Warwick Beacon
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Time doesn't stand still, but it looks like the State Senate will turn back the clock to the closing hours of the session on June 30 this Thursday and pass the House version of the $9.2 billion budget.
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By John Howell
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8/3/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Warwick is getting another roundabout, but this one, unlike those in Apponaug, isn't on a state highway nor does it replace a signaled intersection. Rather, this roundabout is on the Knight Campus of CCRI.
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By John Howell
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8/3/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Visitors to Oakland Beach may soon have a choice, besides Iggy's, for where to get a fried doughboy after a ruling to uphold a 2015 Zoning Board of Review (ZBR) decision was made in Kent County Superior Court on Monday.
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/3/17
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On July 23 at approximately 2 a.m. Officer David Boardman was traveling south on Jefferson Boulevard transporting a prisoner from Motel 6 to police headquarters for a warrant. During transport, he observed a Chrysler Pacifica
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8/3/17
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD -- Once a rutted and muddy access to Greenwich Cove, the boat ramp at Goddard Park now sports a grooved cement ramp, adjoining docks and a spacious parking lot...
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By Jacquelyn Moorehead
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8/3/17
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The 33rd annual National Night Out, celebrated Tuesday at Oakland Beach Commons, has become a Warwick tradition thanks to the efforts of Warwick Police, Target and City Councilwoman Donna Travis.
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8/3/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Time doesn't stand still, but it looks like the State Senate will turn back the clock to the closing hours of the session on June 30 this Thursday and pass the House version of the $9.2 billion budget that has delayed the issuance of car
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By John Howell
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8/2/17
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Lucio “Lou” T. Montella, Jr., (Warwick Police Department, Ret.), 85, passed away December 14, 2016 at North Brook Rehabilitation Facility, Brookville, Florida with his beloved wife by his side. …
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8/2/17
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The Warwick North softball program just continues to become more and more of a powerhouse, not only throughout the state and region, but throughout the entire country. Just a day before the Warwick North Junior League
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/2/17
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For the second straight summer, the Warwick North Junior League softball all-stars are in the World Series. The team rolled through district, state and, most recently, East Regional play to earn a trip to Kirkland,
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By Matt Metcalf
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8/1/17
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD Warwick Police and firefighters will be at the Oakland Beach Commons tonight as they take part in the 33rd Annual National Night Out community event focused on raising awareness and mutual respect between the youth and law
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By Jacquelyn Moorehead
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8/1/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY With increased international flights arriving at T.F. Green, the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has stepped up its efforts to ensure that no dangerous person or material passes into the state and, by extension, the
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/1/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Warwick School Committee approved more than $500,000 in budgeted and emergency awards during a special meeting on Thursday, July 27 at Pilgrim High School. The committee voted in support of funding three emergency requests, including
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/1/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY In a sudden announcement, President Trump stated on Twitter last Wednesday morning that transgendered individuals would no longer be allowed to serve in any capacity" in the United States military. In the hours and days that have"
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/1/17
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By JOHN HOWELL In 1954, at the age of 14, Warren Marble was in no mood to leave Vermont. He had friends and what really made it special was he could drive. At the time, Vermont residents could get their license at 14. But his father, Lloyd, had been
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By John Howell
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8/1/17
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By JOHN HOWELL On land they're a friendly bunch of young people. Many, like Quinn Keenan, have traveled from distant places to be in Rhode Island. But put them in a boat on the bay and these devoted sailors are out to see their team win. Keenan is from
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By John Howell
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8/1/17
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The Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles has reminded Rhode Islanders that AAA Northeast ended its temporary program for non-members seeking to complete motor-vehicle registry transactions on July 31. In May, the Division and AAA Northeast jointly
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8/1/17
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD After months of preparation and coordination, the 41st annual Save the Bay Swim was canceled Saturday due to unsafe weather conditions. While keeping an eye on a weather system in Nantucket, the Coast Guard and Save the Bay
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By Jacquelyn Moorehead
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8/1/17
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A happening place Expand on that thought of a farmers market as a place to buy fresh local produce with some music, items you wouldn't imagine came from a farm and lots of friendly people and dogs and you've the Friday farmers market at Goddard Park.
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8/1/17
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John P. Finucane, age 52, of Nooseneck Hill Road, Coventry, and formerly of Warwick, died at home on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Robert W. and …
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8/1/17
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Sharon M. Nicholson, 67, died Friday, July 28, 2017. She was the beloved wife of Eugene “Sonny” Pelland.
Born in Providence she was a daughter of the late Francis and Veronica (Canning) …
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7/31/17
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Raymond G. Crowther, 56, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at home in Northbridge, MA. He was the husband of Sandra A (Garber) Crowther.
Ray grew up in the Pontiac section of …
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7/30/17
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Making it friendly Central school registration offices formerly located in the school administration on Warwick Avenue have a new home along with other school staff members in the former Gorton Junior High School on Draper Avenue. Access is from the back
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7/29/17
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To the Editor: It used to be an easy, pleasant ride on a Sunday morning from Coventryto Sts. Rose and Clement Church in Warwick. Not anymore. We now have to deal with the challenge of the mind-boggling rotary in Apponaug. That peaceful little town was
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7/28/17
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Single file Motorists are hopeful navigating the center of Apponaug village will improve once the roundabout at the four corners and the re-pavement of Post Road are completed. They would be right. But, as a spokesman for the Department of Transportation
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7/28/17
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