Warwick Beacon
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Although their campaigns were never short on confidence, the nervous energy was apparent at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick on Tuesday evening as a mid-sized crowd of supporters for Rhode Island Republican candidates awaited polling results
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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11/8/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Lowell Lister likes running on the Pilgrim track. It's easier on his knees than the pavement. But while his knees may be getting a break, are the fumes from overhead jets landing and taking off at Green Airport a health risk? Would wearing
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/5/19
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By ERIN O'BRIEN It was an event a year in the making . with just a few minor hiccups along the way. In February 2019, Bryan Schnell devised the perfect plan - Aruba in April, a beach bungalow, dinner for two, sunset, a professional photographer, and a
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By ERIN O'BRIEN
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4/16/20
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After numerous meetings and seeing the contract offer of the School Department and the counter offer of the Warwick Teachers Union, mediator Vincent Ragosta has concluded the two sides are so set in pursing opposing certain core"
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By John Howell
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10/20/16
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JEWELRY HEIST According to a Warwick Police Department Facebook post on November 22, officers are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a suspected jewelry thief. According to their post, on November 18 sometime between 10 and 10:30 a.m., a
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11/25/16
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By TIM FORSBERG DISPATCH LEADS TO MARIJUANA SUMMONS On Dec. 23 at 10:18 p.m., Sergeant John Choquette and Officer Sokphannareth Chea were dispatched to 2043 Elmwood Avenue for a report that a male and a female were verbally arguing. It was determined
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By Tim Forsberg
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1/13/17
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Easter is a time of rebirth. This Sunday, however, it is also the end of a chapter for what was once the hub to the Norwood community and the Catholics who lived there. The Easter Mass at St. William Church will be its last, according to the Diocese of
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4/17/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Warwick Police Department, in partnership with the United States Office of the Attorney General and the Norwood Neighborhood Association, are inviting the public to join an informational session on Wednesday to increase awareness
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/10/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY As a heavy summer rainstorm pounded the roof of the Warwick Veterans Middle School auditorium Tuesday evening, the Warwick School Committee poured over line item after line item looking for any unnecessary fat to trim from their FY19
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/19/18
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ASSAULT On Oct. 29 Officer Brian Murray responded to Warwick Mall food court for the report of an assault that had just occurred. The suspect, identified as Charles Sczuroski, 33, of 30 Howard Ave. in Cranston, was in custody with mall security, who said
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11/8/18
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During an unprecedented Warwick “State of the City” address last week, Mayor Joseph Solomon delved into fiscal details that outlined a highly troubling reality facing the city, which …
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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3/5/19
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A young woman chased an errant balloon in a parking lot in the wind. An unmarked car, red and blue lights flashing in the back window, was parked nearby. A priest surveyed the scene. No, it was not the set of an abstract film, but
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By ERIN O'BRIEN
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4/23/20
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By JOHN HOWELL Swimming pool owners are expected to feel the effects of a hurricane that didn't so much as brush the eastern coast of United State last August when they go to buy chlorine tabs. The tabs are in short supply, says Charlie German, who owns
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/20/21
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Dyllan James McKenzie, 26, passed away July 11. He was the beloved son of the late Lori E. McKenzie and grandson of Cheryl and Frank Adams.
Dyllan attended Norwood School, Aldrich Jr. High and …
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7/14/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- On Aug. 31, Build the Banner will congregate outside the Rhode Island State House from 6 to 9 p.m. for their first ever Overdose Awareness Day and Remembrance Vigil.
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/24/17
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By JOHN HOWELL It's early in the election season - candidates don't need to declare until June - but this time Mark McKenney isn't waiting until the 11th hour. The Democrat and attorney, who for years has been active in civic and municipal events, will
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By John Howell
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4/10/18
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By PEDER SCHAEFER In front of a full chamber Monday night, the Warwick City Council voted 5-3 to ratify new three-year union contracts for police and municipal workers. While the entire council was in agreement that both parties deserved raises that were
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/19/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Almost 75 years ago to the day, Staff Sergeant Raymond W. Barnes took off around 8 a.m. as part of a 10-man crew in his designated B-17 Flying Fortress to lead an aerial force of 500 other planes for a bombing run targeting submarines in
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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11/8/18
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Sunday’s was the first “big snowstorm” for Mathew Solitro in his role as acting director of the Department of Public Works.
“I would say I hate snow officially,” Solitro said with a …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/5/19
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This creature isn’t from the depths of the Amazon jungle, but from a place that was once far more sinister and scary - the Rocky Point House of Horrors. But thanks to a local teenager, the creature …
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By Tim Forsberg
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7/14/17
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John J. McLaughlin Sr., 94, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 surrounded by his loving family and entered into eternal life to be reunited with the love of his life, Doreen M. …
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11/3/17
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George Pettis, 55, of Warwick passed away at home on Tuesday, November 21, 2017.
He has been a resident of Warwick for his entire life. He was a long time employee of Winstead’s Marina. …
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11/23/17
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With insufficient members to constitute a quorum, the Zoning Board of Review has been forced to postpone until next month the appeal of the September Planning Board finding that a three-story self-storage unit at Pond Plaza in inconsistent with the
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4/10/18
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A large contingent of state legislators joined Governor Gina Raimondo at the Women’s Health Unit of Kent Hospital on Thursday to ceremoniously sign three bills pertaining to women’s health issues …
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/24/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Warwick is blue. True blue to the core - not even a hint of purple - for the first time since Charles Donovan was mayor in 1992. Backed by a party that didn't become locked in bloodletting primaries, Mayor Joseph Solomon, who was handed
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/8/18
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