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By THOMAS GREENBERG Warwick Vets doesn't want its middle school students to be future members of vape nation." That's why they brought in David Neill from the U.S. Attorney's office on Wednesday morning to educate the students on the dangers of"
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By Thomas Greenberg
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11/24/17
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In light of the most recent horrific school shooting, which killed 17 students and adults at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Superintendent Philip Thornton and Warwick Police …
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By Ethan Hartley
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2/20/18
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Some of the brightest, most curious and scientific young minds in the state gathered at the Community College of Rhode Island on Sunday afternoon to showcase their research- and experiment-driven …
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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3/21/19
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The Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market opened for another season Saturday, drawing a good turnout of masked shoppers looking for fresh greens, fish and just baked goodies. Some were also looking to meet up with Mo, who in the past two years has become
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5/7/20
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Warwick Public Library is starting Warwick Radio Online, a podcast for the City of Warwick with news and stories about the city's people, businesses, and one-of-a-kind culture. The library is looking for people to help run the podcast, by sharing
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6/3/21
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On Monday afternoon, the Beacon conference room was littered with Dunkin Donuts coffee cups, water bottles, Dave’s Marketplace pizza boxes and laptop computers. This was the second meeting for high …
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By Tessa Roy
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10/21/16
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In a ceremony filled with pageantry, the largest class of firefighter recruits in the city's history took the oath of office Tuesday night before the packed grand ballroom of the Crowne Plaza. The class of 24 recruits gives the department
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By John Howell
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11/26/16
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Something to crow about Being the Chinese New Year and the year of the rooster, all reasons to celebrate, 12 members from the Rhode Island Kung Fu and Lion Dance Club performed outside and inside Han Palace Sunday afternoon. Three lions danced outside
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1/31/17
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Conditions couldn’t have been better for the 30th annual Easter egg hunt sponsored Saturday by the Oakland Beach Association. Budget for the event where two groups of kids based on their ages …
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4/18/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Packing light could pay off big for Warwick. That probably wasn't what Mayor Scott Avedisian had in mind when he boarded a flight last week as a member of a trade mission to Ireland. Avedisian got an introduction to the country like few
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By John Howell
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9/26/17
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Color it a success When Greenwood School PTO president Nicole Lautieri and other PTO officers considered how to raise funds for school activities, they knew they wanted to get away from the raffle tickets, bake sales and string of events they had done in
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10/17/17
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By JOHN HOWELL By this time construction was supposed to have started on the third and final phase of Gov. Francis Farm sewers. Design of the project that will give 270-property owners access to sewers is complete and C.B. Utility, low bidder at $4.99
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By John Howell
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11/24/17
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Place the trash and recyclables at curbside in the morning and roll the carts back after they have been emptied. It happens every week for more than 30,000 homeowners.
But it almost didn’t …
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By John Howell
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2/20/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The sunshine that poured through the windows of Warwick Country Club and caused the churning waters off Warwick Neck to twinkle on the first official day of spring was an ever-appropriate setting for Drea Kelly to share her message of triumph over fear, intimidation and violence.
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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3/21/19
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A group of Toll Gate student-athletes were suspended for their role in a party that involved alcohol and drugs this past weekend, according to multiple reports. Warwick Superintendent Philip Thornton announced Tuesday that 19
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By Beacon sports staff
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10/21/16
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After declaring in her State of the State address that she aims to “rebuild and reinvent” the manufacturing industry, Gov. Gina Raimondo took a step toward keeping her promise on Thursday. She …
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By Tessa Roy
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1/31/17
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It could have been worse A loud bang followed by a column of black smoke is how an employee of Caf Tempo at the intersection of Toll Gate and Centerville Roads described the Saturday late morning accident followed by fire to a four-unit house on Toll
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4/18/17
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BACKHOE BREAKOUT While on patrol on Jefferson Boulevard on May 9 around 11:30 a.m. Officer Gregory Johnson noticed a heavy duty backhoe traveling south. The backhoe was between lanes and did not appear to have any company markings on it, and did not have
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5/23/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY School administrators are hopeful that securing an $85 million bond to address some of the district's most glaring needs is more likely now that the statewide report by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been released, providing a third
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By Ethan Hartley
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9/26/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Foster children who depend on court advocates got a big boost from the Rotary Club of Warwick Thursday. In the largest single charitable donation of recent times, the club matched an anonymous gift to present $20,000 to the Friends of CASA
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By John Howell
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10/17/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Rhode Island Department of Health has launched an awareness campaign to hopefully curb a trending increase in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), which their records indicate are at the highest rates in 10 years. Chlamydia,
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/24/17
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Charles “Charlie-Chuck” Edward Plante Jr., born October 29th, 1963 in Providence, Rhode Island, died November 20th, 2017 in Fort Myers, Florida.
He lived most of his life in Warwick, Rhode …
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2/20/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Jennifer Rourke has wanted to run for elective office for a while now, but moving to Warwick a few years ago after her husband switched jobs was finally the impetus she needed to throw her hat in the ring. As a Democrat, she will be
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/13/18
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Patricia M. (Crowley) Izzi, 64, of Warwick passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2016, at Philip Hulitar Hospice Center. She was the wife of the late John D. Izzi.
Born in Providence., she was a …
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10/6/16
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Elementary school stars shine
Cedar Hill
Principal Dr. Colleen Mercurio
K - Judelin Daffney Deric Devasagayam
1 - Ainsley Way
2 - Alexander Chadwick
3 - Olivia Gardiner
4 - …
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10/21/16
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