Warwick Beacon
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Warwick Representative Joseph McNamara announced Tuesday he would be seeking re-election as chair of the state's Democratic Committee, focusing on a message that the Democrats must maintain the strong momentum established in the past
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/21/19
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DUI On Feb. 7 just before 8 p.m., Officer Brian W. Fontaine reports responding to the intersection of Post and Airport roads for a report of an impaired driver. Dispatch indicated the vehicle had been observed speeding and swerving between lanes.
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2/21/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY If school faculty and staff in Warwick were paid under the same contractual rates as those positions in Cranston, Warwick would save about $8.1 million in salary costs. Including fringe benefit costs, that number creeps closer to $9.7
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by ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/21/19
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By JOHN HOWELL Mayor Joseph Solomon isn't in a rush to name the next fire chief, a post that has been filled by acting chief Marcel Fontenault since last May when James McLaughlin retired. Now Fontenault plans to retire effective March 17. In an
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/21/19
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When Mayor Joseph Solomon learned the news media would be visiting the Warwick Center for the Arts Wednesday to follow up on the story he is considering using the space for municipal offices, he …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/21/19
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In the home stretch Michael Tucci, above, foreman for Pariseault Construction, said Tuesday the company is nearing completion of the work needed to reopen St. Kevin School that was forced to close prior to Christmas because of a burst hot water heating
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2/21/19
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Bruce Springsteen famously sung about “Glory Days” – how experiences and places from youthful times loom large in memory.
For generations of local revelers, the former Mardi Gras Multiclub …
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By PAM SCHIFF
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2/20/19
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By JOHN HOWELL The wet sock arrived at Sandy Lane yesterday morning in a refrigerated truck. The baby blue felt sock, 140 feet long and 24 inches in diameter, was neatly folded in the back of the truck. It reeked. Zack Scott, foreman for Green Mountain
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/19/19
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By JOHN HOWELL The first step to rebuilding Woodbury Union Church, which burned on Thanksgiving eve, could come this week as Bowerman Associates of Providence starts sorting through the rubble in preparation for demolishing what remains of the building.
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/19/19
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STOLEN CONVERTER On Feb. 11 at approximately 11:47 a.m. Officer Daniel O'Connell met with a complainant in the lobby of police headquarters for a report of a larceny from a business. The representative, from National Grid, stated that he was a supervisor
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2/19/19
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By JOHN HOWELL After 42 years of calling the former Kentish Guards armory in Apponaug home, the Warwick Museum and now the Warwick Center of the Arts may be forced to find new digs. Last Wednesday, as he joined Rocky Point aficionado Sean McCarthy to
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/19/19
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Through one of his spokeswomen, Mayor Joseph Solomon confirmed Wednesday that Acting Fire Chief Marcel Fontenault has submitted his letter of retirement. No additional information, such as when Fontenault submitted the letter, when he would leave or who
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/14/19
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By JOHN HOWELL With projections that airport passenger traffic and operations will continue to grow, the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) gave the green light last week for development of a new 20-year master plan. Besides, the FAA requires the
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/14/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY A labor bill introduced by the Rhode Island House of Representatives is already poised to become one of the hot button issues of the new legislative session, as the proposed bill, H5260, would expand the reach of binding arbitration in
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/14/19
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This is part one of a series chronicling Ethan Hartley and his progress towards participating in Mentor Rhode Island’s “Dancing with the Stars” fundraising event on May 2 at Rhodes on the …
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/14/19
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On Feb. 1 at 11:27 p.m., Officer Steven Moretti was in the area of Jefferson Boulevard conducting DUI detail in a marked cruiser when he observed an SUV with Rhode Island registration pull out of the Whethersfield Commons
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2/14/19
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By JOHN HOWELL Richard Corrente will no longer be standing at various corners throughout the city waving to passing motorists. He may be waving, as he is friendly, but he won't be doing it to win votes. In a phone call Tuesday evening, Corrente declared
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/14/19
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Editor’s note: David Mark Chatowsky, who grew up in Warwick, submitted this story of his childhood days along with the painting.Off Cowesett Road stands St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church. …
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By DAVID MARK CHATOWSKY
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2/14/19
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Save The Bay has released its third annual Narragansett Bay Seal Monitoring Report. The document compiles decades of historical data with new information collected during last year' seasonal monitoring efforts and the 2018 Bay-Wide Seal Count. Save The
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2/14/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Looking ahead to supplying the industries of the future with young talent, billion-dollar technological services and consulting company Infosys announced Tuesday the launch of a partnership with the Community College of Rhode Island to
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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2/14/19
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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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