about Oakland Beach.

Founded in 1670, Oakland Beach has been remade many times. Hear about shellfishing in Warwick Cove and Brush Neck Cove in the 1800s, the construction and burning of the Oakland Beach Hotel, rebuilding after the hurricanes of 1938 and 1954, and the history of the Oakland Beach carousel.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by the ⁠⁠⁠Varnum Memorial Armory Military & Naval Museum⁠⁠⁠.

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Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Mayor Frank Picozzi about Warwick at the start of 2023.

Hear about new homes being built in the city, reevaluation, the new ice skating rink, ward improvements, city buildings for sale, renegotiating city employee contracts, reviewing the school bond, Gaspee Days, beach passes, fireworks, a visit by the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall, and new hotels.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by the ⁠⁠Varnum Memorial Armory Military & Naval Museum⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Join Dave Englund, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and founder of Warwick Americana band In Lieu of Flowers, for a track-by-track look at the band’s self-titled, debut album.

Discover the story behind a song, and listen to the complete tune.

Today, hear about the song Whittled Down to Nothing.

Visit the In Lieu of Flowers ⁠website⁠.

In April 2021, singer-songwriter Dave Englund called his longtime friend, bassist and songwriter Steve Wolfe and asked if he'd be interested in creating an acoustic/electric Americana band, leaving the loud guitars in the rearview and opting for a more vocal-driven, vintage, thumping sound. Steve agreed.

After running a series of specific ads tailored to each musician's seat, the phone calls started coming in. Drummer, percussionist and vocalist Mark Vadnais showed up to play on Dave's back deck. Immediately the snaky soulful grooves started happening. Two weeks later, Chris Taylor answered the ad, jumped on deck, opened his Gretsch case, and delivered his unique guitar vibe, insuring his ticket in.

In November, an old acquaintance of Dave and Steve's, violinist and mandolin player Ernie Lau got the phone call asking him to come jam and see if he'd be a good fit for this new group. His focus on classical violin as opposed to bluegrass fiddle brought a new and needed color, and he joined in November.

Rounding out the band a month later in December was pedal steel guitarist Jim Wishart who answered the final ad, having been a guitarist for many years but only recently started playing the steel guitar, his musicality and playing coated every song he played on. Jim was in and In Lieu of Flowers was complete!

Good friends Martha Bottella and Catrina Ritchie and their good pal Heather Paris have an honest conversation about good and bad emotional bonds.

Martha recently came down with COVID, and she used the experience to break her addiction to cigarettes. Hear how she did it and how quitting has improved her life.

Read about Neuro-Linguistic Programming Therapy (NLP).

Read about Ayurveda.

Martha Bottella and Catrina Ritchie live in Warwick and can wave to each other from their back decks. They work in wellness and are colleagues at ⁠Wellness New England⁠.

Write to Martha and Catrina at [email protected].

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with author and genetic genealogy coach Gerri Berger.

Genetic genealogists use DNA evidence and traditional genealogical records to solve family tree mysteries. Hear how DNA testing helped Gerri find her birth father, how she became a coach, why coaches are helpful when children contact their birth parents, when to contact a genetic genealogist, and which ethnic groups are underrepresented in present-day DNA databases.

Visit Gerri’s website and learn about her book Living in the Know.

RI is one of eleven states that allows adult adoptees (age 18 and over) unrestricted access to their own original birth certificates.

If you were adopted, born in Rhode Island, and were age 18 as of July 8, 2021, you can request a non-certified copy of your original, pre-adoption birth record from the State Office of Vital Records. (Non-certified birth records cannot be used for passports, driver's licenses, etc.)

Adult adoptees (age 21 and over) who were born and adopted in Rhode Island; birth parents who surrendered a child for adoption in Rhode Island; adult genetic siblings of adoptees; adoptive parents of deceased adoptees; and parents or adult siblings of deceased birth parents can register with the Family Court Voluntary Adoption Reunion Registry.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by the ⁠Varnum Memorial Armory Military & Naval Museum⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

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 end an interview with strong and focused questions.

Episode links:

Glassdoor

Payscale

Salary.com

The Muse

Kathleen Dohoney, ACRW, CPRW, CDCS, CCTC, is a Career Coach at Randstad RiseSmart and a Career Specialist at Celtic Résumé Services.

Visit ⁠Celtic Resume Services⁠.

Go to Kathleen’s ⁠Linkedin page⁠.

Write to Kathleen at [email protected].

Every city wants a haunted library. Warwick, here’s yours.

Music by Audionautix.com

A half-minute is all it takes to be inspired by a poem.

Join Warwick poet D.K. McKenzie for thought-provoking poems that are less than a minute long.

Hear poems by Walt Whitman, Elinor Wylie, and D.K. McKenzie.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with editor George LaCross from the amusement park fan site Laff in the Dark.

From Patti Page in 1952 to Weezer in 1994, concerts at the Palladium and Midway stage were an essential part of Rocky Point. Hear about shows by small acts that would become big, the night in 1978 when REO Speedwagon, AC/DC, Blue Öyster Cult, and Thin Lizzy all played, the group that caused the power to go out three times, and the 1984 concert that caused a traffic jam from Warwick to Cranston.

Join the Rocky Point Park Remembered! Facebook group.

Visit the Laff in the Dark website.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by the Varnum Memorial Armory Military & Naval Museum.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Good friends Martha Bottella and Catrina Ritchie have an honest conversation about embarrassing moments.

Have you ever had an occasion where you said or did something that you shouldn’t have? Martha and Catrina have, and you may recognize yourself in their stories.

Martha Bottella and Catrina Ritchie live in Warwick and can wave to each other from their back decks. They work in wellness and are colleagues at Wellness New England.

Write to Martha and Catrina at [email protected].