Warwick Beacon
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In the home stretch Michael Tucci, above, foreman for Pariseault Construction, said Tuesday the company is nearing completion of the work needed to reopen St. Kevin School that was forced to close prior to Christmas because of a burst hot water heating
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2/21/19
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By TESSA ROY Employees at Duluth Trading's Warwick location convened as a family" for the first time last week. Mayor Scott Avedisian joined the staff to cut a ribbon and officially open the store for business Thursday morning. "Opening our 20th retail"
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By Tessa Roy
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5/2/17
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Finding four-legged friends The mood was upbeat and remarkably free of barking, seeing that there were so many dogs, at Sunday's Always Adopt event held at Balise Toyota in Warwick. Pre-approved adopters got the first pick of the pups, which was followed
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6/6/17
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Preparations for today, reminders from the past Today is the anniversary of the Great Storm of 1938 that roared through Rhode Island killing 628 people and destroying 37,000 homes. The storm wiped out homes and businesses that stretched nearly to the
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9/23/17
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There may be light at the end of the tunnel yet. A new mediation session, the first in months between the Warwick School Committee and the Warwick Teachers' Union - mediated by Mayor Scott Avedisian on an as-wanted" basis and selected mediator Vincent"
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10/13/17
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DUTY TO STOP On Jan. 3 at approximately 1:13 p.m. Officers Brian Murray and Joseph DeDonato responded to the area of Gilmore Furniture on Post Road for a hit and run accident. The victims of the accident gave the officers the plate numbers and DeDonato
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1/18/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Nathanael Santagata doesn't appear by any stereotypical standards to be any part African - his Italian and Polish heritage comes through much more apparently - but that doesn't change the fact that he possesses a little Moroccan DNA
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/29/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Abbey is a short street in Ward 1, a walk of less than 10 minutes from end to end, but after an hour Saturday afternoon Ward 1 Councilman Richard Corley hadn't even knocked on the doors of all the even numbered homes. It's not that he met
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By JOHN HOWELL
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10/25/18
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DUI On Feb. 7 just before 8 p.m., Officer Brian W. Fontaine reports responding to the intersection of Post and Airport roads for a report of an impaired driver. Dispatch indicated the vehicle had been observed speeding and swerving between lanes.
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2/21/19
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Disease surveillance systems at the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) have detected an increase in viral respiratory and gastrointestinal illness over the past several days according to a release issued Tuesday. While we expect to see an"
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1/12/17
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By TESSA ROY Speaking at a town hall at the Warwick Police station on Wednesday, Deborah Parente said she first learned of her son Peter's drug addiction when she found syringes in his drawers while putting away laundry. She described some successful
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By Tessa Roy
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5/2/17
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By JEN COWART The students in James Gemma and Stephanie Gallagher's fifth-grade classes listened intently and respectfully last week as Cpl. Matthew Bradford, a Marine who lost both his legs, his eyesight and partial use of one hand in 2007 when he
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By Jen Cowart
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6/6/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Alfred Carpionato, who built a $1 billion empire of retail shopping centers, hotels, apartment complexes and restaurants, will be doing more of what he enjoys doing most - says the man who succeeds him as president and chief operating
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By John Howell
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1/18/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Buckeye Brook, like the river herring that will hopefully be running through it in the coming weeks as the weather turns warmer, has been the topic of a steady stream of activity in recent days. On Tuesday a small gathering of
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By John Howell
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3/29/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Candidates running for three open seats on the Warwick School Committee gathered inside Studio 107 at Pilgrim High School Tuesday evening for a question-answer forum that covered everything from the role of a school committee in public
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/25/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY If school faculty and staff in Warwick were paid under the same contractual rates as those positions in Cranston, Warwick would save about $8.1 million in salary costs. Including fringe benefit costs, that number creeps closer to $9.7
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/21/19
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Local malls and stores are gearing up for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, the official kick off of the holiday shopping season, although movement to discourage consumerism on the holiday weekend seems to be gaining some steam, with several
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By Mary Johnson
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11/24/16
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Almost 500 students from across the state will compete in the FIRST LEGO League “Animal Allies” Championship Tournament on January 14, 2017, at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. 81 teams …
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1/12/17
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David Ortiz knows how to close things out.
“Big Papi” is one of the most clutch hitters in Red Sox history, leading Boston to three world championships during his career, but he took his …
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By Jacob Marrocco
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5/2/17
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By ANESSA PETTERUTI A dinghy that has been around the world will be for sale at the Asbury United Methodist Church's Yard Sale this Saturday. Asbury has been hosting yard sales for about forty years and without question the dinghy is a first. The story
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/20/17
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STOLEN CAR Officer Ryan Lancaster responded to the Herb Chambers Cadillac on Bald Hill Road for a report of a stolen motor vehicle. At the scene he spoke with a service manager, who stated that he noticed a vehicle that was registered to the dealership -
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6/6/17
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By CAROL SULLIVAN -- During my early childhood, my parents, Arthur and Gladys Mansfield and brother, David, left Providence and Trinity United Methodist Church for a change of scenery (more country-feel desired at the time)...
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By Carol Sullivan
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8/24/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- In today’s politically charged environment, the need for a space to safely and orderly orchestrate discussions about politics has become palpable. A teacher/student duo is filling that void with a new club.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/11/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Main Avenue residents are getting their mail delivered once again now that the temperatures have climbed out of the single digits and, most importantly, the snow has melted. That's good news for Sue Rezendes, although it offers little
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By John Howell
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1/18/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Amid the opioid overdose epidemic happening across the nation, officials from 26 of Rhode Island's cities and towns converged in Warwick on Wednesday morning to discuss solutions to the problem. The event, which comes amidst a lawsuit
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By Thomas Greenberg
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3/29/18
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