Warwick Beacon
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Warwick Boys & Girls Club executive director Lara D’Antuono said she doesn’t do anything “regular.” To emphasize this, she blew away the traditionally yawn-inducing ribbon cutting in favor of …
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/9/17
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More to come Motorists traveling south on West Shore Road won't have any question as to when they're entering Conimicut Village. When completed, the new sign will be solar powered and have a flowerbed enclosure, reports Lonnie Barham of the village
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11/9/17
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Arnold E. “Arnie” Stillson, 53, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017.
Born in Warwick, he was a beloved son of Catherine (Chipman) Stillson, and the late Ernest C. Stillson. Arnie worked …
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11/8/17
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Power outage knocked him off his feet While thousands of Warwick residents went without power last week because of high winds, residents of Knight Street in Pontiac suffered an outage caused when a front-end loader caught a wire leading to the former
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11/8/17
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John Paul Hutchings, 44, passed away Thursday, November 2, 2017.
Born in Providence he was a son of John R. and Ellen B. (Burgess) Hutchings. His passion was for music and film.
Besides his …
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11/8/17
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To the Editor: When I began my campaign for the Warwick City Council last year, I quickly learned the number one issue on the minds of the voters in Ward 1. Do you support the closing of John Brown Francis Elementary School?" My response during the"
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11/8/17
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By JOHN HOWELL It wasn't planned, but it seemed like more than coincidence that the Kent County YMCA, with the help of a generous donation of trees and shrubs, was scheduled to make improvements to the Mary Kathryn Preston memorial garden Monday morning.
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By John Howell
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11/7/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Now there's the cleanup. With roads opened and power finally restored to all 14,136 Warwick National Grid customers who lost it at the height of last week's fierce wind and rainstorm, Department of Public Works crews are sweeping the city
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By John Howell
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11/7/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Why? How could this happen? Is it possible that she only had a sore throat less than three weeks ago and now she is gone? There were more questions and few answers, only that a form of blood poisoning - sepsis - killed 16-year-old Gianna
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By John Howell
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11/7/17
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By JOHN HOWELL The Norwegian Airlines plane that would take 60 passengers on an inaugural flight to the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe got more than a water salute when it pulled off the runway Thursday afternoon. The fire trucks were positioned
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By John Howell
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11/7/17
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SHOPLIFTING VIDEO GAMES WHILE CARRYING A KNIFE On Thursday, October 26 at approximately 2:50 p.m., Warwick Police arrested Christian Muralles, 19, for shoplifting video games at the Target store on Bald Hill Road. He is charged with one count of
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11/7/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The tentative agreement between the Warwick Teachers' Union and the Warwick School Committee is taking longer than was expected to hammer out details into a formal collective bargaining agreement.
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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11/7/17
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Mayor Scott Avedisian announced Wednesday the appointment of Marcel B. “Monty” Fontenault Jr., a 25-year veteran of the fire department, to the rank of assistant chief. Fontenault will assume the …
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11/6/17
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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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“Providence needs a tax revolt.” I first saw this statement on a sign on Smith Street years ago. It was erected on the property of a good businessman, who had spent almost two decades …
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By Rep. Daniel P. McKiernan
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11/6/17
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Gianna M. Cirella, 16, passed away peacefully Wednesday November 1, 2017 at Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
She was the beloved daughter of East Greenwich Deputy Chief of Police, Stanley F. …
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11/5/17
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William E. Underwood, 91, of Warwick, passed away at Avalon Nursing Home on October 31, 2017 after a brief illness.
Born in Providence Rhode Island, he was the son of William and Mabel …
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11/5/17
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Class reunions A graduate of the Pilgrim High School class of 1980 and a former student of St. Timothy School, Dennis Olsen began organizing reunions with his Pilgrim alum via Facebook since 2008. In December of 2011, he began organizing reunions with
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11/3/17
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Stacy Capone dressed as the lamp from "A Christmas Story," as she ran the 20th annual Greenwood Halloween Parade Tuesday afternoon. Started by Kim Murray, who paraded through the neighborhood with …
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11/3/17
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Governor Gina M. Raimondo, joined by legislative sponsors and community advocates, recently ceremonially signed legislation prohibiting domestic abusers from possessing firearms.
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11/3/17
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John J. McLaughlin Sr., 94, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 surrounded by his loving family and entered into eternal life to be reunited with the love of his life, Doreen M. …
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11/3/17
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Kevin Rooney, 61, of Warwick, passed away after a long battle with lung cancer on October 27, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Nancy (Freberg) Rooney; married for 30 …
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11/2/17
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POISONED DOG According to a Warwick Police Department Facebook post on Wednesday, there has been a rumor or exaggerated story that 11 dogs have died from poisoning by eating poisoned-laced hot dogs in City Park recently. The department assures the public
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11/2/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The City Council chambers at Warwick City Hall now permanently house the five flags of the United States armed forces - Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard - after an installment ceremony on Wednesday afternoon, which
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By Ethan Hartley
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11/2/17
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“Power is the name of the game right now,” Police Chief Col. Stephen McCartney said Wednesday morning.
McCartney didn’t lose power in the fierce wind and rainstorm that lashed the state …
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By John Howell and Tim Forsberg
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11/2/17
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