Daily Briefing: A section of Warwick is seeing new life

ALSO: Joe Mazzulla's success is no surprise in his hometown. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ Advertisement [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Mon Jun 17 2024 Will Richmond | Managing Editor Communities & R.I. [@Will_Richmond]( Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at [The Providence Journal]( and this is the Daily Briefing. If you drive through the Warwick village of Apponaug you're probably going to focus on the roundabouts. It's understandable. Some drivers don't understand how to traverse the area so your head needs to be on a swivel. But if you look around you may just see a lot of other changes taking place. An old mill has been refurbished and filled with offices and by AAA. Restaurants are lively. Families are taking advantage of a new playground and behind City Hall the centerpiece of the changes is starting to take shape. Such a transformation was part of the goal when the roundabouts were planned and the project was fully completed in 2018. And it may be working. [The former Sawtooth mill, bought by AAA Northeast and renovated into office space, is now being leased by the City of Warwick as the City Hall Annex in Appona. 06132024] The former Sawtooth mill, bought by AAA Northeast and renovated into office space, is now being leased by the City of Warwick as the City Hall Annex. Kris Craig/The Providence Journal [The Journal's Jonny Williams talked with city officials about the village's revitalization efforts, including what has changed and what's still to come.]( • If it feels like you're hearing more lately about the Rhode Island Life Science Hub it's probably because it feels like the effort is gaining steam in the effort to get the state a piece of the biotech sector. [With other states, especially Massachusetts, already with a foothold in the industry, is Rhode Island too late? The Journal's Patrick Anderson explores that question in this week's Political Scene.]( • In 1944, Henry S. Golas of Central Falls was 1st sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion. A few days before D-Day, Golas got a good news/bad news message. He had been promoted to 1st sergeant of the battalion; that was the good news. The bad news was that as a battalion staff member, he would not be hitting the beach with his men. They had spent months training together for this moment. Golas was determined to land with his buddies. [Journal veterans columnist Frank Lennon chronicles what came for Golas.]( • To say Friday's Game Four of the NBA Finals was disappointing is an understatement, but as [The Journal's Bill Koch found out there's nothing but pride in Johnston for the work Joe Mazzulla has done.]( • [A large group of people brawled on a dock for Block Island ferries]( in Galilee Saturday evening, engaging in a fight that drew the police and led to the arrest of seven people, according to Narragansett Police Chief Sean Corrigan, The Journal's Mark Reynolds reports. 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