Warwick Beacon
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By ARDEN BASTIA Even though he was just four years old, Blake Costa loved his family, cooking, and bringing people together. "He just loved being in the kitchen, cooking whatever," said his father Nick Costa. "Pizza, doughnuts, whatever. He would even
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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7/29/21
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By JOHN HOWELL Thirty-five years ago, Roberta Merkle was looking to hire a case manager for the Warwick Central Geriatric Day Care Center based at the Warwick Central Baptist Church in Apponaug. The center, which went on to become Cornerstone Adult
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By JOHN HOWELL
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7/29/21
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Boaters know Jeff Jeff English, who only recently retired from running the Warwick Cove Marina fuel dock for 27 years, was in for a surprise last Thursday during a ceremonial ribbon cutting at Fairwinds Marina in Oakland Beach. Joe McGrady, who bought
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7/22/21
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Bayside dance? While it might appear as a courtship dance, Dave Chartier who took this image of egrets at Arnold's Neck said it was a tussle over an apparently good fishing hole. As for the snapper he photographed earlier this year, he said she was on
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7/22/21
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By RORY SCHULER As Jeff Bezos shot into space, the company he founded attempted to land a new retail distribution facility on a 196-acre Johnston woodland parcel. The agenda for Tuesday night's Johnston Planning Board meeting did not mention the word
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/22/21
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Due to the end to the moratorium on home energy shut-offs for all customers not on protected status, sponsors of the Rhode Island Good Neighbor Energy Fund are encouraging those in need of energy assistance to visit a local Community Action Program (CAP)
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7/22/21
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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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Rhode Island residents can now enjoy the lowest rates offered in RISLA's 40-year history, even if attending school out of state. According to Charles P. Kelley, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority (RISLA), the rate for RISLA's
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7/15/21
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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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By ARDEN BASTIA Adam Blumenthal has always loved history. And technology, especially virtual reality. But he didn't quite know how to bridge the two together until he moved to Rhode Island and dove into the history of the burning of the Gaspee. "I've
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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7/8/21
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By ARDEN BASTIA Entering their 34th year, the Rhode Island Youth Theater is returning to the stage after a year without performances. This summer, the Rhode Island Youth Theater resumes summer programming, with voice lessons, playwriting workshops,
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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7/8/21
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE For generations, Rhodes on the Pawtuxet has held a vital place in the social and cultural life of Rhode Islanders. Weddings, galas, circuses, concerts, sporting events, civic meetings - these gatherings, and much more, have all taken
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By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE
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7/2/21
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By JOHN HOWELL Mickey Stevens Sports Complex was ground zero Tuesday morning for the Reclaim Rhode Island campaign to increases taxes on those making more than $475,000 annually in order to generate an estimated $128 million that could be used to improve
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By JOHN HOWELL
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6/17/21
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Rhode Island's average gas price is unchanged from last week, averaging $2.96 per gallon. Monday's price is 4 cents higher than a month ago and 92 cents higher than June 14, 2020. Rhode Island's average gas price is 12 cents lower than the national
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6/17/21
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The ALS Association Rhode Island Chapter has launched its First Annual CEO Soak-Rhode Island event taking place this summer. The chapter is challenging companies and organizations from across …
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6/17/21
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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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By ARDEN BASTIA Starting June 19, beachgoers will have to pay fees to access Warwick's beaches. The fees apply to Oakland Beach, Buttonwoods Beach in City Park, and Conimicut Beach. Fees for the beaches will be in effect until Labor Day on September 6.
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6/3/21
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Warwick Public Library is starting Warwick Radio Online, a podcast for the City of Warwick with news and stories about the city's people, businesses, and one-of-a-kind culture. The library is looking for people to help run the podcast, by sharing
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6/3/21
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St, Kevin Church holds a concert to salute and honor the men and women in the military and our police and firefighers on this Memorial Day weekend,
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5/31/21
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Lights with mice You might ask what do mice have to do with the program that got underway this week to replace about 9,000 street lights with new energy efficient LED lights. It's not a question a reporter would have thought to ask the K Electric crew
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5/27/21
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By RORY SCHULER The Rhode Island Business Coalition (RIBC) held a press conference this week to argue against proposed personal income tax increases for high-income earners and taxes on the federal Paycheck Protection Program loans in the state. "This
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By RORY SCHULER
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5/27/21
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By JOHN HOWELL Swimming pool owners are expected to feel the effects of a hurricane that didn't so much as brush the eastern coast of United State last August when they go to buy chlorine tabs. The tabs are in short supply, says Charlie German, who owns
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/20/21
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As a means of thanking customers and kicking off the summer, Whalers Brewing Company started the delivery of an estimated 800 free kegs of their award-winning American Pale Ale, Rise, to every bar and restaurant in Rhode Island. "Bars and restaurants
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5/20/21
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By JOHN HOWELL "It was like the Twilight Zone," Mayor Frank Picozzi said Wednesday morning, recalling the events of the night before. Picozzi was on a telephone call with House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi about 9:30. They were talking about the Hummel
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/13/21
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