Warwick Beacon
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Although the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically cut air travel, TF Green Airport is still aiming to provide travelers with top-notch service and be one of the best airports in the …
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5/1/20
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Thanks to the actions of an off-duty West Warwick firefighter, a pug dog was rescued from the home at 436 Sandy Lane Tuesday at 4:46 p.m. According to Warwick Battalion Chief Robert Bubar, the off-duty firefighters spotted flames in the
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/25/16
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By JOHN HOWELL Ed Ladouceur, a councilman, chairman of the council finance committee and a contractor, remembers the 1998 truck that had 250,000 miles on it and started to show its age. When its spark plugs started coming out, he had the engine head
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By John Howell
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1/31/17
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Diann C. (Jordan) Lavigne, age 71, of Tidewater Drive, Warwick, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, July 22, 2017.
Born in Providence, the daughter of the late Herbert D. and Alva J. …
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7/27/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Three Warwick policemen were honored by the RI chapter of MADD for their efforts in preventing impaired driving tragedies.
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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9/26/17
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English philosopher Francis Bacon once wrote, “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”
This quote, which now serves as a summation of the struggle between …
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/24/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Pat Grogan wears a blue shirt with the words Pawtuxet Sunoco over the left side of his chest. It is one of the few signs of what was one of the village's long operating service stations. Gone are the gas pumps and the canopy. The sign that
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/13/18
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By JOHN HOWELL The hospital is a place you go to get stuck in bed until you get better and it's time to go home. That's not the way Dr. Ana Tuya Fulton thinks of health care or Kent Hospital. And that certainly is not what's happening in the newest
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/11/19
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By JOHN HOWELL Consider the dilemma of Bethany (not her real name), who was laid off in early March when the COVID-19 shutdown hit and is now collecting unemployment benefits plus $600 a week in federal unemployment assistance made available under the
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/1/20
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The last elementary consolidation hearing before the special October 25th School Committee meeting gave community members one more chance to make their voices heard. School Committee Vice Chair Eugene Nadeau thanked community members for
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By Tessa Roy
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10/20/16
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After more than 40 years of counter-clockwise traffic around the core of Apponaug Village, two-way travel was restored to Veterans Memorial Drive and its extension Tuesday, but don't count on a GPS knowing. While there were delays,
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By John Howell
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11/25/16
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HAND HIM A MAP: Incoming freshmen at Pilgrim like Devyn Tabor found help was as close as the front office where they could check on their schedule and pick up a school map. Assisting Devyn is Pat Fratus. SENIOR GUIDES: Abigail Nurse and Mary Comtois were
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9/8/17
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By JOHN HOWELL With temperatures dipping into the single digits, National Grid customers are using about 60 percent more natural gas than they would if the thermometer was reading in the 30s. Based on the weather forecast, that demand is projected to
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By John Howell
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1/3/18
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Joseph T. Gavin, 64, of Port Orange, Florida, formerly of Warwick, a retired Firefighter of 12 years for the City of Warwick, died January 11, 2018 at Florida Memorial Hospital in Daytona Beach, FL.
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2/20/18
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To fulfill the requirements of the law, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will host public sessions regarding its recently released Environmental Assessment (EA) for 10 new toll …
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By Tara Monastesse
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7/24/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Family Caregiver Alliance of Rhode Island, in partnership with the state Division of Elderly Affairs, held its annual caregiver awards from the State Room of the Rhode Island State House Thursday, honoring those who put themselves
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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11/13/18
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Bethany Crawford's mom, Ruth, kept looking out the window, occasionally suggesting Bethany touch up her hair. "e;Is she expecting someone?"e; Bethany wondered. When the police, the superintendent, and principals of Beacon Charter School for
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By ERIN O'BRIEN
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5/1/20
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The Warwick Vets and Winman cross country teams produced impressive showings at the Warwick-Cranston meet held at Rocky Point on Tuesday afternoon. The Warwick schools dominated the girls' race, with Vets taking the top spot
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By Matt Metcalf
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10/20/16
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Rhode Island College celebrated its 163rd undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 13, at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence.
RIC conferred 1,765 undergraduate degrees in the …
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5/23/17
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By BRANDON PEARSON I am always trying to think of innovative ways we can improve our education system here in Warwick while maximizing our resources. It seems as though every time we turn around, there is some issue concerning how we need to fix our
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By Brandon Pearson
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8/10/17
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To the Editor: After reading about Mr. Thornton's campaign for a bond issue to improve Warwick Schools, I felt the need to respond. While I agree that the buildings need improvement, I have solutions to improve our schools beyond the brick and mortar
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8/25/17
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Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, advises that members of the Rhode Island State Police Major Crimes Unit, Forensic Services Unit and the State Medical Examiner's
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9/8/17
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By RYAN CHAMPLIN John Wickes Elementary School in Warwick is home to about 350 students, from kindergarten to sixth grade. Katie McAuslin of Warwick went to Wickes for elementary. Now 26, she works at the school as a lunch aide. That would surprise some
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By Ryan Champlin
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9/26/17
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Eva Mozes Kor provided her firsthand account of surviving a concentration camp at Auschwitz during a lecture at Rhode Island College’s Sapinsley Hall in Sapinsley Hall at Rhode Island College. She …
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By Koby Gartner
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2/20/18
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The oceans are rising, storms are getting stronger, and periods of torrential rainfall are becoming more frequent. Having good flood insurance is more important than ever, but the National Flood …
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By Peder Schaefer
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7/24/18
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