Warwick Beacon
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By JOHN HOWELL The stories of courage, honor and persistence fuel George Farrell's quest to find World War II veterans and include them in the next honor flight to the nation's capital. Honor Flight is a daylong experience where veterans, accompanied by
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By John Howell
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6/5/18
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By PEDER SCHAEFER The only thing holding back Jennifer Rourke is her shoes. They're falling apart at the seams, a testament to a long summer of walking city streets, meeting neighbors, getting signatures, putting in signs, and the million and one other
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By Peder Schaefer
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9/6/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Mayor Joseph Solomon, in his first speech after being officially inaugurated as the city's first new mayor in nearly two decades, could have easily spent his moment in the spotlight - with cameras and the eyes of hundreds of Warwick's
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/10/19
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Pontiac residents made their voices heard last year when NYLO Hotel on Knight Street was used to house people during who otherwise would likely be homeless.
Only because of an influx of …
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1/27/22
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Evelyn Irene Tift, 88, a longtime resident of Warwick, formerly of Westerly, passed away November 26, 2017. She was the wife of the late Robert D. Tift.
Born in Pawcatuck, CT, she was a daughter …
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12/3/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The Warwick School Department will be able to go forward with their request for a bond to repair the city's schools, however they will only be eligible to receive less than half of what they originally hoped for
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By Ethan Hartley
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2/1/18
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By SOPHIA MAYNARD Even a water-damaged auditorium can't stop this show. Despite burst sprinkler pipes from January's deep freeze that damaged Toll Gate High School's auditorium, the cast and crew of Catch Me If You Can" proved they were resilient. They"
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By Sophia Maynard
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3/8/18
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On May 20 at approximately 7:16 p.m., Officer Brian Fontaine and other members of the department were dispatched to the area of the Greenwood Bridge for a report of an operator driving under the influence in progress. Dispatch
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6/5/18
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On Aug. 29 at approximately 9:45 p.m. Officer Ben Bratko saw a two-car accident happen near 2334 West Shore Rd. The officer spoke with one of the drivers, Bradley LaBonte, 35, of 247 Pontiac Ave. Apt. #B113 in Cranston. He
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9/11/18
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On January 5 at approximately 12:40 p.m., Officer Randy Bell was on routine patrol on Main Avenue at the traffic light to turn left onto Post Road. There he observed a vehicle traveling westbound on Main Avenue approaching the
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1/15/19
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Ever think about what it would be like to pilot your vessel through an offshore wind farm. Well you can now give …
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By CAPTAIN DAVE MONTI
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3/18/21
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Warwick City Hall Ghost Tours will return this year Saturday, October 29 in cooperation with the Ghost Hunt Organized Search Team (GHOST), the city and the Warwick Center for the Arts. Tours are being offered at 7, 8, and 9 p.m. and tickets must be
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10/17/16
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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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An unprecedented visual portrayal of our spectacular, distant neighbor, Jupiter, is now available to everyone on Earth with an internet connection, thanks to a talented Warwick graphic designer (and maybe some help from NASA).
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By Ethan Hartley
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7/20/17
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In a fashion it was a reunion Thursday at the Rotary Club of Warwick only the “silent hero,” Sgt. Donald H. Rubery, who grew up in the Norwood section of the city and died weeks after the D-Day …
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By John Howell
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11/14/17
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Restaurant Review By DON FOWLER Pawtuxet Village just added another reason to think locally when choosing a place to dine or take out. Vatsana has opened next to Shastea at 2168 Broad St. in the village, offering quality, authentic Thai and sushi in an
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By Don Fowler
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12/3/17
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Ray Bradbury's acclaimed book-burning novel, Fahrenheit 451, will be performed this weekend at Hendricken's Harrop Theater. There will be three showings of the play: Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 11 at 2 p.m. Tickets
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3/8/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Frank Puleo rides a Harley. He was a helicopter pilot for the Rhode Island National Guard and later in life provided care to premature babies. Jeffrey Bartsch is an eighth grade teacher at a Beverly, Mass school. He's taken up boxing and
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By John Howell
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9/11/18
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Last spring, when the pandemic began ripping through Rhode Island's economy, painful budget cuts to social programs seemed not just possible, but likely. Progressives warned about the long-term fallout from an "austerity budget," even as joblessness
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3/18/21
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To the Editor: I was thrilled to see the animal control officer parked at the beginning of the paths at Rocky Point on a recent Sunday. I read that they were going to start doing that because of people like you, who believe they do not have to obey the
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4/26/17
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To the Editor: Working together to benefit the taxpayers of Warwick, last month the City Council passed an ordinance that will directly support local businesses. The ordinance addresses the solicitation of bids for the city. While reviewing bids on the
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7/6/17
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Mayor Scott Avedisian joined the owner of Christopher's Landing restaurant, John Xynellis, in a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of Christopher's Landing restaurant on Sunday, August 27 at the restaurant's location, 6 Bay Avenue,
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9/1/17
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MULTIPLE LARCENIES On October 27 at approximately 8:24 a.m. Officer Michael Walker responded to the Stork's Nest Child Academy on Toll Gate Road for a larceny report. At the scene he met with the victim, who stated that she had her purse taken from the
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11/14/17
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BREAKING AND ENTERING On Feb. 19 at approximately 9:27 a.m. Officer Nicholas DiNardo, along with other Officers, responded to the report of a possible burglary at Tracy's Greenhouse on West Shore Road. One witness told the Officer that she saw broken
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3/8/18
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By JOHN HOWELL It's gotten hot in the closing days of the Senate Dist. 30 primary contest, although the crossfire isn't between the two candidates, but rather endorsed Democratic candidate Mark McKenney and the RI Values Project. At issue is a mailer
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By John Howell
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9/11/18
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