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How schools ended up with $4.9M deficit
By ETHAN HARTLEY With much change occurring over the course of the past few months, an overview of where the school budget currently stands has become important to clarify. As of today's paper, the schools are staring at a $4.9 million deficit for their more
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Schools draft bond projects for 2 years
By ETHAN HARTLEY The Warwick School Department is poised to request over $6 million from the City Council this January in the first batch of bond funding following the approval of the $40 million bond by voters earlier this month, as the school building more
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Celebrating Sargent Center's 101 years
By JOHN HOWELL “People ask me when I’m going to retire,” says Marilyn Serra. “What would I do? I’ve got the best job,” answers Serra, the president and CEO of the Sargent … more
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Police Log
RECKLESS DRIVING On November 12 at approximately 11:35 a.m. Officer Timothy Lipka responded to the area of Jefferson Boulevard and Main Avenue for a report of a hit and run crash. Dispatch had advised that the suspect vehicle was a Honda Accord, and that more
Making a difference no `Mini' undertaking
By JOHN HOWELL Each year the giving has doubled and it happened again on Friday, when Ed Medeiros and Eastern Commerce Solutions based in East Providence distributed - with the help of the Minis Make A Difference club - 1,800 food bags to about a dozen more
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New shop features items handmade by veterans
By ETHAN HARTLEY Need some unique holiday gift ideas or perhaps some home d cor items that add a distinct, patriotic flair to your residence - but don't want to contribute to big box stores or the global mammoth that is online shopping giant Amazon.com? more
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School trash underscores unresolved budget issue
By ETHAN HARTLEY The cleanliness of schools is an ongoing issue of importance to parents, students, teachers and administrators alike as the continuing budget impasse between the Warwick School Department and Warwick City Council lingers on now almost more
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It stays
By JOHN HOWELL There's nothing that unifies Pawtuxet Village more than the bridge. It's there to bring Warwick and Cranston together in all kinds of situations - in the floods of 2010 when all other bridges over the river including Route 95 were closed; more
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Therapy dog teams set to respond to emergencies
By JOHN HOWELL Fifteen teams each comprised of a dog and their handler are ready to respond to emergencies across the state. It could be a fire where a family is displaced or a natural disaster, such as the threat of a hurricane that has prompted the more
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POLICE LOG
RECKLESS DRIVING On November 2 at approximately 7:33 p.m., Officer Derek Mourato along with several members of the police department were dispatched to Bald Hill Road in front of Taco Bell for a two car motor vehicle accident with multiple injuries. At more
Out of gas but he's still pumped up over Pawtuxet
By JOHN HOWELL Pat Grogan wears a blue shirt with the words Pawtuxet Sunoco over the left side of his chest. It is one of the few signs of what was one of the village's long operating service stations. Gone are the gas pumps and the canopy. The sign that more
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Ceremony shines spotlight on 'unsung hero' caregivers
By ETHAN HARTLEY The Family Caregiver Alliance of Rhode Island, in partnership with the state Division of Elderly Affairs, held its annual caregiver awards from the State Room of the Rhode Island State House Thursday, honoring those who put themselves more
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BH Link offers 24/7 response to mental health, drug abuse
By TIM FORSBERG Rhode Islanders suffering from mental health issues or substance abuse, or who have family members, friends or co-workers living through a behavioral health crisis, now have a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week hotline and triage center to more
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Vote for safety
Today is Election Day. Yes, you read that correctly. It’s the day the kids of First Student Bus 35 elect a mayor and governor. Voting starts early with the first pickups and continues until this … more
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Honoring their sacrifice
By ETHAN HARTLEY A good turnout gathered atop fallen leaves at the Warwick Veterans Memorial Park outside Warwick Vets Middle School underneath cloudless blue skies to pay homage to veterans of the past and present in a wreath laying ceremony on Monday more
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Vietnam vet shares harrowing story with Hendricken students
By ETHAN HARTLEY Even if you don't believe in guardian angels, anyone who has the chance to listen to Michael Montigny's story about his deployment with the United States Marines in Vietnam - where he narrowly escaped death over a dozen times by his more
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Solomon leads Democratic tsunami
By JOHN HOWELL Warwick is blue. True blue to the core - not even a hint of purple - for the first time since Charles Donovan was mayor in 1992. Backed by a party that didn't become locked in bloodletting primaries, Mayor Joseph Solomon, who was handed more
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Police Log
ASSAULT On Oct. 29 Officer Brian Murray responded to Warwick Mall food court for the report of an assault that had just occurred. The suspect, identified as Charles Sczuroski, 33, of 30 Howard Ave. in Cranston, was in custody with mall security, who said more
Search for B-17 name helps solve historic mystery
By ETHAN HARTLEY Almost 75 years ago to the day, Staff Sergeant Raymond W. Barnes took off around 8 a.m. as part of a 10-man crew in his designated B-17 Flying Fortress to lead an aerial force of 500 other planes for a bombing run targeting submarines in more
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Fung, Frias fall short to Democratic adversaries
By ETHAN HARTLEY Although their campaigns were never short on confidence, the nervous energy was apparent at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick on Tuesday evening as a mid-sized crowd of supporters for Rhode Island Republican candidates awaited polling results more
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Campaigning down to the wire
By JOHN HOWELL With their campaigns coming down to today's vote, candidates for mayor spent the weekend making final adjustments to cover the polls and attending events such as the Pilgrim football game that was played Sunday and Saturday's candidates more
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Police Log
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On October 26 at approximately 12:44 a.m., Sergeant Randy Francis along with Officer Christopher Gillis were on an impaired driver detail and traveling east on Airport Road when they observed a vehicle traveling west at a high more
Pancakes for all veterans
By JOHN HOWELL Bill Johnson has a recipe for pancakes, and he's using it to thank veterans for what they have done for this country. The Hendricken High School teacher and coach is the force behind the third annual pancake breakfast to held Monday, Nov. more
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Schools to report unexpected surplus
By ETHAN HARTLEY Over the summer, the Warwick School Department projected a deficit for the first time in Anthony Ferrucci's seven-year tenure as finance director. However, documents sent ahead of a special school committee meeting to be held this more
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Was it waste?
By ETHAN HARTLEY Differences of opinion, or misunderstandings of city policy - depending on whom you ask - regarding how schools recycle or dispose of unneeded furniture and materials sparked another dispute between Warwick Public School administrators more
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