Warwick Beacon
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- When the two K-9 officers for the Warwick Police Department aren't taking a bite out of crime alongside their human police professionals, they're usually waiting in the car eagerly for their companions to come back so they can drive to the next crime scene...
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/10/17
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Westbay Community Action was recently recognized with an Exemplary Worksite Health Award from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) and the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce for effective programs encouraging employee health and
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8/10/17
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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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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Warwick ranked 14th out of 30 in the "Safest Cities to Raise a Child" report by Safewise.
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Ethan Hartley
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8/9/17
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Nick McKenney passed away suddenly on August 2, 2017. He was the loving son of Beth Boyd and her husband Joe and Robert McKenney, Jr. and his wife Marcia, dear grandson of Lola High and the late …
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8/8/17
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John Anthony Gallucci, age 68, of Auburn, Georgia passed away unexpectedly early Sunday morning, August 6, 2017. He leaves behind his beloved wife Kathleen Ann (Borden) Gallucci.
John was born …
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8/8/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- In celebration of the 375th anniversary of the founding of Warwick, the Warwick Commission on Historical Cemeteries presented a series of reports on some of Warwick's founders and most storied residents.
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/8/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Not that anyone is anxious to get them or in a rush to pay them, but 50,000 city car tax bills should be ready to go in the mail by Aug. 25.
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By John Howell
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8/8/17
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Free college tuition for Rhode Islanders is here. With Senate passage of the $9.6 billion state budget last week and its signature by Gov. Gina Raimondo, the governor's Rhode Island Promise is now law. Raimondo had hoped to give students at the state's
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By John Howell
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8/8/17
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD -- Foreign tourists are landing daily at T.F. Green Airport now that Norwegian Airlines has bridged Warwick and Europe, offering low-cost, "wicked cheap" international flights. Among the travelers are people like Stacey Sayers. Seven"
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By Jacquelyn Moorehead
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8/8/17
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE - On July 25 at approximately 3:09 p.m., Officer James Wenneman was dispatched to the Hobby Lobby on Bald Hill Road for a report of a motor vehicle accident in the street in front of the store...
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8/8/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Many stories make up a village, as I discovered in Pawtuxet on Sunday.
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By John Howell
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8/8/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- About 30 people gathered on the lawn of the Nathanael Greene Homestead to pay respect to the Warwick-born historical icon who progressed from an unknown militia private into the youngest Major General in the American Revolution.
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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8/8/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Starting now, Rhode Island residents under 19 will be eligible to apply for the Rhode Island Promise scholarship, which will cover all tuition and related fees at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI).
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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8/8/17
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Anne May (Nerone) Dansereau, at the age of 59, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2017, due to medical complications. She was the beloved wife of David Alan Dansereau for the past 39 years.
Born …
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8/5/17
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KIMBERLY THEISLER DAVID HAWKSLEY Kimberly Theisler and David Hawksley of North Providence have announced their engagement. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Heidi Aul of North Providence. She is a graduate of Warwick Veterans Memorial High School and
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8/5/17
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DEM INVESTIGATING BOATING FATALITY On July 30, the Warwick Harbor Master responded to a call for a medical emergency on a private vessel off Conimicut Point in Warwick. Kerrie Macaruso, 41 of North Providence, sustained fatal injuries while attempting to
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8/4/17
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In 45 years of farming, Vinny Confreda had never seen a spring like this.
“This year we’re hoping to even be able to break even and pay the bills,” said Confreda, owner of Confreda Farm off …
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/4/17
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Tale of two trucks A Warwick sanitation truck, making a wide turn from Warwick Avenue to Royland Road, collided with a pickup truck being driven by Zachary Knight of Cranston Tuesday morning. Knight was charged with driving with an expired license.
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8/4/17
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD -- For the Scuncio family, a relaxing morning walk turned into a nightmare on July 18. Robert, 64, went into cardiac arrest at 8:30 a.m.
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By Jacquelyn Moorehead
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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.
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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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