Warwick Beacon
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By JOHN HOWELL Candace Caluori laughs when she thinks about it. The more than 70 cameras throughout Toll Gate High School have done more than provide a measure of security. Kids will tell her they didn't have an argument with another student that
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By John Howell
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4/19/18
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By BRIAN JONES Manny Gomes was celebrated at a memorial service Dec. 14 that recalled the many lives he touched after surviving a catastrophic accident while he was homeless and later becoming known as The Mayor of Apponaug" for the good works he did"
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By Brian Jones
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1/17/17
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Text and photos by John Howell The Honor Flight Network that initiated the program in 2005 to bring World War II veterans to the nation's capital to visit the World War II memorial, other war memorials and Arlington National Cemetery has ranked the Rhode
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By John Howell
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4/4/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Mayor Scott Avedisian has announced the distribution of $813,124 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds.
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By John Howell
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7/15/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- It's almost ready after more than a decade of various proposals, public hearings and even a lawsuit initiated by the City Council. On Monday sometime around 10 p.m., the new runway extension at T.F. Green will be officially unveiled.
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By John Howell
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8/10/17
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD The sweet and treats business is recession proof, according to Warwick Ice Cream President Gerald Bucci. In the 40 years he's been president, he said he followed trends that revealed people like to treat themselves when money is
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By Jacquelyn Moorehead
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8/26/17
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Marguerite E. “Rita” McKeever, 99, of Warwick died Sunday, October 15, 2017 at Kent Regency. She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas A. McKeever.
Born in Providence, she was a daughter of …
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10/18/17
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In an effort to prepare for a “once in a generation” investment in education and school infrastructure to repair and replace the state’s aging facilities, Governor Gina Raimondo and her …
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11/6/17
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By THOMAS GREENBERG The Department of Transportation has acquired 15 snowplowing trucks - brining the fleet to 142 plows - and related snow fighting equipment at a cost of more than $20 million. DOT Director Peter Alviti Jr. said in a press conference
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By Thomas Greenberg
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12/14/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Like the mythical Phoenix that rose from the ashes to fly, Edgewood Yacht Club has risen to stand again in the wake of a 2011 winter storm fire that left the Victorian-era building that had survived the worst of hurricanes a smoldering
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By John Howell
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1/23/18
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A different kind of whiteout While the forecast for today is cold and rainy with sun for the rest of the week, we're starting to see some white evidence of spring like this blooming tree outside the Warwick Center for the Arts in Apponaug. It's about
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4/19/18
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Summer baseball has always been a part of Will Geoghegan’s life, going back to his childhood when his family used to watch Cape Cod League games while vacationing in Massachusetts. They …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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6/4/20
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Chief Resident Daniel Boateng and Dental Assistant Sheila Fernandez readied the exam room for their next patient. They try to turn the chair over quick. They’ve got patients waiting.
For …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/13/24
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To the Editor: Voters beware! There are two Trojan horses running in general assembly races in Warwick and Cranston. These two candidates' apparent intent is to deceive voters and pull votes away from legitimate candidates. In Warwick's House District 21
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10/22/16
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Five suspicious leaf bag fires were reported throughout the Buttonwoods neighborhood Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. Reports of fires came from Inez Avenue, Metropolitan Drive, Asylum Road and Wethersfield Drive. The fires
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By Tim Forsberg
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11/15/16
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It's tough to get touches when you're behind arguably the two best running backs in the state. That has been a reality for Hendricken junior Devin Rivet, who has taken a back seat to standout rushers Matt DiTondo and Kwity
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By Matt Metcalf
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11/26/16
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By TESSA ROY Local students have teamed up with area organizations to lend some helping hands to kids in need. Rocky Hill School's Interact Club and the New England Institute of Technology (NEIT) Rotaract Club, sponsored by East Greenwich Rotary's New
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By Tessa Roy
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1/17/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Single-family home sales across the state dropped in February but not for a lack of buyers say local realtors. Rather, the decline is blamed on a lack of inventory which some realtors say they haven't seen this low since the days of the
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By John Howell
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4/4/17
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Frank Saccoccio Korean War veteran US Air Force A jet engine mechanic, Saccoccio of Johnston was stationed at Albuquerque, NM where he worked on jet fighters from the F84 to the F104. At the time, the Air Force didn't issue ear protectors, or for that
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6/8/17
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The Warwick PAL 14s were upended by North Providence-Smithfield, 10-0, in five innings during the opening round of the state tournament at Paine Field in Coventry on Sunday night. Tyler Amore was chased from the mound
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By Ryan D. Murray
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7/15/17
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH .184 BACOn Dec. 2 at approximately 1:25 a.m., Officer Gregory Accinno responded to a report of a drunk male trying to change a flat tire at the intersection of …
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12/14/17
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Possession of Illegal Drugs - As Officer Aaron Steere was conducting surveillance of the Motel 6 on Jefferson Boulevard, which has a reputation for criminal activity because it has been the source of a number of calls for service to Warwick Police...
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By THOMAS GREENBERG
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1/4/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Members of the Warwick City Council, in advance of allocating a previously promised $3 million to the Warwick School Department last Wednesday, took the opportunity to criticize the department for what they considered to be bad business
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/23/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY When Doug Alexander took over as the technology director of Warwick Public Schools in March of 2016, the first thing he wanted to do, he said during an interview on Wednesday alongside Superintendent Philip Thornton and finance director
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By Ethan Hartley
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2/22/18
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