Warwick Beacon
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The following students achieved high honors or honors for the first quarter of the 2017-2018 school year at Warwick Veterans Memorial Junior High School GRADE 7 HIGH HONORS Aydan Amaral, Marco Amaral, Isabella Armstrong, Grace Atwood, Andrew Barboza,
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1/9/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Warwick Police Department Facebook page sparked a viral video on Friday, Jan. 5 when they posted surveillance video footage from November of an older woman at Burlington witness another female shopper drop a $100 bill onto the floor,
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/9/18
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SHOPLIFTING On December 19 at approximately 3:12 p.m., Officer Quentin Tavares was dispatched to the TJ Maxx/HomeGoods on Bald Hill Road for a shoplifting report. At the store he met with a member of Loss Prevention who had a female suspect, later
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1/9/18
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City Council President Joseph Solomon took the opportunity during the first council meeting of the 2018 calendar year to levy criticism at what he perceived to be a “lack of respect” from other …
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/9/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Anybody who believes one person can't make a difference in the world - or that only adults can orchestrate change in life - should have a sit-down with 10-year-old Madeline Murray. The 4th-grader at Hoxsie Elementary School in Warwick
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BY Ethan Hartley
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1/9/18
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By JOHN HOWELL The weekend deep freeze that is cracking pipes and put a dent in homeowner heating budgets has left a sheet of ice across Narragansett Bay but, so far, conditions haven't stopped the delivery of fuel and heating oil to Providence suppliers
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By John Howell
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1/9/18
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By JOHN HOWELL The alarm sounded, and the first reaction of the staff at Avalon Nursing and Rehabilitative Center on Stokes Street was there was a fire. With 32 patients in the facility, they rushed to investigate. But they didn't find flame or smoke.
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By John Howell
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1/9/18
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Chief of staff Ray Studley was first to volunteer.
“I’ll get out and push,” he said.
“I knew I should have brought my coat,” said Mayor Scott Avedisian from the front seat of the …
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By John Howell
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1/9/18
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The Pilgrim Patriots' wrestling team dominated the mats at home last Wednesday evening and cruised to a 61-12 victory over the Toll Gate Titans. Despite the drubbing, Pats' head coach Tom O'Connor commended the Titans on
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By Ryan D. Murray
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1/8/18
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At the beach no matter what time of year What was once a drab laundry room of painted cinder block walls at Brookdale West Bay assisted living has been transformed thanks to the efforts of the Little Rhody Rembrandts, a chapter of the Society of
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1/8/18
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As a new year begins we look collectively forward in a direction that, ideally, will be marked by progress in all aspects of life - whether that be in a bigger picture way societally, economically, sociologically or just in your own life personally.
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1/8/18
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Marcia E. (Hickey) Burdick, RN, 88, passed away Friday, December 29, 2017 at Hope Hospice & Palliative Care, Providence, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late John W. Burdick, …
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1/7/18
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Shut down After 35 years in business, the Burger King on Centerville in Apponaug Village has officially closed down. As the store is cleaned out, the owner of the property, the Jan Companies, who owns all the Burger Kings in the state, has put the
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1/7/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Mayor Scott Avedisian spent an hour and a half with the group of students, who gather each week to discuss current events and challenge themselves to think bigger about issues occurring in society.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/6/18
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Coco is hoping to find the perfect home this new year, maybe it's with you?
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1/6/18
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Ronald D. Williams, 83, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at the Greenwood Center. He was the beloved of Shirley A. (Ridgway) Williams for 61 years.
Born in Winchester, IN, he was a son of …
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1/6/18
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Forty teams from across the state have advanced from the qualifying tournament system to Rhode Island Student of the Future's FIRST LEGO League state championship, to be held Saturday, Jan. 13 at Roger Williams University in Bristol. Major sponsors of
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1/6/18
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Most people don't rush to pay taxes before they are due. But that's what some Warwick taxpayers were doing in the waning days of 2017.
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By John Howell
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1/5/18
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Thomas Andrew Crosby, 53, of Hawthorne, Florida passed away there on November 27, 2017.
He was born on August 11, 1964, in Warwick to the late Stanley W. Crosby, Jr. and Dorothy M. (Henchy) …
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1/5/18
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Ice can be nice With temperatures dipping below zero and hardly climbing out of the teens for the past week, area ponds transformed into hockey rinks and just great places to be outside and enjoying the thrill - along with a few chills - of winter.
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1/5/18
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On Tuesday, Jan 2 at 1:12 p.m. a male suspect entered the Valero located at 1625 Post Rd and passed a note to the clerk demanding money. No weapon was shown.
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1/5/18
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By JOHN HOWELL -- There's no telling how long it will be before students get out of school for summer vacation this year.
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/5/18
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To the Editor: Dogs in Warwick left outside in freezing temperatures. Defenders of Animals and other entities are working on this.
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1/4/18
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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 -- Paddington, who once resided in the East Greenwich Animal Protection League shelter, was selected to be one of the 90 furry representatives of the 14th annual Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/4/18
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