Warwick Beacon
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By TESSA ROY Vanessa Rooney got a pleasant surprise on Wednesday morning. The Cedar Hill 5th and 6th grade special education teacher was awarded a Golden Apple from the Commissioner of Education and NBC 10. Golden Apples are given by RIDE, Hasbro and NBC
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By Tessa Roy
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11/18/16
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In front of family, friends and coaches on Tuesday afternoon, Toll Gate senior Casey Gannon inked a National Letter of Intent to continue her track and academic career at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, next
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By Matt Metcalf
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11/18/16
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11/18/16
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By TESSA ROY The School Committee faced tussles over technology, online grading system Aspen, and special education at Tuesday's meeting. Usage rates of Aspen, according to Supervisor of Math and Science Ryan Mullan, are 59 percent at Pilgrim, 72
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By Tessa Roy
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11/18/16
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As many residents have observed, there have been significant changes designed to improve our special education programs at the junior high and high school levels. These changes were made due to school consolidation but more
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By Jennifer Connolly
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11/17/16
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Maureen Ann (Lynch) Dion, age 53 of Warwick, formerly of Waterbury CT, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Tuesday evening, November 8, 2016.
Maureen was born on June 18, 1963 in Waterbury, …
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11/17/16
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One of Warwick’s own has high hopes of bringing new legislature to the state of Rhode Island.
Tim Lemire is a Warwick native and a professional writer currently residing in Providence. His …
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By Tessa Roy
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11/16/16
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On Thursday night at a Democratic Caucus, Rep. K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) was elected the new Majority Leader of the House of Representatives by his House Democratic Caucus colleagues. Shekarchi was elected to the position with a
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11/16/16
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The Hendricken Hawks beat the Cranston West Falcons, 54-30, in the freshman Super Bowl on Saturday afternoon at Cranston Stadium.
“I’m very proud of the way the whole team responded in this …
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11/16/16
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By JOHN HOWELL In a show of unanimous support from his future colleagues on the City Council, Ward 4 Councilman Joseph Solomon was elected City Council president at a council caucus Sunday. Solomon, who did not actively seek the position, praised the
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By John Howell
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11/16/16
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To the Editor: What is happening to the Warwick Public Schools? They used to be one of the best in the state. Now, substitutes are reluctant to sub in the schools. Teacher morale is going down rapidly. I have been a Warwick resident since 1964 and am a
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11/15/16
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To the Editor:
The Warwick Beacon’s large front page article “Ladouceur requests RIDE investigation of special education” (11/8/16) was a disgraceful affront to our beautiful students and …
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11/15/16
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The former Lockwood Junior High School is one example of what Aldrich Junior High School could become, says principal planner Richard Crenca. With the construction of Winman Junior High in the 1970s, Lockwood was closed. It sat empty for
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By John Howell
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11/15/16
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RIDES ROBBED A Sunset Avenue resident recently found that their cars had been broken into. On November 1 around 8:15 a.m., Officer Russell Brown responded to the residence and spoke with the victim, who stated that both of his vehicles were parked in the
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11/15/16
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Five suspicious leaf bag fires were reported throughout the Buttonwoods neighborhood Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. Reports of fires came from Inez Avenue, Metropolitan Drive, Asylum Road and Wethersfield Drive. The fires
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By Tim Forsberg
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11/15/16
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Warwick Police Departments K9, Viking, will be featured on the cover of the Vested Interest in K9 2017 color calendar. The calendar showcases nationwide law enforcement dogs. Sales of the calendar support the purchase of bullet and stab protective vests
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11/14/16
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The city has acquired 3.5 acres at Passeonkquis Cove, which will be preserved as open space, Mayor Scott Avedisian announced in a release Monday. Through a $26,000 National Heritage Preservation Commission Local Open Space Conservation and Acquisition
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11/13/16
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Julie A. Morris, 65, died Monday, October 31, 2016. She was the beloved wife of Albert G. Morris.
She was the daughter of the late John “Jack” and Julie (Dixon) Flanagan. Julie had grown up …
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11/13/16
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The Church of the Annunciation has a time-honored tradition that will be celebrated in several forms this weekend at 175 Oaklawn Avenue in Cranston. Officially, it's the Holiday Bazaar & Greek Food Fair that began many years ago when
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By Pete Fontaine
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11/12/16
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Bishop Hendricken athletics saw four of its most esteemed athletes sign National Letters of Intent on Wednesday afternoon. Michael Bittner committed to Providence College for the high jump, an event he picked up
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By Jacob Marrocco
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11/11/16
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Bringing back the American chestnut The American chestnut, once a dominate hardwood in the eastern woodland from Maine to Florida that was the single most important food source for a variety of wildlife from bears to birds was virtually wiped out by a
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11/11/16
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On November 1 around 11 p.m., Officer Steven Moretti was dispatched to Cedar Pond Drive after an anonymous caller reported that a woman who appeared to be intoxicated was outside of her vehicle, which had sustained heavy front
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11/10/16
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He has done it again. In the face of a challenger who launched his campaign two years ago and stuck to a message that it was time for a change and an end to 16 years of tax increases, Scott Avedisian won every district in every ward in
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By John Howell
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11/10/16
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Campaign volunteers and candidates alike looked back on their hard fought races as results came in on Tuesday night.
“Now I’m really sad and sentimental,” said Jason Roias with a laugh at …
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By Tessa Roy
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11/10/16
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“Hold on a minute,” Barbara Ducharme said in a recent interview at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. A woman and a little girl with blonde hair and a Beatles t-shirt were smiling and waving at her, …
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By Tessa Roy
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11/10/16
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