Community Corner
Warming Centers Open Across RI
Bitter cold sweeping through Rhode Island this weekend will be a health and safety risk for anyone stuck outside.

Communities across Rhode Island will be operating warming centers as a blast of Arctic air will push temperatures near record lows this weekend.
Here’s the complete list, as maintained by the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency:
Bristol:
Roger’s Free Library: 525 Hope St
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- Mon - Fri: 9 AM – 8 PM
- Fri - Sat: 9 AM - 5 PM
Burrillville:
Jesse Smith Library: 100 Tinkham Lane
- Mon - Thurs: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Fri - Sat: 10 AM - 5 PM
For Burrillville residents seeking warming centers outside of above hours please contact (401) 641-0898.
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- Sat - Sun: 9 AM - 9 PM
Charlestown:
Charlestown Town Hall: 4540 South County Trl
- Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Charlestown Community Center: 100 Park Ln
- Mon - Thurs: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
- Fri: 8:30 AM - 12 PM
Cross’ Mills Public Library: 4417 Old Post Rd
- Mon: 1 PM – 8 PM
- Tues: 9 AM - 1 PM
- Wed: 9 AM - 6 PM
- Thurs: 9 AM - 8 PM
- Fri: 1 PM - 6 PM
- Sat: 9 AM - 3 PM
Police Community Room: 4901 Old Post Rd
- Daily: 7 AM - 5 PM
For Charlestown residents seeking warming centers outside of above hours call (401) 364-1212x0
Coventry:
Coventry Police Department: 1075 Main St.
- Available as needed. For assistance contact Coventry PD at (401) 826-1100.
Coventry Public Library: 1672 Flat River Rd.
- Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM
- Sun: 12 PM – 4 PM
Senior Center: 50 Wood St
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM – 5 PM
Cranston:
Arlington Library: 1064 Cranston St
- Mon - Wed: 10 AM - 4: 30 PM
Auburn Library: 396 Pontiac Ave
- Mon - Wed: 10 AM - 6 PM
- Fri: 10 AM - 6 PM
- Sat: 10 AM - 5 PM
Central Library: 140 Sockanosset Cross Rd
- Mon - Wed: 9 AM - 8 PM
- Thurs - Sat: 9 AM - 5 PM
Knightsville Library: 1847 Cranston St
- Mon: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Tues - Wed: 11 AM - 5 PM
- Fri: 11 AM - 5 PM
William Hall Library: 1825 Broad St
- Mon - Thurs: 12 PM - 8 PM
- Sat: 10 AM - 6 PM
East Providence:
Riverside Library: 475 Bullocks Point Ave
- Fri - Sat: 9 AM - 5 PM
Weaver Library: 41 Grove Ave
- Fri - Sat: 9 AM - 5 PM
- Sun: 1 PM - 5 PM
Exeter:
Exeter Library: 773 Ten Rod Rd
- Tues - Thurs: 10 AM – 8 PM
- Fri: 10 AM - 5 PM
- Sat: 10 AM - 6 PM
Glocester:
Glocester Manton Library: 1137 Putnam Pike
- Mon - Wed: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Fri: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Sat: 10 AM - 3 PM
Harmony Library: 195 Putnam Pike
- Mon - Thurs: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Sat: 10 AM - 4 PM
Hopkinton:
Hopkinton Police Station: 406 Woodville Rd
- Available as needed. For assistance contact Hopkinton PD at (401) 377-7750.
Johnston:
Johnston Senior Center: 1291 Hartford Ave
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM - 5 PM
Johnston Public Library: 1 Memorial Ave
- Mon - Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM
Middletown:
Middletown Library: 700 W. Main Rd
- Mon - Thurs: 9:30 AM – 8 PM
- Fri - Sat: 9:30 AM - 5 PM
- Sun: 1 PM - 5 PM
Senior Center: 650 Green End Ave
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM – 4 PM
Town Hall: 350 E. Main Rd
- Mon - Fri: 8 AM – 4 PM
Narragansett:
Maury Loontjens Memorial Library: 35 Kingstown Rd
- Mon - Thurs: 9:30 AM - 8:30 PM
- Fri: 9:30 AM - 5 PM
- Sat: 9:30 AM - 5 PM
- Sun: 12 PM - 4 PM
Newport:
Donovan Manor: 19 Chapel St
- Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Edward King House: 35 King St
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM - 4 PM (Closed 2/15/16)
Florence Gray Community Center - Main Lobby: 1 Shimoda Way
- Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Newport Public Library: 300 Spring St
- Mon: 12:30 PM - 9 PM (Closed 2/15/16)
- Tues - Thurs: 9:30 AM - 9 PM
- Fri - Sat: 9:30 AM - 6 PM
- Sun: 1 PM - 5 PM (Closed 2/14/16)
Seamen’s Church Institute: 18 Market Square
- Mon - Sat: 7 AM - 4 PM
- Sun: 7 AM - 12 PM
- Will remain open 24 hours beginning 7 AM Sat, 2/13/16 - 7 AM Mon, 2/15/16.
North Kingstown:
Senior Center: 44 Beach St
- Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
North Kingstown Library: 100 Boone St
- Mon - Thurs: 9 AM - 8:30 PM
- Fri - Sat: 9 AM - 5 PM
Pawtucket:
Blackstone Valley Visitor Center: 175 Main St
- Mon - Sun: 10 AM – 4 PM
Leon Mathieu Senior Center: 420 Main St
- Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM – 4 PM
Pawtucket Police Department: 121 Roosevelt Ave; 24/7
Pawtucket Public Library: 13 Summer St
- Mon - Thurs: 9 AM – 8:45 PM
- Fri - Sat: 9 AM - 4:45 PM
- Sun: 12 PM - 3:45 PM
For those Pawtucket residents affected by the cold needing transportation, call (401) 727-9100 for assistance.
Seniors with heat-related concerns may also contact the Leon Mathieu Senior Center at (401) 728-7582 or the City’s Senior Liaison at (401) 728-0500x241.
Portsmouth:
Portsmouth Multi-Purpose Senior Center: 110 Bristol Ferry Rd
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM – 4 PM
Providence:
Capitol Community Center: 110 Ruggles Street
- Mon - Fri: 7 AM - 5 PM
Davinci Center for Community Progress: 470 Charles Street
- Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Federal Hill House: 9 Courtland Street
- Mon - Fri: 6:30 AM – 6 PM
Fox Point Library: 90 Ives St
- Mon: 9 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tues: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Wed - Fri: 1 PM – 6 PM
Jewish Community Center (Lobby Only): 409 Elmgrove Avenue
- Mon - Fri: 6 AM – 5:30 PM
Joslin Community Development Corporation: 231 Amherst Street
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM - 5 PM
Mt. Pleasant Library: 315 Academy Ave
- Mon - Tues: 1 PM - 9 PM
- Wed: 12 PM – 6 PM
- Thurs: 9:30 AM - 6 PM
- Fri: 12 PM - 6 PM
- Sat: 10 AM - 6 PM
Nickerson Community Center: 133 Delanie Street
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM - 5 PM
Olneyville Library: 1 Olneyville Square
- Mon: 1 PM - 6 PM
- Tues: 9 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wed: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Thurs - Fri: 1 PM - 6 PM
Rochambeau Library: 708 Hope St
- Mon: 1 PM - 8:45 PM
- Tues - Wed: 9:30 AM - 5:45 PM
- Thurs: 1 PM - 8:45 PM
- Fri -Sat: 12 PM - 5:45 PM
Silver Lake Annex Multi-Purpose Community Center: 529 Plainfield Street
- Mon - Fri: 6:30 AM – 5 PM
South Providence Library: 441 Prairie Ave
- Mon: 1 PM - 6 PM
- Tues: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Wed: 9 AM – 5:30 PM
- Thurs - Fri: 1 PM - 6 PM
Wanskuck Library: 233 Veazie St
- Mon: 9 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tues - Wed: 1 PM – 6 PM
- Thurs: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Fri: 1 PM - 6 PM
Washington Park Library: 1316 Broad St
- 9 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tues - Wed: 1 PM – 6 PM
- Thurs: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Fri: 1 Pm - 6 PM
West End Community Center: 109 Bucklin Street
- Mon - Fri: 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Richmond:
Clark Memorial Library: 7 Pinehurst Dr, Carolina
- Mon - Tues: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Wed: 10 AM – 8 PM
- Thurs: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Fri: 10 AM - 5 PM
- Sat: 10 AM - 2 PM
Community Center: 1168 Main St.
- Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM - 12 PM
For Richmond residents seeking warming centers outside of above hours please contact (401) 539-8289.
Scituate:
Chopmist Hill Senior Center: 1315 Chopmist Hill Rd
- Wed - Fri: 8 AM – 3 PM
- Sat - Sun: Will be open as needed. Notifications of weekend availability will be issued via CodeRED.
Hope Library: 374 North Rd
- Mon: 10 AM - 5 PM
- Tues - Thurs: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Fri: 10 AM - 5 PM
- Sat: 9 AM - 4 PM
North Scituate Library: 606 West Greenville Rd
- Mon: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Tues: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Wed: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Thurs: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Sat: 10 AM - 4 PM
Smithfield:
Greenville Public Library: 573 Putnam Pike
- Mon - Thurs: 9 AM - 8 PM
- Fri - Sat: 9 AM - 5 PM
- Sun: 1 PM - 5 PM
Smithfield Senior Center: 1 William J. Hawkins Trail
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM - 4 PM
Those Smithfield residents requiring help staying warm after regular hours please call (401) 233-1033.
South Kingstown:
Hale Library: 2601 Commodore Perry Highway
- Mon: 10 AM - 5 PM
- Tues: 1 PM - 8 PM
- Wed - Fri: 1 PM - 5 PM
Kingston Free Library: 2605 Kingstown Rd
- Mon - Tues: 10 AM - 6 PM
- Wed: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Thurs: 12 PM - 8 PM
- Fri - Sat: 10 AM - 5 PM
Neighborhood Guild: 325 Columbia St
- Mon - Fri: 7 AM - 9 PM
- Sat: 8 AM - 4 PM
- Sun: 12 PM - 4 PM
Peace Dale Library: 1057 Kingstown Rd
- Mon: 9 AM - 8 PM
- Tues - Thurs: 9 AM - 6 PM
- Fri - Sat: 9 AM - 5 PM
Senior Center: 25 St. Dominic Rd
- Mon - Fri: 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Tiverton:
Tiverton Public Library: 34 Roosevelt Dr
- Mon - Thurs: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Fri: 10 AM - 5 PM
- Sat: 10 AM - 4 PM
Tiverton Senior Center: 207 Canonicus St
- Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM - 4 PM
Warren:
Warren Town Hall - Basement: 514 Main St
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM - 4 PM
Warwick:
Pilgrim Senior Center: 27 Pilgrim Parkway
- Mon - Fri: 8 AM - 4:30 PM
Warwick Public Library: 600 Sandy Ln
- Mon - Thurs: 9 AM – 9 PM
- Fri - Sat: 9 AM – 5 PM
- Sun: 1 PM – 5 PM
Westerly:
Westerly Public Library: 44 Broad St
- Mon - Thurs: 9 AM - 8 PM
- Fri: 9 Am - 6 PM
- Sat: 9 AM - 4 PM
West Greenwich:
West Greenwich Library: 274 Victory Highway
- Mon: 10 AM - 4 PM
- Tues - Thurs: 10 AM – 8 PM
- Fri - Sat: 10 AM - 4 PM
West Warwick:
West Warwick Youth/Police Annex: 40 Factory St
- Mon - Sat: 8:30 AM - 4 PM. May extend hours until 9 PM, as needed.
Woonsocket:
Woonsocket Senior Center: 84 Social St
- Mon - Fri: 8 AM - 4 PM
Woonsocket Library: 303 Clinton St
- Mon - Fri: 9 AM - 5 PM
- Sat: 9 AM - 4 PM
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