☕ Tax Week Turbulence

Monday, April 13, 2026 | Edition #25

GOOD MORNING, WARWICK. If you haven't filed your taxes yet, you've got three days. Three. The IRS doesn't care that it was 65 and sunny this weekend, or that you spent Sunday on the couch enthralled by The Masters with a bag of Funyuns, or that you've been "meaning to get to it." You are not skating on thin ice at this point. You are neck deep in a cold plunge, face to face with David Goggins, and Uncle Sam just pulled into the driveway. Get it together. Wednesday is coming.

⏱️Sunset Time: 7:24PM

🌘Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

⛽ Avg. Gas Price: $3.98

☀️ Weather this week: Immaculate.

They Got Him (Warwick Post) | Three days after a backpack full of airsoft guns sent CCRI's Warwick campus into lockdown, Warwick Police got their guy. Nathan Randall, 41, was identified through an in-depth investigation, tracked down, and arrested Thursday on a charge of illegal firearm possession, plus four outstanding warrants. Under Rhode Island law, airsoft guns fall under the same statute as real firearms, which is not a loophole Randall was able to walk through. He was arraigned in Third Division District Court and is being held pending a May 11 court date. Following the Brown University shooting that took place in December, local police are not taking these types of situations lightly, rightfully so. Let’s just all agree, no more BBs at CC moving forward.

School Runs a Little Longer Now (NBC 10) | The Rhode Island Commissioner of Education approved Warwick Public Schools' plan to make up snow days from the Blizzard of 2026. The fix: 44 school days get 15 extra minutes tacked onto the end, starting last Friday. The upside is that it actually moves Warwick Public Schools’ last day two days earlier, to June 18. So your kids are staying a little later between now and then, but they get out a little sooner when it counts. For those who pick up their kids from school each day, this just means you can’t leave that afternoon meeting that could’ve been an email early like you normally do. Millennials are thinking to themselves, “try me.”

One Woman, Nine Years, One Bill (WPRI) | In Rhode Island, you can be convicted of assault with intent to murder and walk away with probation. Alyssa Garcia knows this better than most. She has spent nine years attending parole hearings to keep her attacker behind bars, and now she is pushing for a bill that would require anyone convicted of the charge to serve at least 10 years, up to 40, with no deferrals and no probation. Rep. Joseph Solomon Jr. introduced it. Garcia is fighting for it.

Green Dream, Black Mold (NBC 10 I-Team) | A Warwick homeowner got solar panels installed and ended up with black mold. Michael Pella-Sabourin signed up with Smart Green Solar, which has since shut down, disconnected its phones, and stopped answering for anything. The panels were improperly installed, left unsealed holes across the roofline, and allowed water in for months before anyone noticed.

The mold showed up in the attic. The company's owner blames financial pressures and industry-wide lending collapses. Pella-Sabourin is left with the repairs. Rhode Island's Department of Business Regulation received 15 solar company complaints in the past year alone, and the AG's office has been after Smart Green Solar for deceptive practices for a while now. Next time you see a solar rep zipping up your driveway on his Paul Blart segway, ready to give you the spiel, just hide behind the couch and keep quiet. Works every time.

Tuesday, April 14 | 🍽️ Rhody Foody Social x The Social House | Link | Rhody Foody and The Social House are hosting a food, drinks, and new-friends night at 3295 Post Road, 5:30 to 8 PM. Light fare included, cash bar, and all attendees are entered to win gift certificates. If you were too chicken to go to the speed dating event, here’s a softer landing.

Saturday, April 18 | 🏃 Newport Rhode Races | Easton's Beach, Newport | Link | Marathon, half marathon, and 5K along the Newport coast, right through Newport Daffodil Days. The marathon is a Boston qualifier. Spectator shuttles available for $5. Newport in April is always worth it.

Mon–Fri, April 20–24 | 🎨 Cartoon Drawing Camp with Jerry Shippee | Link | WCFA's April break camp for grades 3 to 6, covering the basics of cartoon drawing, 9 a.m. to noon all week. Beginner friendly. Cyclops on the flyer is doing a lot of recruiting work already.

Sunday, April 26 | 🎗️ Imagine Walk for Autism | Goddard Memorial State Park | Link | The Autism Project's biggest fundraiser of the year. Live music, petting zoo, face painting, and a lot of community. Free to register. Good reason to get outside and do something that actually matters.

Now through May 3 | 🎭 The Cripple of Inishmaan | Gamm Theatre | Link | Martin McDonagh's dark Irish comedy about a young man who convinces himself a Hollywood film crew is his ticket out. Funny, strange, and worth the trip to Jefferson Boulevard. Tickets from $28.

Sundays through May 3 | 🌽 Winter Farmers Market | Warwick Mall | Link | Every Sunday, 11AM to 4PM, inside the former Forever 21 near the Target entrance. Local farms, bakers, food vendors, and artisans. Good excuse to leave the house.

Ongoing | 🏛️ Guided Tours of Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum | Link | A 150-year-old Victorian estate on Post Road that has never left the original family's hands, open for tours seven days a week by appointment. If you watch The Gilded Age on HBO, you've actually already seen parts of it. Call (401) 884-9490. One of Warwick's best kept secrets.

Saturday, May 2 | 🥊 Women's Boxing Class | DM to Register | Destinee and her boxing coach are running an all-levels class on May 2. Beginner friendly, advanced options available, drop-in is $20 to $30. DM @dezzyfitness on Instagram to lock in your spot.

Saturday, May 2 | 🫁 3rd Annual Breath of Hope RI 5K | Link | Breath of Hope RI funds research for a rare lung disease that a Warwick-area child named Landon was diagnosed with at age 4. He's now in second grade playing soccer. The 5K is at 10:30 AM at Goddard Memorial State Park. Run, walk, or donate.

🧠 Are you smarter than a Park Elementary 5th Grader?

How did Warwick's Toll Gate neighborhood get its name?

Obsequious (ob-SEE-kwee-us) | Adjective. Excessively eager to serve, please, or obey. So aggressively agreeable that it loops back around to being suspicious. From the Latin obsequiosus, meaning "compliant," rooted in obsequi, "to follow along." As in, the guy at the car dealership who just called you "boss" four times in the last two minutes and keeps telling you what a great eye you have for vehicles is being obsequious. It is not a compliment. It is a strategy. You know an obsequious person. You have probably smiled politely at one recently while quietly planning your exit. The worst part is they can tell, and they don't care, because they are already pivoting to the next guy.

Thanks to an anonymous subscriber for submitting today’s word of the day. You can submit one yourself, here. I’ll be sure to include it in the next edition!

✅Warwick Trivia Answer: The answer is B.

A working tollgate operated on Post Road in the 1800s as part of a network of turnpike roads that charged travelers for use. You drove (or rode) through it, you paid. The tollgate is long gone, but the name stayed. Warwick has been quietly holding onto history like this for 380 years and most people have no idea.

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That's it for today. Enjoy the weather this week. Be nice to your neighbor. Keep Smiling.

Thanks for reading!