Warwick Beacon
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By JOHN HOWELL Ask some of the tenants in the newly completed Brentwood by the Bay Assisted Living on Post Road in Cowesett what they like best about the facility and, without exception, they'll say the people. Next comes the amenities and the view. I'm"
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By John Howell
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10/10/17
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Sometimes when you brace for the worst, that's what you end up getting. That's what happened for Caroline Caprio of Warwick back in July 2013 when an MRI revealed a golf ball-sized brain tumor on the left side of her head. The
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By Thomas Greenberg
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10/10/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The future of healthier meat is available right here in Warwick, and it's made of...peas?
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/10/17
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Sully may be special needs but you'd never know it by his happy-go-lucky personality. Sully is blind, but let me tell you, that does not stop this boy.
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10/9/17
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Elizabeth Marie Gooding, 34, of Narragansett Bay Avenue, Warwick, passed unto the Lord on Friday, October 6, at Rhode Island Hospital’s Medical Intensive Care Unit, with her parents and family …
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10/9/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Hoxsie 4th grade teacher Ann Bannon was recognized Wednesday morning as the district's elementary teacher of the year.
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By JOHN HOWELL
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10/5/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The Warwick City Council just gave more teeth to local laws regarding incidents of aggressive dogs.
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/5/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- A large crowd descended onto Airport Road on Wednesday afternoon to witness the official inaugural sendoff of the New England Patriots' personalized aircraft
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/5/17
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The AG's office is urging caution after receiving more than a dozen complaints from small business owners that were targets of a billing scam with callers posing as representatives of National Grid.
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10/5/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Water. It's just what you might expect to find at a service honoring the 54 submarines and 3,645 submariners lost since World War II. But on Saturday there was water and water and even more water...
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By JOHN HOWELL
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10/4/17
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Michael L. Del Sesto, 62, of Warwick died Friday, September 29, 2017 at Kent Regency in Warwick after a long illness. He was the longtime companion of Carol Wheelock.
Born in Providence, he was …
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10/3/17
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Maren E. Robertson, of Oak Street, Westerly, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at the age of 38.
Born in Warwick, she was the beloved daughter of Penny Robertson of …
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10/3/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Theater lovers throughout Rhode Island have reason to rejoice, as the board of directors of The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre announced they will be coming to Warwick in 2018.
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/3/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- TF Green Airport could become the fastest growing airport in the country. Again.
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By John Howell
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10/3/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Motorists of Warwick be warned - obey traffic laws and respect the rights of way of pedestrians entering crosswalks.
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/3/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- An online petition has garnered over 7,000 signatures, and seeks to find out why cross country runners have been banned from practicing at Goddard Memorial Park.
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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10/3/17
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By THOMAS GREENBERG When a family goes through the kind of battle the McLarnons are currently facing, every bit of support can go a long way. Three-year old Davis McLarnon, the son of Amanda and Barry McLarnon of Warwick, is battling medulloblastoma, a
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By Thomas Greenberg
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10/2/17
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The Rhode Island Judiciary's new diversity coordinator will soon launch a public initiative to increase community awareness toward career opportunities in the state court system. Dorca M. Paulino, of Providence, next month will make her first public
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10/2/17
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Most brand new cars cost just a bit more than $100 in today's economy, so a chance at a 2017 Jeep Cherokee for that price will be taken by many. Well, as many as 600, that is. The Warwick Rotary Club, in coordination with Grieco
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By Thomas Greenberg
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10/1/17
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Whether or not you agree with NFL players and team owners who choose to kneel in solidarity or be entirely absent during the National Anthem played prior to games is entirely beside the point. There's a problem of perspective dissonance that can never be
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9/30/17
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To the Editor:Retired teacher Jeffery Miner’s letter, “Teachers made up the Union” (Beacon 9/14/17), facetiously questioned my knowledge that the teachers constitute the union. Let …
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9/30/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- School administration and the Warwick Police are investigating a reported instance of a student possessing and possibly “randomly distributing” fentanyl to other students while in a boys’ bathroom at Toll Gate High School last Friday, Sept. 22.
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By Ethan Hartley
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9/29/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Warwick Teachers' Union gathered again outside of Warwick City Hall to picket in protest of their lack of a new contract. This is the second such demonstration this month, and this time they also drew the support of the Local 251
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By Ethan Hartley
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9/29/17
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Mayor Scott Avedisian couldn’t say no. Now he doesn’t know what to expect, other than that he’s going to feel the heat.
This is heat like in roasting.
In a rare event, as Avedisian had …
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By John Howell
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9/28/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Rosemarie A. Desnoyers, RN, has been president of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5008 ever since 2008 when the nurses and nursing assistants organized. She has been on many picket lines on Toll Gate Road in front of the
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By John Howell
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9/28/17
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