Warwick Beacon
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Carol Barry, director of the Westbay Community Action meal site at Shalom Apartments, likes to make eating a happy experience. While the meals at various sites are the same and provided by Encore …
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11/2/16
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To the Editor:
To paraphrase Charles Dickens, “This is the best of times and the worst of times” for Warwick Public Schools. Dedicated teachers and support staff, coupled with eager students …
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11/2/16
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Nothing like a little rain to go along with ending a championship drought. It was a fitting backdrop Sunday evening for Pilgrim field hockey, which had not captured a state title since 1981 under the tutelage of
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By Jacob Marrocco
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11/1/16
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Warwick Neck had a monster mash-up on Saturday the likes of which hasn't been seen since the days when the Rocky Point amusement park was open. Throngs of people descended upon Rocky Point Avenue for the third annual Pumpkin Walk held
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By Tim Forsberg
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11/1/16
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An estimated 4,000 people with intellectual or developmental disabilities will face increasingly inferior services unless the state takes action to increase the $10.82 hourly rate paid 3,500 direct care professionals.
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By John Howell
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11/1/16
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If he had it all to do over again, Superintendent Philip Thornton would still inform parents of a potential sickout by teachers and school closure as he did last Wednesday. Warwick Teachers Union President Darlene Netcoh labeled the sickout a rumor" and"
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11/1/16
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Elizabeth and John Frampton say their son was only 10 years old when a trusted mentor offered to help him put on a Halloween costume, brought him into a bathroom, locked the door, and molested him. We wanted a good life for [our son] and an"
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By Tessa Roy
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11/1/16
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CAR ACCIDENT A driver recently involved in a car crash that injured two was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. Officer Aaron Kay along with other members of the department were dispatched to the intersection of Post Road and Warwick
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11/1/16
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To the Editor: To all those who may consider writing a letter to the editor: beware! No longer is free speech met with responding free speech; it is now commonly met with thinly veiled attempts to physically intimidate those who exercise the rights
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10/31/16
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Growing up, Kwity Paye heard often that playing Division I football may be out of reach for him. That only made the now 6-foot-4, 230-pound defensive force work harder throughout the years. I feel like I always knew I could"
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By Matt Metcalf
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10/30/16
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Joyce and I are Jack Reacher fans, having read most of Lee Child’s novels about the iconic, ex-military loner who wanders the country saving people and beating up bad guys.
While we enjoyed the …
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By Joyce and Don Fowler
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10/30/16
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When the Beacon last spoke with Barbara Lyons Croker a year and a half ago, she had undergone 43 surgeries during the last 15 years in her fight against Dercum's disease, an extremely rare and debilitating disorder in which fluid and
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By Tim Forsberg
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10/28/16
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When it comes to providing the best care for patients, Dr. Robert E. Baute doesn't compromise. That was the message as the Kent Hospital Cardiac Catheterization Lab was dedicated to the man who fought so hard to make it a reality. Baute
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By John Howell
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10/28/16
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There's no going back. The die was cast at least a decade ago, when after public hearings where roundabouts were touted as the wave of the future, they were adopted as the solution to Apponaug traffic. It all made perfect sense. Instead of coming to a
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10/28/16
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James C. Whitehead, 78, of Warwick died Sunday at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence. He was the beloved husband of Priscilla A. (Amend) Whitehead for fifty-six years.
Born in …
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10/28/16
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Division I: The Big Two Division I's best public schools this year are South Kingstown, Portsmouth, Cranston East and Central. The Rebels (5-1) and Patriots (3-2) played one of the league's few all-timers this season, which saw SK storm back to score 21
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By Jacob Marrocco
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10/28/16
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Schools could be closed today. That was the warning issued yesterday afternoon to parents on the Connect-Ed system by Superintendent Philip Thornton in response to reports that the Warwick Teachers Union had planned a sick-out." Warwick"
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By John Howell
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10/28/16
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On Oct. 19 a Kent County Superior Court jury found Bruce McNeil, 76, of Warwick, guilty of one count of second-degree child molestation on Oct. 19. The jury returned the guilty verdict after 15 minutes of deliberations following a three-day trial
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10/28/16
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The School Committee voted Tuesday to move forward with the recommendation to close two schools and re-purpose two others for the 2018-2019 academic year, but with a change. Though the consolidation committee had also recommended putting off
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By Tessa Roy
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10/28/16
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SLEEPING AT STOPLIGHT A driver who was found asleep at a stoplight was recently arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. Officer Matthew Smith was dispatched to the area of Quaker Lane and Cowesett Road on October 13 around
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10/27/16
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One of the longest family-owned and operated marinas in the city, Norton's on Greenwich Cove, has been bought by the Florida-based Prime Marina Group for about $4 million. Marinas are very historical places with long-term customers and we"
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By John Howell
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10/27/16
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Schools could be closed tomorrow, according to a warning issued through the Connect-Ed system just before 2 pm today.
Superintendent Philip Thornton said, “We have received several credible …
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John Howell
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10/26/16
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To the Editor: For the past 24 years, District 21 has been represented by Eileen Naughton. She was a champion for the disabled, the elderly, and the environment, and I thank her for that. On financial issues, however, she let us down. She voted the way
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10/26/16
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To Annmarie Walker, selecting the best Medicare prescription plan is daunting. Is she paying too much for what's covered, or by selecting one of the lower-cost options will the plan cover everything she needs? Those are the kind of
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By John Howell
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10/26/16
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What I love about the news business are stories that keep unfolding and with each turn become more remarkable. This is one of them. It begins with the Warwick Rotary Club and its effort to raise funds for its charitable foundation, and comes full circle
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By John Howell
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10/26/16
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