By JOHN HOWELL While Gov. Gina Raimondo's proposed $9.9 billion state budget depends on park and beach fees to fund park improvements and enhance maintenance, Department of Environmental Management spokesman Michael Healey said yesterday that pedestrian
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/24/19
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By JOHN HOWELL Kevin Martin didn't have to think twice when Mayor Joseph Solomon asked what the city could be doing for him. Martin is the owner of Image Printing, and Solomon was there Tuesday afternoon as part of his one-on-one weekly business visits
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/24/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Michele Rothgeb, the 55-year-old Oakland Beach woman who is awaiting trial in a child neglect case that resulted in the death of her 9-year-old adopted daughter with cerebral palsy, owed more than $15,000 in collective various debts
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/24/19
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AARP Rhode Island State Director Kathleen Connell has announced the appointment of Vincent “Vin” Marzullo as state president.
“We are delighted that Vin has stepped into this key volunteer …
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1/24/19
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Warwick City Council Chambers are off-limits these days as crews under the direction of C&L Builders of Warwick work to remedy damage done when a sprinkler in the restored chambers caused water damage to the room. Even though the leak was caught before
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1/24/19
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It all started 10 years ago with a small food drive, explained Regency Cigar Emporium owner Michael Correia shortly after handing over a $30,000 check to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank at their …
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/24/19
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District 20 Rep. David Bennett is a man on a mission. In fact, it’s a mission that he wished he undertook 40 years ago, when at 23 years old he first started smoking cigarettes.
“I know all …
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/22/19
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LARCENY Officer Timothy W. Lipka reports meeting with a woman at police headquarters at approximately 12:24 p.m. Jan. 13 regarding her vehicles being broken into. The woman told the officer that sometime between the night of Jan. 12 and the morning of
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1/22/19
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By JOHN HOWELL Oakland Beach first graders know that unicorns are mythical animals. But unicorns were very much alive in the minds of students Thursday, and not just any unicorn. This was an elephant that believed he was a unicorn. They understood how
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/22/19
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In a pivot from talking purely about Rhode Island’s economy, as was her primary focus during the run-up to the 2018 election, and avoiding the concept of legalized recreational marijuana entirely, …
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/17/19
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By IAN WEINER In an era where digital media is growing increasingly popular, the Warwick Public Library has found that adding the purpose of being a vibrant, community space has proved to be beneficial. According to Deputy Director Jana Stevenson, there
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By IAN WEINER
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1/17/19
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By JOHN HOWELL and ETHAN HARTLEY Warwick Police are in discussions with the Attorney General about bringing additional charges against the Warwick woman who has been charged with cruelty and neglect relating to the Jan. 3 death of her 9-year-old
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By JOHN HOWELL and ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/17/19
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Gov. Gina Raimondo did not address the proposed legalization of recreational marijuana during her State of the State address Tuesday, focusing instead almost exclusively on issues related to education. But her support for legislation
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By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE
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1/17/19
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Cindy Joaquin and Tamarra Jeffreys met each other more than seven years ago. They didn’t hit it off right away.
“At our first meeting she was very shy and wouldn’t even look at me,” …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/17/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY During their Jan. 9 meeting, the Warwick City Council passed two resolutions with the ultimate goal of getting more money and information from the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), which owns and operates T.F. Green Airport. The
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/17/19
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VANDALISM Officer Jessica L. Masso reports responding to the Greenwich Village Apartments, 300 Lambert Lind Highway, Jan. 10 at approximately 1:45 p.m. for a report of vandalism. Upon her arrival at the scene, the maintenance supervisor indicated a plow
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1/17/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY You never know what you'll find on a supply run in post-apocalyptic America. Maybe some dishware, knick-knacks, maybe some food if you're lucky. In the case of Warwick native Nathan Quattrini, what he found was over 1,000 pounds of
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/17/19
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE On January 5 at approximately 12:40 p.m., Officer Randy Bell was on routine patrol on Main Avenue at the traffic light to turn left onto Post Road. There he observed a vehicle traveling westbound on Main Avenue approaching the
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1/15/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY As the nation enters the third consecutive week of the partial government shutdown, Rhode Island's relatively small configuration of federal employees - it has the sixth fewest total federal workers in the nation, with 6,864 as of
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/10/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Warwick City Council officially welcomed its two new members Tuesday night during the city's inauguration ceremony, in addition to electing its leadership and committee chairs and members. Ward 9 Councilman Steve Merolla - the most
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/10/19
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POSESSION On Jan. 3 around 1:43 p.m. while entering I-95 South from Centreville Road, Officer Aaron Steere observed a 2018 black Honda nearly causing several accidents as it was traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving in and out of traffic. Officer
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1/10/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Mayor Joseph Solomon, in his first speech after being officially inaugurated as the city's first new mayor in nearly two decades, could have easily spent his moment in the spotlight - with cameras and the eyes of hundreds of Warwick's
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/10/19
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By ETHAN HARTLEY With its third show of its first season in Warwick, the Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre looks to transport audiences back to the Blitz in London during the heat of World War II and the stories of people who were left to pick up the pieces
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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1/10/19
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“Remember the days at the Rocky Point Palladium?” asked former Ward 5 Councilman Carlo Pisaturo from the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd in the corridor outside the grand ballroom of the Crowne …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/10/19
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By IAN WEINER On Jan. 8, in front of a packed Mary Brennan board room at the Sundlun Terminal, Brian Davis, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Sun Country Airlines announced two new nonstop routes out of T.F. Green Airport to Nashville
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By IAN WEINER
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1/10/19
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