Warwick Beacon
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Reading and writing An impromptu visit to St. Rose of Lima School where a reporter/photographer was welcomed into the classroom found first graders engaged in an accelerator reading program and fourth graders working on personal narrative writing. As it
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10/23/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Looking ahead to supplying the industries of the future with young talent, billion-dollar technological services and consulting company Infosys announced Tuesday the launch of a partnership with the Community College of Rhode Island to
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/14/19
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By JOHN HOWELL The lights were still on and the doors open Tuesday at the Buttonwoods Community Center, but Melanie LaMountain of Westbay Community Action was the only person in the building. She wouldn't be staying long. Chairs and desks used for the
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By John Howell
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4/3/17
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Sears, the anchor store that made Midland Mall the success that it was and hung in there after it became Rhode Island Mall and eventually fell victim to Warwick Mall and the big box stores of Route …
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By John Howell
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6/27/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The sun beamed down on a seemingly endless swath of blueberry bushes, with dozens of foragers, young and old, peacefully patrolling for a fresh taste of summer in Rhode Island. Monday was the first day of the blueberry picking season at
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/11/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Dr. Paul Koch recalled the paucity of patients after opening the city's first Koch Eye Associates office in July of 1981. Paul, his sister, Dr. Dorothy Patty" and brother Peter didn't have a single appointment one afternoon. The place was"
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By John Howell
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10/12/17
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Flying high, Dreaming Big More than 350 girls from across the state and Massachusetts and many of their families converged at the Big Dream Academy in Cranston on Saturday for the Mardi Gras Gymnastics, involving gymnasts from 11 gyms in a show of
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By John Howell
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2/13/18
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Shannon Godbout, age 34, of Hope Valley has been charged with one count of 2nd Degree Robbery (Felony), one count of Driving Without Consent (Felony), one count of Felony Shoplifting, and one more count of Driving Without Consent (Felony) in regards to
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3/22/18
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On June 22 at approximately 11:58 p.m. Officer Aaron Steere was driving on I-95 when he saw a vehicle driving erratically. He followed the vehicle and the driver turned its blinker on to take the exit then swerved back onto
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7/5/18
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On October 12 at approximately 5:25 p.m., Officers Christopher Gillis and Brian Fontaine were dispatched to Dudley Avenue for a report of a car that had struck a basketball hoop with the driver of the vehicle slumped over the
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10/23/18
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This is part one of a series chronicling Ethan Hartley and his progress towards participating in Mentor Rhode Island’s “Dancing with the Stars” fundraising event on May 2 at Rhodes on the …
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/14/19
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For five generations since 1935, the Baffoni family has kept their tradition of raising poultry on their farm in Johnston. Now, one of their own, Anita Baffoni, is flying the coop and entering the fray of national politics as Rhode Island
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By Tim Forsberg
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4/3/17
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By JOHN HOWELL
Jean Johnson, the founding executive director of the House of Hope, was honored Wednesday by the Rotary Club of Warwick for her work of helping the homeless and those in …
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By John Howell
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6/27/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Greetings, Rhode Island! Allow me to officially introduce myself. I am the new associate editor at the Beacon, Ethan Hartley. My path to Warwick has been an interesting one and, although I never would have guessed that I would be in this
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/11/17
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JUST ONE DRINK While traveling north on Warwick Avenue on Oct. 5 around 12:39 a.m., officer Christopher Cote observed a blue Honda driving in front of him that was drifting to the left along the road's white dotted lines. The vehicle then drifted into
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10/12/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Robert Flanders, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in the upcoming election, stopped by the weekly meeting of the Warwick Rotary Club on Thursday afternoon to have lunch and speak to a full gathering at the
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By Ethan Hartley
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2/13/18
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Blum Shapiro, an independent auditing firm from Cranston, has released the FY17 audit of the City of Warwick’s financial situation, assessing for the 16th year in a row an “unqualified audit …
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/22/18
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The Board of Trustees of the Warwick Public Library recently planted cherry trees on the library grounds in appreciation of the late Anne Kayarian. She was a tireless community advocate who championed the Warwick Public Library, and libraries in general,
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7/5/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Here's something to cheer about: Whereas more than 360 members of the Rhode Island National Guard were on deployment last Christmas, fewer than 10 will be away from home this year, according to Major General Christopher Callahan. Yet on
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By JOHN HOWELL
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10/23/18
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On Feb. 1 at 11:27 p.m., Officer Steven Moretti was in the area of Jefferson Boulevard conducting DUI detail in a marked cruiser when he observed an SUV with Rhode Island registration pull out of the Whethersfield Commons
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2/14/19
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By JOHN HOWELL It's not unusual that volunteers delivering Meals on Wheels leave with something they might not have expected, which can make their day. That's what happened Tuesday when Mayor Scott Avedisian delivered a ham and pineapple dinner to Frank
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By John Howell
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4/3/17
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Warwick and the larger state community said farewell Monday to Eugene McCaffrey, who served as mayor from 1973 to 1977 and, after an unsuccessful bid for Congress, played a quiet role in Warwick …
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By John Howell
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6/27/17
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SUSPICIOUS BULGES On June 21 at approximately 5:37 p.m., Officer William Holz along with several members of the department were dispatched to the Bald Hill Road Walmart for a report of a shoplifting in progress. While en-route to the scene, dispatch
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7/11/17
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By RYAN CHAMPLIN Citizens Bank teamed up with L.E.A.D. USA, a national team-building organization, for a bike build with the employees at the Warwick Crowne Plaza. Unbeknownst to the employees, the high-quality Raleigh bicycles were then presented as a
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By Ryan Champlin
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10/12/17
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On January 28 at 12:27 p.m., Officer Sokhannareth Chea and other members of the department were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident. Dispatch had advised the officers that one of the vehicles involved in the accident
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2/13/18
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