Warwick Beacon
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Since Amazon has not yet opened for business in Johnston, the mega-retailer has invoked a costly construction clause in its contract with the town.
Over the past few months, the company …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/10/24
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The Johnston School Building Committee has so far awarded more than $40 million in contracts to Rhode Island firms for the construction the town’s new elementary center.
“This …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/5/24
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Pete Fontaine died an hour after deadline last week.
Although he had submitted his final byline several weeks earlier, the Johnston Sun Rise’s faithful freelancer held on until the last pages of the paper were on the presses. The man had ink in his veins.
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/4/24
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Scott Avedisian, Warwick’s longest-serving mayor, entered a not-guilty plea Wednesday morning at Kent County Court to charges he left the scene of a car crash.
The fender-bender occurred …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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4/3/24
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Sen. Frank Lombardo III dropped from helicopters to ski inaccessible moguls. Somehow, he balanced business, community service, law-making and family.
“Our Senate family is heartbroken with …
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Sun Rise Staff Reports
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2/21/24
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Tasked with approving the latest annual student risk survey, the Johnston School Committee unanimously decided to remove two questions that ask about student sexual identity.
“We went …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/20/24
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A Guatemalan national was arrested last year in Providence for alleged sexual assault of a child. He was incarcerated briefly and then released last spring despite a U.S. Immigration and Customs …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/20/24
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A rabid coyote attacked a hiker in Johnston. He strangled the sick animal.
According to Johnston Police Chief Mark A. Vieira, shortly after noon Friday, a 58-year-old man was hiking in the …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/13/24
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Chief Resident Daniel Boateng and Dental Assistant Sheila Fernandez readied the exam room for their next patient. They try to turn the chair over quick. They’ve got patients waiting.
For …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/13/24
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Johnston, Cranston and Warwick share a common, silent killer.Approximately 10-30 percent of homes in these three communities have radon levels equal or exceeding the suggested federal Environmental …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/15/22
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As Nicole Johnson-Morais puts it, Oakland Beach’s local chapter of TOPS “is full of losers.”
But don’t worry, she means that in the best way.
Oakland Beach Chapter 44 of …
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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7/22/21
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Westbay Community Action that has dedicated more than 50 years to developing sustainable programs in the local community, is the beneficiary of the first ever Dough Raiser Thursday, July 22 at Pizzeria UNO, 399 Bald Hill Road, Warwick, from 11 a.m. to
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7/15/21
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After being postponed a year, local historian Ann Eckert Brown has finally opened her exhibit at the Warwick Public Library, sharing the history and techniques of wall stenciling as a form of …
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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7/15/21
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Lucas “Luc” Maguire spends a lot of time in his Johnston backyard.
He loves both the stars and photography. One day, he decided to combine his passions.
“Ever since I can …
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/17/21
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Financial literacy is the ability to understand how to make sound financial choices so that you can confidently manage your money over the course of your life. The full breadth of financial literacy …
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By Molly Pastore, AVP Marketing Navigant Credit Union
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4/15/21
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The pandemic sparked by the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 blindsided much of the world. Since the World Health Organization declared a pandemic in March 2020, millions of people across the …
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4/15/21
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While working with our clients, much of what we do involves Social Security optimization. There is so much about Social Security that many people do not understand.
People may think they have a …
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Jeffrey H. Massey, Certified Financial Planner™, Massey and Associates
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4/15/21
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Important steps to ensure you
don’t outlive your money –
Introducing the Financial Longevity Bundle©
There was a time, not so long ago in the 20th Century, when thinking (at all) about supporting yourself through your retirement years generally involved only one factor: the size and viability of …
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By KAREN EMMA, UNIVERSAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
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4/15/21
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Dr. Luke Messac thought it was going to be like every other Tweet he sent.Messac, of Warwick, had just a few hundred followers as recently as July 16, and he took the opportunity to send out a …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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7/30/20
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As Father Brian Shanley reflects on his 15-year tenure as president of Providence College, he remembers what his parents told him when he was applying to colleges himself.As a senior at Toll Gate …
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By LAURA WEICK
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6/25/20
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Summer baseball has always been a part of Will Geoghegan’s life, going back to his childhood when his family used to watch Cape Cod League games while vacationing in Massachusetts. They …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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6/4/20
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The Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market opened for another season Saturday, drawing a good turnout of masked shoppers looking for fresh greens, fish and just baked goodies. Some were also looking to meet up with Mo, who in the past two years has become
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5/7/20
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A young woman chased an errant balloon in a parking lot in the wind. An unmarked car, red and blue lights flashing in the back window, was parked nearby. A priest surveyed the scene. No, it was not the set of an abstract film, but
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By ERIN O'BRIEN
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4/23/20
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Richard Boudreau has a gift.
He sees things where others don’t. Yes, he sees a shovel. But he also sees the shell of a turtle, the torso of a saxophonist or the tail of a fish – or …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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4/16/20
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By ERIN O'BRIEN It was an event a year in the making . with just a few minor hiccups along the way. In February 2019, Bryan Schnell devised the perfect plan - Aruba in April, a beach bungalow, dinner for two, sunset, a professional photographer, and a
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By ERIN O'BRIEN
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4/16/20
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