Warwick Beacon
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Where can the water go? Ward 3 Councilman Timothy Howe vented his frustration at Monday night's Council meeting over the long-standing condition on a section of Lakeshore Drive where a combination of water from wetlands on one side and Warwick Pond on
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7/26/17
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On August 4 at approximately 11:30 p.m., Officer Timothy Lipka was advised by dispatch of a suspected intoxicated driver on Post Road by Walgreens in Apponaug. Upon arrival to the area, Officer Lipka observed a vehicle in
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8/24/17
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE A driver who allegedly told an officer [Expletive] off. I hope you cops die" was recently arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. Officer Adam Arico and Geoffrey Waldman were working an assigned driving under"
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9/7/17
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Warwick Fire Chief James McLaughlin emphasized Wednesday that Warwick firefighters are trained to handle all sorts of emergencies whether rescues at sea, addressing an accident on heavily traveled Route 95 or getting an injured worker off a wind turbine.
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10/15/17
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By ROBERT FLANDERS When neighbors, friends and family ask me why I am running for the U.S. Senate, my answer is simple. As Nelson Mandela said: There is no passion to be found playing small; in settling for a life that is less impactful than the one you"
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By Robert Flanders
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11/23/17
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Birthday party frosting Snow couldn't stop the final event to the year-long Warwick 375th anniversary celebration held by the Warwick Historical Society at City Hall on Saturday. The Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. Museum brought along the Tuscatucket hand
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12/12/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Flo St. Jean says she has three passions in her life: music, words and helping people. They have taken her far...
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By John Howell
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4/5/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Over the summer, the Warwick School Department projected a deficit for the first time in Anthony Ferrucci's seven-year tenure as finance director. However, documents sent ahead of a special school committee meeting to be held this
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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11/6/18
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By JOHN HOWELL What once was the neighborhood Benny's location on Warwick Avenue will become a larger Ocean State Job Lot serving the northern end of the city by Labor Day. The Carpionato Group - which bought 29 Benny's stores after the chain closed in
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/28/19
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By JOHN HOWELL "It was like the Twilight Zone," Mayor Frank Picozzi said Wednesday morning, recalling the events of the night before. Picozzi was on a telephone call with House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi about 9:30. They were talking about the Hummel
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/13/21
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Trinity Repertory Company announces that children’s auditions for this year’s production of A Christmas Carol will be held Saturday, September 10 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm at the …
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8/16/22
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Station open house Warwick Fire Chief James McLaughlin continued his initiative of monthly station open houses with an open house at Station 2 on Post Road opposite Walmart on Saturday. The event had a Halloween theme as firefighters handed out goodie
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11/2/16
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Elementary school stars shine
Cedar Hill
Principal Dr. Colleen Mercurio
K - Charles Petrarca
1 - Nathan Malafronte
2 - Ahsan Waqar
3 - Pien van Gool
4 - Reilly Darrow
5 - …
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4/17/17
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By RYAN CHAMPLIN Hospice care can be a challenging experience for everyone involved, but even more so when the patients are children. It is a struggle to not let fear consume each day. For the children, siblings, and parents, there is confusion about
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By Ryan Champlin
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8/24/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Warwick is the second best city for senior citizen health care and the fourth best city overall to retire in Rhode Island, according to a recent report released by SmartAsset.com, which indexed cities across the country in regards to
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By Ethan Hartley
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9/7/17
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GRINCHED Officer Julio Benros responded to a Lakedell Drive residence on November 30 around 8:12 a.m. for a report of a theft of Christmas lawn ornaments. At the scene the officer met with the resident who reported that his lawn ornament, a laser
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12/12/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The Warwick Boys and Girls Club is being tapped by the Boys and Girls Club of America to share some of its best practices following the results of its 2017 National Youth Outcomes Initiative survey...
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/5/18
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By JOHN HOWELL With their campaigns coming down to today's vote, candidates for mayor spent the weekend making final adjustments to cover the polls and attending events such as the Pilgrim football game that was played Sunday and Saturday's candidates
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/6/18
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By PEDER S. SCHAEFER Peter Michaelson didn't have much company last week while painting the bottom of his sailboat at the Safe Harbor Marina on Greenwich Bay-just the sun, some squawking seagulls, and a few other sailors working in the distance. "e;In the
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By PEDER S. SCHAEFER
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4/16/20
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By RYAN CHAMPLIN Healthcare, jobs and President Trump were all highlighted topics during Congressman Jim Langevin's town hall meeting last Tuesday, but the planned extension of Warwick sewers known as the Bayside project grabbed the most passionate
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By Ryan Champlin
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8/24/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Aram Garabedian, managing partner of Warwick Mall, has read the stories and heard the statistics. He's heard how Internet sales are sucking the dollars out of retail stores and how malls are closing across the country and he's seen - even
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By John Howell
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9/7/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Governor Gina Raimondo was among a panel of speakers who gave words of congratulations and encouragement to 11 students who graduated from the New England Institute of Technology under its Shipbuilding/Marine Trades and Advanced
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/12/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The Warwick City Council approved on Monday night a $127,000 bid from EA Engineering Science & Tech, of Warwick, to conduct further studies of Buckeye Brook.
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/5/18
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LARCENY On July 7 Officer Brian Murray responded to Lavan St. for the report of a stolen truck. The reporting party said that around 10:45 a.m. that day he noticed one of his work trucks missing from the parking lot. He said the truck was last seen at
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7/19/18
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Social distancing didn't stop the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) team at T.F. Green Airport from sending a little love to the rest of the airport community. With the number of passengers flying out of the airport down to a trickle, the TSA
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4/16/20
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