By RYAN CHAMPLIN Most Rhode Islanders know the feeling of telling someone where they are from, and the common response that follows: Where in New York is that?" Roberta Mudge Humble knows how damaging it can be for the state's self-image and wants to do"
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By Ryan Champlin
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8/23/17
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Rocky the retriever Well, actually, as anyone who knows dogs, Rocky isn't a retriever, but with temperatures in the 90s and the cool waters of the bay nearby on Conimicut Beach, Rocky willingly retrieved one flip flop after another when tossed in the
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8/22/17
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Kim M. Carvell, RN, 60, died Thursday, August 17, 2017.
Born in Biddeford, Maine, a daughter of Norman T. and Joyce L. (Frates) Carvell, she has been a resident of Warwick for most of her life. …
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8/22/17
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TEACHER ARRESTED The Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety announced Monday the arrest of Andrew Hallam, 32, of 30 Ethan Street in Warwick, on an affidavit/arrest warrant for embezzlement. According to a
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8/22/17
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Michael W. “Mic” Izzo, 51, died Friday, August 18, 2017 at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the beloved husband of the late Colleen A. (LeClerc) Izzo.
Born in Providence, a son of Frank Izzo …
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8/22/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Homeowners within the Governor Francis Farms III sewer project got some good news Thursday when bids for the work were lower than engineering projections. And then there was the disappointing news - you might say bad news - that the
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By John Howell
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8/22/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Nothing could stop Mother Nature now. A historic series of flooding in March of 2010 had caused the waters of the Pawtuxet River to steadily rise, and they would soon crest the levee that protected the 15-acre wastewater treatment
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/22/17
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By RYAN CHAMPLIN Most Rhode Islanders know the feeling of telling someone where they are from, and the common response that follows: Where in New York is that?" Roberta Mudge Humble knows how damaging it can be for the state's self-image and wants to do"
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By Ryan Champlin
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8/22/17
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Sue Barbour has a good idea why recent retirees like driving a school bus.
“They have been doing the ‘honey-do’ list a little too long,” Barbour said on a recent visit to First Student …
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By John Howell
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8/22/17
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To the Editor: Attention taxpayers: Ward 5 Councilman Ed Ladouceur wants all of us taxpayers to contribute/pay large sums of money for sewers in his ward. For these past years, he has preyed on other areas in Warwick, demanding everything possible to pay
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8/22/17
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Remembering good times Teachers and the principal from the former Greene Elementary School gathered recently at Iggy's Boardwalk in Oakland Beach to enjoy lunch and reminisce of their days at the school that was closed as part of the consolidation of
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8/22/17
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The total solar eclipse of August 21 will only be seen in Rhode Island as partial. About 70 percent of the Sun will be seen as covered in this region. Because of this, it is important not to look at the Sun directly; some form of eye protection must be
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8/21/17
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Barbara Zawadzki, 76, died Friday, August 18, 2017. She was the beloved wife for 58 years to John E. Zawadzki.
Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Josephine McMahon. …
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8/21/17
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William “Bill” Shalvey, 59, of Warwick, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 12, after a long battle with Huntington’s Disease. He was the beloved husband of Lynne (Devine) Shalvey for 35 …
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8/19/17
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Each year, hundreds of parents are faced with the difficult task of finding the perfect preschool to nurture and educate their children. Looking can be burdensome, especially when there are so many …
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By Dawn Anderson
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8/18/17
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As if teaching a room full of teenagers at the peak of their hormone production and social-emotional development wasn’t difficult enough when the most distracting form of inter-student …
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/18/17
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Barbara M. (Cirelli) Schertell, 73, of Orange Park Florida, formerly of Warwick, passed away suddenly on August 2, 2107. She was the wife of the late Fred Schertell.
She was the daughter of the …
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8/18/17
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He's got the key now Warwick School Superintendent Philip Thornton turned over the keys to the former school administration building and former Hoxsie School built in 1926 to Mayor Scott Avedisian yesterday afternoon. School administration offices have
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8/18/17
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Richard E. Johnson, 70, of Duncan, OK, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City.
Richard was born on March 28, …
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8/18/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Last week's news that the bond rating of state's second largest hospital group, Care New England, had been downgraded because of mounting losses hasn't thrown a wrench into CNE's intent to be acquired by HealthCare Partners of Boston, or
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By John Howell
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8/17/17
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By JOHN HOWELL A proposal that the city should pay for the repaving of roads after the installation of sewers rather than the property owners who would gain sewer service has spurred Riverview homeowners to rally in an effort to reduce sewer assessments
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By John Howell
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8/17/17
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It’s any first-time homeowner’s worst nightmare.
“Water is dripping into my basement and I have no idea why!”
When Louise Carriere, co-treasurer of Habitat for Humanity, West Bay and …
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By Ryan Champlin
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8/17/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Warwick School Committee members David Testa and Karen Bachus successfully carved out $155,000 from the FY18 Warwick Public Schools budget to save 1.5 elementary guidance counselor positions, out of the six total that were laid off, at
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/17/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Warwick School Committee approved $866,290.57 in contract awards for a wide variety of endeavors during Tuesday night's meeting at Toll Gate High School. They also approved $415,823.23 in bid awards, covering projects including new
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/17/17
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RECKLESS DRIVING AND MORE Officer Kevin McGuire was dispatched to Post Road and Elmwood Avenue on August 6 at 10:12 p.m. for a check condition call. As he was headed to the scene he observed a blue pickup truck traveling southbound in the breakdown lane
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8/17/17
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