Warwick Beacon
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By ETHAN HARTLEY They're going to try again. Attorney Vincent Ragosta, state-appointed mediator for the ongoing teacher contract talks, said Tuesday the Warwick Teachers Union and School Committee have agreed to meet for mediation on Wednesday, Oct. 18
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/12/17
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By MICHAEL HUBER -- Estner Injury Center opened its newest office in Warwick in the Care New England Wellness Center on Post Road Thursday, specializing in pain treatments that don’t require heavy medications.
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By Michael Huber
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11/1/17
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Four year-old Davis McLarnon has had a tough childhood although he doesn't complain. In June of last year, when he was three years old, he was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor called medulloblastoma, which had also spread to his
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By Thomas Greenberg
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2/13/18
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On Sunday, March 11, I went to the foot of Shaw Avenue in Cranston to see the new Edgewood Yacht Club. The old clubhouse, built in 1908 by Murphy, Hindle & White, withstood the 1938 hurricane and …
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By Steve Hanley
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3/23/18
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“If you like the way the library is run, that’s the way we’ll run City Hall.”
The words are those of Gerald Carbone as he spoke to a gathering of about 20 neighbors and friends at his …
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By John Howell
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7/5/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Thankfully, it doesn't need to be hot for sunshine to produce green electricity through solar panels. All you need is some direct sunlight, and what Monday morning lacked in the way of warmth it certainly made up for in a cloudless,
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/23/18
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By JOHN HOWELL With projections that airport passenger traffic and operations will continue to grow, the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) gave the green light last week for development of a new 20-year master plan. Besides, the FAA requires the
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/14/19
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The No. 1 seeded Pilgrim Patriots went to the Portsmouth Abbey Ice Rink on Sunday afternoon and shut out the No. 4 Mt. Hope Huskies 3-0 during Game 2 of the Boys Division III Hockey …
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By RYAN D. MURRAY
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3/5/20
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In an email Wednesday, A.J. Braverman, a friend of Senator Jeanine Calkin, wrote that the senator is focused on her recovery and her family is focused on supporting her. In a statement posted on social media, Senator Calkin said she fell unconscious on
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5/6/21
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More than 40 years after the Vietnam War ended, an Army veteran’s dog tag recently found in Vietnam has been returned to his Warwick family thanks to a stranger half way across the world.
It all …
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By Tim Forsberg
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4/3/17
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Tax bills should be arriving by the end of this week, but don’t be alarmed if you’re missing something.
No, the city isn’t handing out passes on motor vehicle taxes, although for about …
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By John Howell
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6/27/17
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By JOSH FAIOLA Entering her senior year at Pilgrim High School, Sophie Carter has been called a mature self-starter and one of the standouts at the school. Later this month she may meet President Trump. Carter is going into her fourth term as class
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By Josh Faiola
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7/11/17
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By JOHN HOWELL and TIM FORSBERG Might Rhode Island - possibly Warwick - be the site for Amazon HQ2, a second North American headquarters, eventually employing 50,000 people? That's the hope of Rhode Island Commerce, which plans to submit its proposal to
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By John Howell & Tim Forsberg
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10/12/17
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Alice Cecilia Devine Carney, age 61, a lifelong Democrat, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, October 20, 2017.
Born in Providence, she was the daughter of Crystal (Clukey) …
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11/1/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Nancy Longiaru is 88 years old and says she's ready to retire. It's not a decision that many people in Warwick feel good about. They're accustomed to catching a glimpse of Nancy's blonde hair through the kitchen door as they place an order
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By John Howell
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2/13/18
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The Warwick Beacon is continuing its partnership with the Warwick Animal Shelter to help raise awareness about the dogs and cats available for adoption at its location on Arthur Devine Boulevard - this time with the aid of video. While the Beacon and its
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/27/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Although the Warwick School Department can't yet be sure about how it will balance its budget due to a sizable gap between their needs and what they have been allocated by the City Council, it isn't stopping work from being done to
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/5/18
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By JOHN HOWELL The truck is parked outside J. Palmieri's Pizzeria & Pub on Plainfield Pike. The engine is running but no one is inside. Not for long. Mark DePasquale is on the move. He's grabbed some lunch to go and now he's got 45 minutes before a
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By JOHN HOWELL
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10/23/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY A labor bill introduced by the Rhode Island House of Representatives is already poised to become one of the hot button issues of the new legislative session, as the proposed bill, H5260, would expand the reach of binding arbitration in
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/14/19
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The House of Representatives has passed legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) that would require schools to report on the race and gender of students applying for federal student aid. The Education
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5/6/21
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By TESSA ROY Though Saturday was met with a few raindrops, the spirits of several hundred supporters of President Donald Trump were not dampened. They took to the streets of Providence with flags and signs, marching up to the State House steps to declare
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By Tessa Roy
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4/3/17
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After an on-again and off-again routine, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and Bay Crane Service Inc., a New York-based shipping company that specializes in hauling oversized …
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/11/17
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John F. Boulay, 48, passed away Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Rhode Island Hospital from injuries received in an accident at Hoxsie Four Corners.
He was born in Attleboro, MA, on November 21, …
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10/12/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY A group of 32 members of the faculty and staff of Norwood Elementary School shared a letter with the Beacon that they crafted in support of their principal, John Gannon, and in protest of the school administration's decision to not renew
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By Ethan Hartley
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2/13/18
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By JOHN HOWELL It's been three months since city employees reporting for work discovered that a pipe had burst in the City Hall Annex, soaking records in the tax assessor's office and causing ceiling titles to crumble. Mayor Scott Avedisian acted
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By John Howell
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3/27/18
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