Warwick Beacon
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Cranston’s Edie Lacombe is hoping to warm hearts and hands this winter while raising money for brain injury research, and she’s already off to a great start.
The local elementary school …
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By JEN COWART
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2/14/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY No meetings have been scheduled yet between the city and the Warwick School Committee to continue negotiations towards resolving the nearly $5 million budget deficit in the schools, and a deadline is set for later today that, if no
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/12/19
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PEDESTRIAN STRUCK On Feb. 8 at 7:10 p.m., the Warwick Police Department responded to the area of 2406 Post Road for a report of a pedestrian who had been struck by a car. Officers arrived on scene and found an unresponsive 63-year-old male lying in the
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2/12/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Warwick is the most affordable place to live in Rhode Island, at least according to a study recently released by SmartAsset.com, which assessed the most affordable places to live in America. The study examined cities and towns of more
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/12/19
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By JOHN HOWELL Usually when Mayor Joseph Solomon is invited to Green Airport it's to be a part of an announcement that another airline has chosen to fly out of Rhode Island, opening new destinations and bringing more economic opportunities to the city
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/12/19
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DUI On the evening of Jan. 30, Officer Brian J. Holleran reports responding to the area of Bald Hill and Toll Gate roads for a report of a drunken driving incident in progress. Dispatch indicated that according to security personnel at Kent Hospital, a
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2/7/19
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John “Jack” Fay was a “man of habit,” according to Warwick Detective Capt. Joseph Hopkins.
A 66-year-old father, retired postal worker and Vietnam veteran, Fay’s routine included jogging …
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE and JOHN HOWELL
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2/7/19
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What makes us laugh?
Some seek out edgy humor or crave political jokes. In other cases, audiences prefer their comedy clean.
Funny 4 Funds, a comedy fundraising company that has helped local …
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By PAM SCHIFF
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2/7/19
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KEEPING THEM CONTAINED: Victoria Minicucci, a shelter volunteer, had the enviable role of a referee, which basically meant she got to cuddle the puppies that tried to escape from the turf field enclosure in the heat of their playing. SUPER MOM: Leslie
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2/5/19
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Col. Rick Rathbun may take some time to settle into his new role as police chief in Warwick, and that’s according to his own words.
“I’m getting used to it. It’s been a little strange,” …
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/5/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The New England Patriots pulled off the victory that rendered all their hard work throughout a year following the crushing disappointment of a Super Bowl loss last February worth it - and they did it by playing lights out defense for a
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/5/19
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By JOHN HOWELL Chuck Lanigan had his suspicions when the State Police pulled away from the hangars on Airport Road. Why would they be leaving when the Patriots were due to arrive any minute? Lanigan's intuition paid off Monday afternoon when south of the
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/5/19
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SHOPLIFTING On January 28 at approximately 8:35 p.m. Officer Anthony D'Abrosca was dispatched to the Bald Hill Road Macy's for a report of a shoplifting. At the store he met with a loss prevention associate who stated that approximately 7:30 p.m. she
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2/5/19
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A group of citizens have made plans to thank Col. Stephen M. McCartney for the nearly 20 years he served at Warwick Police Chief at a reception in his honor and start a fund to benefit the department. The reception will be held Thursday, March 14 from
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/31/19
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By JOHN HOWELL When the City Council approved a resolution calling on the General Assembly to approve legislation giving the city $900,000 in payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) as the host city of Green Airport, the immediate reaction of the Rhode Island
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/31/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The relationship between the Warwick School Department and the City Council has seen better days, and school department officials are now concerned about being able to fund needed capital projects for the next two summers within a
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/31/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Rhode Islanders will have a hometown hero represented in the world's biggest game this Sunday (Feb. 3) for the second year in a row. He won't be catching passes from Tom Brady or pressuring the high-powered offense of the Los Angeles
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/31/19
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By JOHN HOWELL St. Kevin School, which was forced to close after a burst heating pipe filled the building with steam and water cascading from a second-floor restroom during the Thanksgiving Day weekend, is buzzing again - only now with workmen in place
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/31/19
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Photographing a planet is by far the hardest thing to do with film (yes, some people still use it), with cameras and software. Conrad Cardano, longtime Skyscrapers member, will demonstrate how he does capture Venus, Saturn and Jupiter using a camera
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1/31/19
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STOLEN VEHICLE At approximately 7:37 a.m. on Jan. 22, Officer David O. Thompson reports responding to the Crown Court Condominiums on Post Road for a report of larceny of an automobile. Upon arrival, Thompson made contact with the reporting party and her
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1/31/19
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Ray Pontbriant is completely blind, mostly deaf and has a developmental delay, but there is nobody else in the state, maybe the country, that you’d rather have repair your antique chair.
With …
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/30/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Municipalities looking for some guidance on how to responsibly implement solar arrays at a time when such projects are booming will receive some help in the coming weeks from the state Office of Energy Resources, which is set to release
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/29/19
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By JOHN HOWELL What could be more American than a curtain rod made in Warwick at Kenney Manufacturing? That was just the point Walmart made at an event Wednesday that briefly silenced Kenney operations as Kenney president and CEO Leslie Kenney,
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/29/19
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By JOHN HOWELL A 24-year veteran of the Warwick Police Department who got to know Mayor Joseph Solomon during his work in Conimicut and in his role as Emergency Management Director, Major Rick Rathbun was sworn in as the new Warwick Police Chief
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/29/19
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By JOHN HOWELL Kristen Sami never met Zah-Nae Rothgeb, although they lived in the same neighborhood. She sat with Michele Rothgeb when police and rescue responded to her Oakland Beach Avenue house to the call that Zah-Nae, who had cerebral palsy, was
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/29/19
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