Warwick Beacon
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By TESSA ROY Members of the Warwick Public Schools community are again at odds with the administration, this time in regards to the Rhode Island Department of Education's interim review of the secondary level special education program. We always have"
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By Tessa Roy
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6/6/17
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By JOHN HOWELL After more than four hours of deliberation Saturday, the City Council unanimously voted to cut $5 million from Mayor Scott Avedisian's proposed $310.4 million budget and for the first time in at least 18 years hold the line on taxes. This"
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By John Howell
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6/6/17
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By TESSA ROY A traditional graduation-time game played by high school seniors - Senior Assassins - has apparently gotten out of hand at Pilgrim High School. Other headlines on the game in question can be found upon a quick Google search. USA Today calls
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By Tessa Roy
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6/6/17
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By JOHN HOWELL What should the future downtown Warwick look like? Developers have provided architectural renderings of possible developments in City Centre and there have been some developments, most notably the conversion of the former Malleable Iron
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By John Howell
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6/6/17
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STOLEN CAR Officer Ryan Lancaster responded to the Herb Chambers Cadillac on Bald Hill Road for a report of a stolen motor vehicle. At the scene he spoke with a service manager, who stated that he noticed a vehicle that was registered to the dealership -
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6/6/17
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By JEN COWART The students in James Gemma and Stephanie Gallagher's fifth-grade classes listened intently and respectfully last week as Cpl. Matthew Bradford, a Marine who lost both his legs, his eyesight and partial use of one hand in 2007 when he
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By Jen Cowart
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6/6/17
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Finding four-legged friends The mood was upbeat and remarkably free of barking, seeing that there were so many dogs, at Sunday's Always Adopt event held at Balise Toyota in Warwick. Pre-approved adopters got the first pick of the pups, which was followed
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6/6/17
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By HERB WEISSAuthor and life coach Linda Carvelli believes that everything in life has a purpose and that resilience will get you through any obstacle in your path. She succinctly illustrates this …
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By Herb Weiss
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6/4/17
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Graduation season is just around the corner, and many of Warwick's seniors will graduate as early as next week. Bishop Hendricken's graduation ceremony will be held June 7 at 5 p.m. at the school's cathedral. Final student grades at Hendricken are in on
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6/4/17
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Tranquil Touch Aesthetics Boutique of East Greenwich has been chosen as a winner of The 2017 American Small Business Championship hosted by SCORE, the nation's largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors, and generously supported by Sam's Club,
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6/3/17
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Kyle Printer, a recumbent specialist at Bike-On, calls the company’s Warwick location a well “kept secret.” This much is true, as the shop is tucked away at 72 College Street in Apponaug and is …
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By Tessa Roy
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6/3/17
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To the Editor:I just wanted to point out that Tuesday night the mayor said the city “saved” $82,000 by closing the Buttonwoods Community Center. We have a budget of over $310,000,000. It …
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6/3/17
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Without outlining the specifics of how it could be accomplished in the face of projections of lower state revenues, House Majority Leader and Warwick Representative K. Joseph Shekarchi said Wednesday he believes legislators would take the
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By John Howell
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6/2/17
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June E. Dowding, 50, died unexpectedly Sunday, May 28, 2017.
A lifelong resident of Warwick, she was the beloved daughter of June (Brierly) Denham and the late William Dowding, Sr. She was also …
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6/2/17
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By TESSA ROY Even before the City Council completed its review of Mayor Scott Avedisian's proposed $310 million budget, the mayor trimmed expenses and his proposed tax rates. Tuesday night's hearing began with an amendment from Avedisian to reflect an
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By Tessa Roy
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6/1/17
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SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN STOLEN WHEELS CASES Since March of 2017, the Warwick Police Department has received 18 separate incidents of tire and rim thefts. On May 22 at 8:20 p.m., Warwick Police officers along with detectives were conducting surveillance in
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6/1/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Even before commencing operations at Green Airport, Norwegian Airlines announced yesterday that it's expanding service with nonstop twice-weekly flights to the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique starting Oct. 29 and Oct.
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By John Howell
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6/1/17
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By ANESSA PETTERUTI Carmel Vitullo was always interested in captivating the commonplace. And in the 1960s, she did just that. Vitullo, who grew up in a small Italian community on Federal Hill, studied painting and photography at the Rhode Island School
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By Anessa Petteruti
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6/1/17
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The rain held off.for a while The long range forecast wasn't that good, but then the Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival was blessed with descent weather - although some more sun would have been welcome - Saturday and Sunday. Monday wasn't as forgiving.
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6/1/17
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Steven M. Martini, 58, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017. He was the Beloved husband and best friend of Kerrin E. (Corbett) Martini for seventeen years and a son of the late Donald and Mary (Burdick) …
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6/1/17
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Members of Lockwood High School’s Class of 1945 held their 72nd reunion May 21 at the Greenwood Inn. Robert Markham, brother of Raymond Markham (who is pictured), said most of this group still …
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5/31/17
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Lorraine Okerholm and her daughter Kristy took some time Saturday to visit the family plot at Pawtuxet Memorial Cemetery to place a flag on the grave of their grandfather and great-grandfather, …
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5/31/17
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Gary McCoombs, principal of Hoxsie Elementary School, has been named a Hero in Purple by the American Cancer Society (ACS) to help it get closer to achieving its mission of diminishing the pain and …
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5/31/17
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Warwick Vets and Winman Middle Schools played their first ever softball game against each other on Thursday afternoon since the creation of Vets Middle School this year. The two teams then played again on Friday due to
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By Leo van Dijk
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5/31/17
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