Toasting 100 years

Warwick Beacon ·

On Tuesday morning, Mayor Scott Avedisian invited fellow Providence College alumni to City Hall for a photograph session to honor the 100th anniversary of the founding of Providence College. After the formal photographs, Mayor Avedisian gave all the participants plastic glasses from Father Shanley, the president of the college, which they raised in a salute to the institution. Pictured from left are Lynn Fitzsimmons Owens and Lynda Ortiz of the Warwick Sewer Authority, Council President Joseph Solomon, Mayor Scott Avedisian, Police Chief Colonel Stephen McCartney, Assistant Fire Chief James Kenney, Fire Chief James McLaughlin, City Controller Ken Alfano, Assistant City Solicitor and Prosecutor Kerry Rafanelli, State Representative Joseph Solomon Jr., Fire Captain Marcel Fontenault, and The Reverend Robert L. Marciano, police and fire department chaplain. (Submitted photo)