Warwick Beacon
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By STEPHEN ALVES On behalf of the Walaska family, thank you to all of you for attending today's celebration of Bill's life. To Marsha, Billy and Christine, Leslie and Rob, Ann Marie and Danny we offer our deepest sympathies and thank you for sharing
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By Stephen Alves
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4/14/17
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By JOHN HOWELL The Xiarhos brothers are still holding out hope that a Rhode Island favorite - New York System hot wieners - will still be available at the Easter State Exposition - the Big E - opening Sept. 15 in West Springfield, Massachusetts. While
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By John Howell
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6/15/17
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Rocky the retriever Well, actually, as anyone who knows dogs, Rocky isn't a retriever, but with temperatures in the 90s and the cool waters of the bay nearby on Conimicut Beach, Rocky willingly retrieved one flip flop after another when tossed in the
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8/22/17
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After some bumps and a few postponements in opening, the newest branch of the Warwick Boys & Girls Club (“The Club”) will host an informational and celebratory open house on Nov. 7 from 5:30 to 7 …
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/31/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Seventeen years ago Dr. Michael Dacey came home to work where his father, also Michael, was the director of human relations at Kent Hospital. By late next month, he will be gone.
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By John Howell
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12/9/17
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George B. Kirinsky, 80, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at home. He was the beloved husband of Barbara A. (Adams) Kirinsky.
He was a son of the late Boris and Mary (Kukura) Kirinsky. …
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12/29/17
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By TARA MONASTESSE In the past, children have reluctantly visited their local libraries by the command of their parents and teachers. Nowadays, the children themselves are the ones demanding a trip to the library. Kids have been turning out in droves to
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By Tara Monastesse
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7/3/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The world's premiere electric car company is set to make its first footprint in Rhode Island, right here in Warwick...
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/16/18
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Editor’s note: David Mark Chatowsky, who grew up in Warwick, submitted this story of his childhood days along with the painting.Off Cowesett Road stands St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church. …
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By DAVID MARK CHATOWSKY
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2/14/19
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Bishop Hendricken athletics saw four of its most esteemed athletes sign National Letters of Intent on Wednesday afternoon. Michael Bittner committed to Providence College for the high jump, an event he picked up
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By Jacob Marrocco
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11/11/16
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By DAWN ANDERSON Excitement filled the air at CCRI's Knight Campus Tuesday as Pilgrim High School celebrated its 55th commencement, and its first after consolidating with the former Warwick Veterans Memorial High School. Bouquets of flowers adorned the
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By Dawn Anderson
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6/15/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- The decision of the House leadership not to override the governor’s veto of what has become known as the “evergreen bill” dealt a psychological blow to unions while local leaders applaud the move.
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By John Howell
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9/21/17
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By JOHN HOWELL After the macroburst of Aug. 4, 2015, anything less seems like child's play. That was the take of some city employees yesterday morning as a group of reporters in their foul weather gear huddled in the blowing mist around Mayor Scott
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By John Howell
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10/31/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- You can help somebody at risk of suffering the effects of cold weather this winter by simply extending a little human kindness towards them.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/29/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Nathan Bishop had it all figured out. He had the money to pay his rent, buy food and buy a top of the line Jeep. Even with car payments, insurance and the cost of fuel totaling $1,900 a month, he had money to spare. Then he spun the wheel
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By John Howell
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3/22/18
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By JOHN HOWELL -- You can't buy tickets on Moxy Airlines. Well, not yet anyway, because the airline isn't up and running. However, might T.F. Green play a major role in making this dream a reality?
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By John Howell
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7/3/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The call of history is only getting louder at the Pawtuxet Rangers Armory, located on Remington Street in the heart of Pawtuxet Village...
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/16/18
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Save The Bay has released its third annual Narragansett Bay Seal Monitoring Report. The document compiles decades of historical data with new information collected during last year' seasonal monitoring efforts and the 2018 Bay-Wide Seal Count. Save The
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2/14/19
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STOLEN WHEELS On March 16 around 12:40 p.m., Officer Charles Austin was dispatched to the Hilton Garden Inn on Thurber Street for a report of a larceny of tires and rims from a vehicle. At the scene, he observed a silver Lexus with all four of its rims
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4/3/17
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By JOHN HOWELL The word is out that there will be some form of car tax relief this year just as Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello promised in the closing weeks of his campaign for re-election last fall. Both Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian and
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By John Howell
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6/15/17
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Evoking memories Residents of West Shore Health Center only needed to look out their windows to relive the past as a car show and arts festival was held Saturday in the parking lot of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and along West Shore Road. This was the
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7/11/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- There is no shortage of fall goodies to be found in the Ocean State. Here's a few places you should check out.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/12/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- It's a problem that most think they'll never encounter, but ghosts don't necessarily care if you believe in them or not.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/31/17
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Beacon Communications, which publishes the Warwick Beacon, Cranston Herald and Johnston Sun Rise newspapers, has acquired the Coventry-based Reminder, a buyer's guide publication of classifieds and adverts that publishes 28,000 copies weekly.
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/13/18
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On Mar. 11 at approximately 4:55 p.m. Officer Derek Mourato was driving on Bald Hill Road near Target when he saw the driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee throw what appeared to be a nip bottle out of its window. The Jeep then
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3/22/18
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