Warwick Beacon
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Rhode Islanders are passionate about their state, and Roberta Mudge Humble has discovered a unique way of sharing love for the Ocean State with both the “native and naïve.”
Humble, originally …
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By Tessa Roy
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12/2/16
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Zach was ready to do wheelies in the bathroom.
That wasn’t an option for the boy who is suffering from the rare genetic childhood disease ataxia-telangiectasia until now. If fact, the bathroom …
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By John Howell
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1/24/17
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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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By JOHN HOWELL Like clockwork, flames licked the steel cutout of the Gaspee, burning its sails. It was 4 p.m. Sunday and it was the official conclusion to the 52nd annual Gaspee Days celebration. It also brings down the curtain on Jerry Peshka's
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By John Howell
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6/13/17
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Donald F. Vieweg Jr., of Arlington. Don was born on June 23, 1957 in Conimicut, RI. He died at home in Arlington, Massachusetts on January 23, 2018, surrounded by the support of his beloved family …
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2/2/18
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By SOPHIA MAYNARD On the day before a winter nor'easter was expected to blow into Rhode Island, more than 300 Bishop Hendricken students were already thinking about the summer. The students had the chance to meet and apply for summer jobs with local
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By John Howell
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3/9/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Friday was the kind of day commencement planners, graduates and their families pray for: ideal weather. And surely, there had to be some prayers. But there were prayers, too, during Hendricken High School graduation ceremonies where 209
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By John Howell
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6/12/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY A hearing scheduled for last night's City Council meeting in which the Warwick School Department would have presented its results from a third-party audit that analyzed its fiscal and programmatic practices was postponed in light of
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By Ethan Hartley
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9/18/18
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LARCENY Officer Timothy W. Lipka reports meeting with a woman at police headquarters at approximately 12:24 p.m. Jan. 13 regarding her vehicles being broken into. The woman told the officer that sometime between the night of Jan. 12 and the morning of
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1/22/19
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By JOHN HOWELL COVID-19 could end up enabling the administration to address some major capital improvement projects that have been put off for years, including repairs to sewers, water lines and roads. Or the $24 million the city expects to get from the
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/25/21
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By JOHN HOWELL and ALEX MALM The medium Frank Picozzi used to help win election as an independent candidate for mayor he is now using to defend himself over attacks he did not fully disclose what he owes in personal debts. In response to a story in the
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By John Howell and Alex Malm
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2/16/22
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Father Robert Marciano is a quick-change artist. Saturday he was attired in church vestments as he officiated the 5 p.m. Mass at St. Kevin. Then in barely minutes he was wearing the Air Force blue uniform, for Father Marciano is a pastor
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By John Howell
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10/5/16
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By SOPHIE HAGEN On Black Friday, the holiday giving spirit was on full display at Meadowbrook Lanes where Evan Huddon, 16, had organized a toy drive complete with Santa and Christmas tree and free bowling for everyone who brought an unwrapped present. No
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By Sophie Hagen
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12/2/16
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It’s simply called “The Club,” which could inspire images of an upscale lounge designed to attract an adult clientele.
But the envisioned future for the Lloyd Cooper Armory on Sandy Lane is …
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By John Howell
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1/24/17
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Sunday open house The city's three parochial schools, St. Rose of Lima, St. Peter and St. Kevin held open houses on Sunday to lead off Catholic School Week this week. For many parents it was an opportunity to meet and talk with their child or children's
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2/3/18
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Ouch Last Friday and Saturday's storm not only brought power outages to 150,000 National Grid customers but also downed many trees and limbs across the city. One of those properties that unfortunately wasn't spared from storm Riley's wrath was this home
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3/9/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Joe Piscopio just sold the hotel that is the marquis for City Centre Warwick for $25 million. Now he plans to build another hotel behind it. The Hilton Garden Inn and the adjacent Iron Works Tavern built on the site of the R.I. Malleable
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By John Howell
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6/12/18
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By JOHN HOWELL
Don’t fret if you missed Warwick episodes of “Live PD” or you just are wishing for more of the TV show.
In response to an inquiry yesterday, Col. Stephen McCartney said …
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By John Howell
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9/20/18
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Centreville Bank has been recognized as the “Top Pandemic Performer” for Rhode Island by Banking Northeast magazine, based upon the latest results from the Rivel Banking Benchmarks …
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3/25/21
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By ALEX SPONSELLER The Pilgrim girls swim team fell 66-27 to Mount St. Charles last week in its season finale in Woonsocket. Erin Cassady took first place in the 200 IM while Kaylee Collins finished second in both the 200 and 500 freestyle. Cassady also
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2/17/22
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A Warwick Democrat and a Cranston Republican are teaming up to put veterans affairs in a legislative spotlight.
Representative Camille Vella-Wilkinson and Representative Robert Lancia, both …
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By Tessa Roy
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1/24/17
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By JOHN HOWELL When the bishop speaks, not only do you listen but you also follow instructions. Then in his 20s and a member of the City Council, Scott Avedisian did what he was told when the Rev. George H. Hunt, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode
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By John Howell
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4/11/17
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Barbara M. (Cirelli) Schertell, 73, of Orange Park Florida, formerly of Warwick, passed away suddenly on August 2, 2107. She was the wife of the late Fred Schertell.
She was the daughter of the …
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8/18/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Eion Daniels knew he wanted to help bring light to patients at Hasbro for his Eagle Scout project, but he never expected the outpouring of support that he received.
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By Ethan Hartley
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10/26/17
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Cedar Hill principal Colleen Mercurio was arrested on a warrant charge for failing to report an incident of child abuse.
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/15/17
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