Warwick Beacon
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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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By THOMAS GREENBERG Warwick Vets doesn't want its middle school students to be future members of vape nation." That's why they brought in David Neill from the U.S. Attorney's office on Wednesday morning to educate the students on the dangers of"
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By Thomas Greenberg
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11/24/17
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By JOHN HOWELL By this time construction was supposed to have started on the third and final phase of Gov. Francis Farm sewers. Design of the project that will give 270-property owners access to sewers is complete and C.B. Utility, low bidder at $4.99
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By John Howell
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11/24/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Rhode Island Department of Health has launched an awareness campaign to hopefully curb a trending increase in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), which their records indicate are at the highest rates in 10 years. Chlamydia,
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/24/17
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Robert Francis “Bob, Bobby, Bobo” DeFeo, 63, passed away at Maine Medical in Portland, ME, on November 11, 2017 after a long illness.
Born in Rhode Island, he was the son of the late John and …
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11/24/17
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Pilgrim and Toll Gate will look to add to their new Thanksgiving Day rivalry when the two teams meet at Warwick Vets this morning at 10 a.m. This will be the second straight Thanksgiving Day that the Pats and Titans will
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By Matt Metcalf
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11/24/17
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George Pettis, 55, of Warwick passed away at home on Tuesday, November 21, 2017.
He has been a resident of Warwick for his entire life. He was a long time employee of Winstead’s Marina. …
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11/23/17
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By ROBERT FLANDERS When neighbors, friends and family ask me why I am running for the U.S. Senate, my answer is simple. As Nelson Mandela said: There is no passion to be found playing small; in settling for a life that is less impactful than the one you"
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By Robert Flanders
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11/23/17
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Harriet E. Hultenius, 81, a retired CNA for the State of Rhode Island, passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at the Coventry Center. She was the wife of the late Charles L. Hultenius and loving …
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11/23/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Debra Shipley Roffo started Angel in Action RI back in March, which formed with the goal of providing small acts of kindness to hardworking families who have come upon difficult times.
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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11/22/17
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Frank Merlino, MD., 93, of Buttonwoods Ave., Warwick died November 18, 2017, after self-diagnosing his afib, but uncharacteristically, misdiagnosing an unrelated complication. For 59 years, he was …
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11/22/17
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By JOHN HOWELL The teacher contracts approved by the School Committee and yet to be ratified by the union membership would require an additional $12.6 million in local funding over the next three years, according to Anthony Ferrucci, school director of
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By John Howell
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11/21/17
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LARCENY On November 4 at approximately 11:50 a.m. Officer Michael Walker responded to the YMCA on Centerville Road for a report of a larceny from a vehicle. At the scene he met with the reporting party, who stated that she arrived at the YMCA at
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11/21/17
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By THOMAS GREENBERG The Gaspee Days Committee will soon sell license plates commemorating the burning of the Gaspee after Governor Gina Raimondo signed the Gaspee Days License Bill into effect on Monday. Warwick historian and member emeritus of the
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By Thomas Greenberg
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11/21/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY A triage of issues concerning food security in Rhode Island drew Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Lietenant Governor Dan McKee to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank on Monday afternoon to discuss the situation and
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/21/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY A copy of a letter of complaint sent to Superintendent Philip Thornton from the law offices of Robinson & Clapham, provided to the Beacon, outlines a Warwick family's readiness to file a lawsuit against the Warwick Public School
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/21/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Lt. Gov. Dan McKee says there's more to Operation Holiday Cheer than providing gifts from home to servicemen and -women who can't get back to the Ocean State for the holidays. In an effort involving scores of sponsors, organizations and
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By John Howell
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11/21/17
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Richard Baribault, 42, and Troy Gunderway, 47, both of Warwick, were sentenced Friday by Superior Court Justice Brian P. Stern for the Aug. 1, 2015 murder of Fernando Silva, 70, who was locally known …
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11/21/17
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Debra Shipley Roffo started Angel in Action RI back in March, which formed with the goal of providing small acts of kindness to hardworking families who have come upon difficult times, whether those …
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/20/17
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Joseph J. Santos, 32, of Providence, died unexpectedly on Thursday, November 9th in Providence.
Joseph was born to the late Vivian J. Santos and the late Charles C. Bevis. Joseph was a …
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11/18/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The letter, dated Sept. 26, 2017, asserts that Dr. Mercurio “appears to have targeted [the family] from the moment that she took the position of principal at Cedar Hill in the school year 2013-2014.”
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/17/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Warwick natives Jordan and Leia Parker lost their father, David, to a nasty battle with cancer when they were just 5 and 8 years old, respectively, but his positive influence remains a big part of both of them.
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/17/17
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BREAKING AND ENTERING At approximately 5:50 a.m. on Nov. 2, Officer William Holz was called to the Brewed Awakenings on Bald Hill Road regarding a reported break-in to the store. At the store, Officer Holz met with the manager, who said that the glass
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11/16/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- The city never intended for City Centre to meet the requirements Amazon listed in its search for a second world headquarters, but when the planning department reviewed Amazon's request for proposals,everything was there.
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By John Howell
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11/16/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The future of John Brown Francis Elementary School remains up in the air for the time being, as the Warwick School Committee voted to table a motion to halt the school consolidation plan.
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/16/17
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