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A RUN OF TITANIC PROPORTIONS: The Toll Gate freshman baseball team needed to pull off two upsets en route to its state championship. The No. 4-seeded Titans dispatched No. 5 East Providence, No. 1 La Salle and No. 3 Portsmouth to capture the crown.
Titans storm back for state title win over Portsmouth
The Toll Gate Titans freshman won the Division I championship after coming back to beat the Portsmouth Patriots 4-2, Sunday afternoon at McCarthy Field in West Warwick. Toll Gate's Caden Haley led the offense with a 2-RBI double and a more
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Police Log - DUI and stolen vacuums
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 more
Family run care business opens 68-unit assisted living facility
By JOHN HOWELL Ask some of the tenants in the newly completed Brentwood by the Bay Assisted Living on Post Road in Cowesett what they like best about the facility and, without exception, they'll say the people. Next comes the amenities and the view. I'm" more
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Party at City Hall for Warwick's 375th birthday
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The Warwick Historical Society, in collaboration with the City of Warwick, are throwing a large celebration on Saturday, Dec. 9 from 12 to 3 p.m. at Warwick City Hall in honor of the 375th anniversary of the founding of Warwick. more
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Firefighters counter arbitration criticism leveled by panel
By ETHAN HARTLEY In an interview following an article that covered the Rhode Island League of Cities and Town's panel discussion of the state's binding arbitration process, the state firefighters union has responded strongly to criticisms levied against more
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Pasta-like plastic media floods bay waters
By JOHN HOWELL East Providence city crews made a visit to Conimicut Beach on Saturday, but it wasn't for a brisk walk on a chilly but sunny day. Rather, armed with buckets, the city workers were picking out hard pinwheel-shaped sections of plastic about more
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Assessing Rhode Island's drug problem
By ETHAN HARTLEY Rhode Island has the 8th worst drug problem in the country, according to a study recently published by financial research and analysis company WalletHub, which looked at data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services more
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How $40M would be spent on schools
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Safety improvements, roofs and accessibility are three of the key areas school department officials hope to address should Warwick voters approve a $40 million bond on Nov. 6. more
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Message at Zah-Nae vigil: 'It can't happen again'
By JOHN HOWELL Kristen Sami never met Zah-Nae Rothgeb, although they lived in the same neighborhood. She sat with Michele Rothgeb when police and rescue responded to her Oakland Beach Avenue house to the call that Zah-Nae, who had cerebral palsy, was more
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Teachers reject pact proposal
By JOHN HOWELL Saying language that protects the teaching and learning environment is most important to them, the Warwick Teachers Union has turned down an offer that would, among other things, give them raises in line with other city employees and, more
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Teacher, parents among Hendricken Hall of Fame inductees
Bishop Hendricken High School added seven to its Hall of Fame at an on-campus induction ceremony Sunday. “Through time, talent and treasure, all of this year’s inductees have made significant … more
SIGNS OF CONTENTION: Protest signs were available for meeting attendees to pick up.
Consolidation plan passed by School Committee
The School Committee voted Tuesday to move forward with the recommendation to close two schools and re-purpose two others for the 2018-2019 academic year, but with a change. Though the consolidation committee had also recommended putting off more
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STRATEGY OF ATTACK: National Grid and city and airport personnel gather around a table that served as command center for Wednesday’s exercise.
`Gas leak' brings first responders face-to-face in exercise
By JOHN HOWELL The scenario was one all too familiar to members of the fire department, including Firefighter Brian Cobb and Chief James McLauglin. At about 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Warwick Police received a report of a gas leak at a residence on LaSalle more
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AS IF IT WERE YESTERDAY: Frank Amalfetano describes his experience as the skipper of a landing craft during D-Day and the weeks to follow.
WWII vet has role in film narrated by Belichick
By ISABELLA ZAINYEH What does Warwick resident, and long time owner of Jennie's Ice Cream in Conimicut, Frank Amalfetano, have in common with five-time Super Bowl-winning, New England Patriots head coach, Bill Belichick? Both are featured in the upcoming more
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4th quarter honors posted at Vets
The following students achieved high honors or honors for the fourth quarter of the 2016-2017 school year at Warwick Veterans Memorial Junior High School: GRADE 7 HIGH HONORS Abraham Abuhaical, Jasmine Alpert, Azael Alvarez, Chase Andersen, Connor more
Right to build doughboy stand upheld in court
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. more
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FIELDING QUESTIONS: Mayor Scott Avedisian entertained questions from Conimicut Village residents at a Town Meeting Wednesday at the American Legion Shields Post.
Speeding among issues at Conimicut Village meeting
By JOHN HOWELL -- Other topics raised at the 90-minute town meeting included the condition of playground equipment at the park, the appearance of many streets with weeds growing out of sidewalk and curb cracks... more
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Sides hope to rekindle mediation
By JOHN HOWELL Superintendent Philip Thornton watched the sick notices trickle in most of the day Thursday and into the early morning hours Friday. He alerted parents and school personnel that, if the trend continued, school may be closed. By 5:45 a.m., more
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Consensus elusive on school bond
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- A meeting intended to get suggestions and feedback from the City Council on how to proceed with a bond to start repairing the city's schools went over four hours last week. more
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Dana C. Bryant
Dana C. Bryant, 52, formerly Cady Ave., passed away December 9, 2017. Born in Warwick, he was the son of the late Keith and Joyce (Withee) Bryant. Dana was a carpenter for most of his life. … more
Night of the blizzard
Snow was in the forecast and that was good news. At least I thought so. That was 40 years ago today, and I had a passion for cross-country skiing. As soon as there was enough, I was off for a loop around Seaview Golf Course - now Harborlights - or a more
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Police Log
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE At 9:09 p.m. on March 4, Officer Richard Odell was on routine patrol traveling in the rotary at the intersection of Toll Gate Road and Centerville Road. There he witnessed a Nissan Altima approach the rotary from Veterans more
Summer prelude
Text and photos By JOHN HOWELL Veterans Memorial Junior High School Principal David Tober was dunked at least 10 times Monday morning. He didn't mind it. In fact, he said it was refreshing. No wonder. With temperatures climbing into the high 80s, a more
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Friendship forged through fiction
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Leigh Brown and Victoria Corliss aren't related, but they've become such good friends and symbiotic business partners that they might as well be. more
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State to release solar guidelines
By ETHAN HARTLEY Municipalities looking for some guidance on how to responsibly implement solar arrays at a time when such projects are booming will receive some help in the coming weeks from the state Office of Energy Resources, which is set to release more
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