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Support John Howell and MENTOR RI this Thursday
By JO-ANN SCHOFIELD -- When I started working at the Chamber Education Foundation (now MENTOR Rhode Island) it was 1997 - 20 years ago (how did that happen?). I had never met John Howell. more
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Christopher Sahagian
Christopher Sahagian, 49, passed Thursday, September 7, 2017. He was the beloved husband of Michele L. (Faubert) Sahagian. He was the devoted son of Sahag and Anne (Melikian) Sahagian. Chris was … more
Marguerite “Peg” (Simonini) Currier
Marguerite “Peg” (Simonini) Currier, 92, of Warwick, passed peacefully into the arms of Our Lord and Savior Jesus, on September 4, 2017 at Brookdale West Bay, surrounded by her loving family. … more
BED AND BREAKFAST: The owners of 70 Kirby Ave. on Warwick Neck are looking for a special use permit from the Zoning Board so as to run a 3-unit AirBNB from the house.
AirBNB requests raise neighborhood concerns
By JOHN HOWELL -- Air Bed & Breakfast (AirBNB) is offering homeowners a means of making money, but how the business could alter the neighborhood has some Warwick Neck residents concerned. more
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Sarah Rawnesley, Chris Mirmirani and their son, Renton, were among the many shoppers Saturday at the West Shore Road Benny’s. When they heard Benny’s would be closing they knew they had to visit the store.
Benny's closing stuns loyal customers
By JOHN HOWELL -- When Chris Mirmirani heard Friday that Benny's would be closing all of their stores by the end of the year, he knew where he wanted to be Saturday morning. more
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Sen. Jack Reed speaks to the media at R.I. Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Cranston on Friday as the Weather Channel shows Florida bracing for Hurricane Irma in the background.
Sen. Reed visits RIEMA to talk hurricane readiness
By JACOB MARROCCO -- As Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have devastated Texas and Florida and while Jose looms in the Atlantic, Sen. Jack Reed stopped by RIEMA on Friday to discuss the state's preparedness. more
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The Cooper Building sits in a state of disrepair, with the planned opening date for the Warwick Boys & Girls Club approaching quickly.
Faulty bid could delay new Boys & Girls Club branch
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Delays in securing a bid to perform necessary work to rehabilitate the former Lloyd Cooper Armory on Sandy Lane, known as the Cooper Building, is causing concern for the Boys and Girls Club of Warwick. more
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CCRI president, Meghan Hughes speaks at the Knight Campus remembrance event on Monday morning, as a member of the Rhode Island Patriot Guard stands in the foreground.
16 years later, Warwick remembers 9/11
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Warwick held multiple remembrance events to honor the nearly 3,000 men, women and children who were killed in four separate instances of terrorism on Sept. 11, 2001. more
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KEEPING TABS: Peter Gaynor, Director the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) at headquarters on Tuesday.
Making RI hurricane ready
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- A look inside the operations of the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA), which is tasked with keeping the state prepared in the event of any emergency. more
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Proposed pension reforms
To the Editor: Warwick absolutely needs pension reform! In my mayoral campaign of 2016 I outlined Part 1" which included voluntary buyouts that saved Texas almost a billion dollars. Warwick would be wise to copy that win-win idea. What follows is "Part" more
What are kids learning today in our schools?
Once again America's school children are back in the classroom, and what were once normal expectations about the prospective educational experience of any given student are no longer guaranteed. Modern education is far afield from the plans of teaching more
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FIRST DAY OF K: Melissa DiRocco snaps a picture of her daughter, Natalia, as she’s about to start her first day of kindergarten at Randall Holden School. The school is one of two slated to close next year with the consolidation of elementary schools. Wickes is the other with John Brown Francis becoming the early education center now at Drum Rock.
The way of first day
FIRST DAY OF K: Melissa DiRocco snaps a picture of her daughter, Natalia, as she's about to start her first day of kindergarten at Randall Holden School. The school is one of two slated to close next year with the consolidation of elementary schools. more
Body found off coast of Beavertail identified as Warwick man
Colonel Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, advises that members of the Rhode Island State Police Major Crimes Unit, Forensic Services Unit and the State Medical Examiner's more
PRINCIPAL DOORMAN: Pilgrim Principal Gerald Habershaw greets freshmen as they arrive for the first day of school on Tuesday.
Pats are back
HAND HIM A MAP: Incoming freshmen at Pilgrim like Devyn Tabor found help was as close as the front office where they could check on their schedule and pick up a school map. Assisting Devyn is Pat Fratus. SENIOR GUIDES: Abigail Nurse and Mary Comtois were more
Gerald J. “Jay” Limoges
Gerald J. “Jay” Limoges of Warwick, passed away on September 3, 2017. He was the husband of 26 years to G. Karen (Coutcher) Limoges. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Robert T. … more
DEMANDS UNDERLINED: The Warwick Teacher’s Union has reiterated their unhappiness with the school committee as they enter a third year without a teaching contract. Union president Darlene Netcoh said that a strike was not out of the question. Here, teachers picket outside of Pilgrim High School following the first full day of school.
Teachers take to pickets again
In the ongoing two-year teacher contract impasse, after rejecting a motion to strike according to reports, union members voted Tuesday night to work by the terms of the collective bargaining … more
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Warwick 4th best city to retire in state
By ETHAN HARTLEY Warwick is the second best city for senior citizen health care and the fourth best city overall to retire in Rhode Island, according to a recent report released by SmartAsset.com, which indexed cities across the country in regards to more
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HIS IDEA: Aram Garabedian, managing partner of Warwick Mall, beside the carousel he insisted be a part of the mall.
Renaissance mall
By JOHN HOWELL Aram Garabedian, managing partner of Warwick Mall, has read the stories and heard the statistics. He's heard how Internet sales are sucking the dollars out of retail stores and how malls are closing across the country and he's seen - even more
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Police Log
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE A driver who allegedly told an officer [Expletive] off. I hope you cops die" was recently arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. Officer Adam Arico and Geoffrey Waldman were working an assigned driving under" more
UNDER(CARE)TAKERS: Sue Cabeceiras, Felicia Gardella, Mark Brown and Pegee Malcolm stand inside Historic Lot #90 as they discuss their efforts to remember the approximately 100 people who were laid to rest there.
Kiosk to be unveiled at historic Poor Farm cemetery Saturday
By ETHAN HARTLEY The Warwick Historical Cemeteries Commission will unveil a new informational kiosk at City Park on Saturday at 1:30 p.m., which will pay proper homage to the nearly 100 people buried in Historic Warwick Cemetery Lot #90 - many of whom more
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Robert Richard Anderson
Robert Richard Anderson, 79, passed away peacefully at home in Palm Bay, Florida, on April 10, 2017. He was the husband of Noreen A. Clancy. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Lester … more
RISING UP: Pilgrim's Ashley Ferreira elevates and tries to send a shot past Toll Gate's front line on Friday.
Pats hold off Titans in five-set thriller
The Pilgrim girls' volleyball team squeaked out a 3-2 win in the season opener against Toll Gate at Pilgrim on Friday evening. Pilgrim jumped out to a 2-0 advantage in the match, but Toll Gate fought back to force a fifth more
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Parents should rethink student stress
A survey was recently published by the Rhode Island Department of Education, which asked more than 113,000 teachers, parents and students from grades 3-12 from across each district in the state questions pertaining to school pride, school anxiety and more
Let's not forget the union
To the Editor: The very enlightening Beacon article A plan to revive Warwick Schools" (8/8/17) by Brandon Pearson was well thought-out with many fine suggestions aimed at improving our students' education. I would agree with many of them but not all of" more
NEW CONSTRUCTION: New home construction, which slowed to a snail’s pace during the recession has picked up with the increased demand for single-family homes. These homes that are a part of Madison Estates, a 14-home development on West Shore Road, are listed in the range of $350,000 to $360,000.
No let up forecast in single-family home sales
By JOHN HOWELL -- Realtors are seeing no end to the summer. The days are shorter, kids are back in school, but the single-family housing market shows little prospects of slowing down. more
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