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Warwick students earn Hendricken honors
The following Warwick residents have earned first quarter honors at Hendricken High School: GRADE 8 President's List: David Chapman, Daniel Franchetti, Dylan LeMay, James Lockhart, Samuel Shah, Shaun Teotonio, Max Turner High Honors: Connor Aylesworth, more
Ice can be nice
Ice can be nice With temperatures dipping below zero and hardly climbing out of the teens for the past week, area ponds transformed into hockey rinks and just great places to be outside and enjoying the thrill - along with a few chills - of winter. more
Apponaug Girls seeing influx of young players
By JOHN HOWELL While Apponaug Girls Softball isn't immune to declines in youth participation in softball across the country, in part attributed to growing interest in lacrosse and the competition for time with so many activities, Jay Walsh is encouraged more
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Forecast is for fewer hurricanes this year
By PEDER SCHAEFER Storm surge. Hurricane force winds. Widespread flooding. Those are some of the terms becoming familiar to Americans since last year's catastrophic 2017 hurricane season, when storm after storm smashed into the nation's coasts. Lucky for more
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Finding a founding father
Nearly 400 years ago, Samuel Gorton wearily checked his watch from inside the London haberdashery in which he found himself employed. He confided in his business partner that he missed roaming the … more
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Optis converge at Edgewood Yacht Club
Optis converge at Edgewood Yacht Club They look no bigger than a bathtub and about as seaworthy as a teacup. They are called Optimists, or Optis for short. Optis are great for training young sailors and as they learn how to sail Optis it's not long more
Let's move on and settle the teachers' contract
To the Editor: What is happening to the Warwick Public Schools? They used to be one of the best in the state. Now, substitutes are reluctant to sub in the schools. Teacher morale is going down rapidly. I have been a Warwick resident since 1964 and am a more
NEW TRADITION: Toll Gate’s offense lines up against Hope earlier this season.
Pats and Titans ready for Thanksgiving showdown; Hawks to meet Rams again
On every Thanksgiving since 1972, the Bishop Hendricken and Toll Gate football teams have squared off on the gridiron, but that won't be the case this year. Hendricken will be idle for the first time since 1971 as the Titans more
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Robert A. Gemma Jr.
Robert A. Gemma Jr., 48, of Cranston, passed away on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at RI Hospital. He was the loving father of Robert A. Gemma, III. Born in Providence, he was a son of Elaine … more
HE’LL BE THERE: Herm Ponte, who has been with Picasso’s Pizza and Pub for 20 years, anticipates he’ll make about 200 pizzas for Super Bowl crowds. Here, Herm prepares an “illegitimate” Mexican pizza for the oven. “There’s no hot peppers on this one,” he said.
Pizza parlors ready to get slammed for Super Bowl
As sports fans across Rhode Island finalize their plans for Super Bowl LI on Feb 5., local businesses prepare to host a viewing party – or at least provide the pizza. “Is it a crazy day from … more
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Police Log
PEDESTRIAN SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 10:25 p.m. officers from the Warwick Police Department responded to the area of 651 Main Avenue for a report of pedestrian who had been struck by a motor vehicle in the roadway. Upon arrival on more
Patriots first NFL team to purchase private planes
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The New England Patriots have long been trendsetters - pioneering schemes, plays and personnel groupings that have caused heartbreak and migraines for opposing coaches. Now they're the first to buy their own planes to travel to games. more
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Chef Billy Yates departs Sam's Inn after 50 years
By JOHN HOWELL -- Billy Yates didn't last as a dishwasher at The Inn. It's not that Billy couldn't wash dishes. Rather, he was made a line cook, and that changed his life. more
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In support of campaign to keep JBF School open
To the Editor: When I began my campaign for the Warwick City Council last year, I quickly learned the number one issue on the minds of the voters in Ward 1. Do you support the closing of John Brown Francis Elementary School?" My response during the" more
Thomas Andrew Crosby
Thomas Andrew Crosby, 53, of Hawthorne, Florida passed away there on November 27, 2017. He was born on August 11, 1964, in Warwick to the late Stanley W. Crosby, Jr. and Dorothy M. (Henchy) … more
Pasta and proposals for RI
By JOHN HOWELL Take some ziti, meatballs, chicken marsala and add garlic bread and salad, then toss in a few questions and you have a recipe for a discussion. Complete strangers needed nothing more Monday night to not only share stories from their more
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A summer breeze filled with memories
By JOHN HOWELL Etta Pendleton was at Rocky Point Sunday afternoon. She was leaning on the wall overlooking the remnants of the pier, her walker beside her. It was in the 90s, but the heat didn't bother Etta. The Bay breeze blew her hair and the memories more
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The woman he can't forget and the best apple pie ever
This is a story about apple pie. "The best ever apple pie," says Anthony Pesaturo of Providence. But the pie, which unfortunately is no longer available for purchase, is just the opener to a … more
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Kicking the can?
Ward 5 Councilman Ed Ladouceur had a pet phrase as chairman of the Council Sewer Review Commission: “We can’t keep kicking the can down the road.” He was right about that. Sewer construction … more
Police Log
ARSON On November 29, Detective Jeffery Viveiros was made aware that a resident on Millcove Road had contacted the department the previous morning to report that he had discovered burned newspaper inside his green recycling bin. Officers Jandreau and more
THERE’S HOPE FROM TRAGEDY: Dave Kane holds a copy of his book 41 Signs of Hope that is being sold at Barrington Books and Barnes and Noble with proceeds going to the Station Fire Memorial under construction at the site of The Station Nightclub, where 100 died on Feb. 20, 2003.
Book about youngest victim to help raise funds for Station Nightclub Memorial
February 20 will mark the 14th anniversary of the Station Nightclub fire, the fourth largest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Dave Kane, father of the youngest victim of the fire, 18-year-old Nicholas O'Neill, has written a book about the many signs his more
WHAT COULD BE MORE RHODE ISLAND? Peter Xiarhos, owner of Sam’s New York System on Sandy Lane, wants to continue selling wieners and coffee milk at the Big E, but RI Commerce won’t renew his lease.
RI Commerce: wieners out, beer in
By JOHN HOWELL What's more Rhode Island than wieners and coffee milk? Well, what about Del's and Kenyon Corn Meal clam cakes? All four have been staples at the Rhode Island pavilion at the Big E on the Eastern States Exposition grounds that open Sept. 15 more
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Warwick teachers picket City Hall once again over lack of contract
By ETHAN HARTLEY The Warwick Teachers' Union gathered again outside of Warwick City Hall to picket in protest of their lack of a new contract. This is the second such demonstration this month, and this time they also drew the support of the Local 251 more
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Power outage knocked him off his feet
Power outage knocked him off his feet While thousands of Warwick residents went without power last week because of high winds, residents of Knight Street in Pontiac suffered an outage caused when a front-end loader caught a wire leading to the former more
Warwick ranked 25th of 248 livable small cities
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Warwick has been ranked as the 25th most livable small city by financial technology company SmartAsset, according to their findings in The Most Livable Small Cities in the U.S." more
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