Warwick Beacon
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- For 10 years now the Kent County Reentry Council has had one goal – helping parolees, probates and those recently released from prison successfully reenter society.
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/30/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- A parking lot which sits right next to the airport that has long been leased by TF Green is now going back to private ownership. Will it cause a price war for parking?
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By John Howell
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11/30/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) announced at a press conference Wednesday that they had reached an agreement with Air Canada to provide seasonal, daily, nonstop flights to Canada's largest airport, starting May 17.
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/30/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Commissioner of Education Ken Wagner and Deputy Commissioner Mary Ann Snider took a field trip to Robertson Elementary School Tuesday afternoon, one of about a dozen similar trips throughout Rhode Island.
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11/30/17
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DRIVING ON SUSPENDED LICENSE On Nov. 11 at approximately 7:16 p.m. Officer Paul Wells saw a vehicle traveling on Bald Hill Road near On The Border that had an expired registration number. Wells ran the registration plate in the system and confirmed that
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11/30/17
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Black Friday kicks off the shopping spirit at Warwick Mall Warwick Mall was humming Friday as shoppers turned out to snap up deals of the season, starting early in the morning. The parking lots were packed and the mood was festive - how could it not be
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11/30/17
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Hope Lynn Butler, 26, passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at Day Kimble Hospital, in Putnam, CT., from injuries received in an automobile accident.
Born in Warwick, she was the beloved …
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11/29/17
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Matthew R. “Matt” Court, 20, of Monroe St. died unexpectedly Monday at home. A life long resident of Warwick, he was the beloved son of Joseph M. and Tracey (Nye) Court.
Matt attended Pilgrim …
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11/29/17
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On November 9 at 4:34 p.m., Officers Jacob Elderkin along with several members of the department were dispatched to the area of what was initially reported as Wildes Corner for a report of a possible drunk driver. While
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11/28/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Are Warwick voters prepared to support an $85 million bond issue to upgrade its aging schools, or would they want to upgrade schools to aspirational standards suggested by the State Department of Education at a cost of almost $118 million?
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By John Howell
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11/28/17
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During the 2016-17 school year, along with other talented music students across the United States and overseas in military base schools, Jason Tuttle from Pilgrim High School practiced to gain a part in his local, district and state music honor
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11/28/17
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Aram Garabedian wasn't expecting to get the call from the Rhode Island Secretary of State's Office in October - he hasn't been a politician in years - but was very happy to discover he was nominated as one of three individuals to
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By Thomas Greenberg
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11/28/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Governor Gina Raimondo joined state Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Department of Education Commissioner Ken Wagner and West Warwick superintendent Karen Tarasevich at the John F. Deering Middle School in West Warwick for the third
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/28/17
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By JOHN JOWELL Frank Picozzi hadn't shared the story about what drives him to spend a year working on his Christmas light display until he told his wife Kim this year. Even now that he has broken the silence, it is difficult for him. As has become
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By John Howell
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11/28/17
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People will often tell you in life to expect the unexpected. But nobody expects a diagnosis like the one Ron “RJ” Rounds received at 54 years old in 2016.
Rounds was an avid racquetball …
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/28/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Black Friday leaves bad memories to James Burrows and his wife, Deborah. It was the day they put their kitten Tweedle Dum down. Deborah cradled the cat while it was injected and on Saturday the cat was buried alongside eight other cats the
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By John Howell
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11/28/17
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A run before the feast With every Thanksgiving the Rotary Club of Warwick Turkey Trot has gotten bigger and this year was no exception. Nearly 400 people started showing up as early as 7 a.m. to run and walk the 5K loop in City Park beginning an hour
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11/28/17
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A happening place More than 4,000 people came through the doors of the Rhode Island Shriners and the Scottish Rite Cathedral in the first three hours of the fourth annual FEZ-tival of Trees Saturday. The people kept coming to buy raffle tickets on the
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11/28/17
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The following Warwick residents have earned first quarter honors at Hendricken High School: GRADE 8 President's List: David Chapman, Daniel Franchetti, Dylan LeMay, James Lockhart, Samuel Shah, Shaun Teotonio, Max Turner High Honors: Connor Aylesworth,
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11/27/17
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By PETE FONTAINE In 2010 Emily Seddon set out to raise money to purchase six new liquid wax torches the acolytes use at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, located in Apponaug. She held a spaghetti supper, which was an overwhelming success. Her role at the
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By Pete Fontaine
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11/26/17
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By JOHN HOWELL and ETHAN HARTLEY -- Ending more than two years of acrimony and divisive debate over what is best for the education of Warwick children, the Warwick Teachers Union approved a contract Tuesday evening.
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By John Howell & Ethan Hartley
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11/25/17
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By JOHN HOWELL When structures resembling anti-tank defenses used in World War II started appearing in an open field and trees that once filled a vacant lot came down, people asked questions. The answer to both developments in separate parts of the city
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By John Howell
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11/24/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Warwick resident Rob Cote is calling for the dismissal of Warwick Fire Chief James McLaughlin, claiming the chief violated state record retention laws by disposing of thousands of documents which log information pertaining to
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/24/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Warwick single-family home sales for the month of October dropped a dramatic 19 percent from October 2016, according to data released this week by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors. But as the number of sales dropped, the median
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By John Howell
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11/24/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Warwick resident Olivia Hauke turned 16 years old on Monday, but not even the best doctors can say for sure whether or not she'll be here to celebrate any more birthdays. Inside Olivia's DNA is a genetic mutation so rare that only four
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/24/17
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