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Lenita Laroche accomplished what few other Warwick students have done when she left Pilgrim High School Friday - she hadn't missed a day of school since entering kindergarten. Based on a school year of 180 days, that's 2,340 days without missing school.
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6/14/17
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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 ETHAN HARTLEY -- Ever wondered what it would be like living in outer space? Students at Hendricken High School and St. Mary Academy Bay View got a once-in-a-lifetime experience to explore those very inquiries.
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By Ethan Hartley
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12/5/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Some of Rep. K. Joseph Shekarchi's supporters thought he might be up against the Super Bowl. Would many of those thinking of attending his $150 a ticket fundraiser at the Crowne Plaza Thursday night already be in Minneapolis? Indeed, Aram
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By John Howell
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2/6/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Dianne Stein was delighted when she found the building on West Shore Road. It was a straight line down Centerville Road, through Apponaug and under the trestle to West Shore Road, a total of 2.2 miles from the exit on Route 95. This is
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By John Howell
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6/14/18
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ASSAULT OR BATTERY On Sept. 18 at approximately 2:05 a.m. Officer Christopher Cote responded to Kent Hospital for the report of an assault on a West Warwick police officer. It was reported that a West Warwick arrestee had bit the finger of the officer.
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9/28/18
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The Warwick Sewer Authority is going to “sock it” to more detours on Sandy Lane.
Yes, it is a sock that the authority plans to use to avert additional pipe collapses like that which occurred …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/29/19
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The House Corporations Committee recently heard testimony on legislation introduced by Rep. Joseph M. McNamara (D-Dist. 19, Warwick, Cranston) that would help businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis by guaranteeing that business interruption insurance
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4/1/21
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By ALEX MALM
When Ward 4 Councilman Jim McElroy first ran for City Council in 2017 he said that he was in favor of term limits. In November voters may have a chance to decide if term limits will …
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3/16/22
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It could be a college campus, only better - with a bistro just down the hall, happy hour every evening, a putting green and bocce court a few steps outside, a media room, and a schedule of interesting programs and speakers. The comparison
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By John Howell
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9/30/16
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LARCENY AND FRAUD On April 20 at approximately 10:38 a.m., Officer Timothy Tavares met with a woman at police headquarters to take a report of a larceny from a vehicle. The woman advised that at around 9 a.m. that day, she left her home and realized that
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4/27/17
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All for a wish Bethany O'Connor, owner of Bethany O Photography, and Kelly LaChance Guertin, owner of Bellani Maternity, recently hosted a Mama & Me for Charity to benefit Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island. To celebrate Mother's Day, Bethany O
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5/14/17
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To the Editor:As a lifelong Rhode Islander, I was shocked to read the headline in a recent Beacon, “Wieners out, beer in,” on May 23. My wife and I are seniors and well acquainted with …
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6/14/17
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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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BREAKING AND ENTERING On August 29 at 2 p.m., Officer Christian Vargas was dispatched to the Bald Hill Road Target for a breaking and entering report. At the scene he met with the store's loss prevention supervisor, who stated the back delivery door and
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9/19/17
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Sometimes when you brace for the worst, that's what you end up getting. That's what happened for Caroline Caprio of Warwick back in July 2013 when an MRI revealed a golf ball-sized brain tumor on the left side of her head. The
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By Thomas Greenberg
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10/10/17
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By JOHN HOWELL It may seem like reverse math, but it makes perfect logic that the more you take out, the more you save. We're not talking about a bank account, but rather trash. Department of Public Works Director Richard Crenca is all about reducing the
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By John Howell
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12/5/17
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Joseph B. Romano, 61, passed unexpectedly at home on Thursday, December 21, 2017.
A resident of Warwick for most of his life, he was a son Concetta A. “Connie” (Iacono) Romano and the late …
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12/24/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Alan Shawn Feinstein is one of the many who want to see the PawSox stay in Rhode Island. That wasn't the reason he was in the audience Saturday morning at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers in Cranston, although there is a connection. Feinstein was
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By John Howell
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2/6/18
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The 59th annual West Warwick St. Patrick's Day Parade held Sunday was blessed with sunny and unusually warm weather and that was a relief for many marchers who have endured rain, snow and downright intolerable conditions to keep the tradition alive The
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3/13/18
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It doesn’t get the fanfare or the same type of marketing media blitz as other holidays and, judging from a very unscientific, informal poll conducted on the Beacon’s Facebook page, a majority of …
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By Ethan Hartley
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6/15/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Having reached an impasse in negotiations in the spring, the city and Warwick Firefighters IAFF Local 2748 are headed to interest arbitration next month, City Solicitor Peter Ruggiero said yesterday. Ruggiero held out little hope for a
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By John Howell
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9/28/18
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By JOHN HOWELL A 24-year veteran of the Warwick Police Department who got to know Mayor Joseph Solomon during his work in Conimicut and in his role as Emergency Management Director, Major Rick Rathbun was sworn in as the new Warwick Police Chief
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/29/19
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Signs of the Nov. 8 election are everywhere, and they promise to get even more plentiful in the coming weeks. That presents a dilemma for Christine Allen, Mayor Scott Avedisian's campaign manager. In an interview Tuesday, she claimed a
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By John Howell
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9/30/16
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To the Editor, This letter concerns the upcoming mayoral election in Warwick. The choice next month will be between Richard Corrente and the current mayor, Mayor Scott Avedisian. But the choice is more than that. It is choice as to what we want Warwick
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10/5/16
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