Warwick Beacon
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KEPT THE CHANGE On January 11 at approximately 2:32 p.m., Officer Rose Michel met with a victim at police headquarters for a larceny report. The victim stated earlier that day, he had visited the Greenwich Avenue Stop & Shop. In the store, he walked to
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/17/17
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By TESSA ROY Although mold testing hasn't yet been conducted, an independent air quality study at Veterans Memorial Junior High School has provided insight into other conditions in need of improvement. Dan Simas of Environmental Consulting and
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By Tessa Roy
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4/4/17
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Stephen Edward Haley, 66, of Richmond, RI lost his brief battle with pancreatic cancer on May 16, 2017.
Steve served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, and then later returned home to …
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5/24/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The next generation of culinary artists will have a brand new space to hone their skills and receive a professional certification before they even graduate high school.
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/10/17
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“Providence needs a tax revolt.” I first saw this statement on a sign on Smith Street years ago. It was erected on the property of a good businessman, who had spent almost two decades …
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By Rep. Daniel P. McKiernan
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11/6/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Tax Assessor Christopher Celeste, who played a key role in addressing a high volume of contested property assessments and in implementing a citywide full revaluation, has resigned under duress.
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/4/18
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By JOHN HOWELL Wearing a yellow-green florescent safety vest and a hard hat, Gary Boyle demanded site visitors stop. While the lot under the high-tension wires and next to a construction trailer office offered plenty of room for parking, Boyle insisted
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By John Howell
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1/23/18
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By JOHN HOWELL -- The crew was looking to bring some color to Fredy, someone other than family who had known him. That wouldn't be hard - Fredy was colorful.
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By John Howell
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2/22/18
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DRIVING ON SUSPENDED LICENSE On April 5 at approximately 7:25 p.m. Officer Derek Mourato saw a Mazda driving on Centerville Road in which the driver did not have a seat belt on. After checking the registration number, Mourato found that it was expired
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4/19/18
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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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By TESSA ROY One of former Senator William Walaska's final pieces of legislation, a bill to provide Rhode Islanders expanded coverage for experimental uses of prescription drugs, was of personal significance to him. Walaska pressed for passage of the
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By Tessa Roy
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4/4/17
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Ward 5 Councilman Ed Ladouceur is arguing that it is “only fair” that the city pay for the cost of repaving roads when sewers are brought to a neighborhood, not the homeowners and businesses that will gain sewers.
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By John Howell
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8/10/17
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Small painted stones left throughout the community are rocking people’s worlds.
Last Thursday was a day filled with the existential dread often brought on by Christmas, chock filled with …
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By Tim Forsberg
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12/14/17
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CAT EUTHANIZED On January 13 at approximately 3:23 p.m., Officer Richard Odell was driving north on Greenwich Avenue when he saw a cat get struck by a passing vehicle. According to his report, the officer observed a car driving south on Greenwich Avenue
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1/23/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- In addition to walking along the shores of and floating amidst the salt-dense Dead Sea, Mayor Scott Avedisian took home to Warwick some promising business opportunities from his trip to Israel...
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By Ethan Hartley
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2/22/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY It's a show unlike any other around here, and it's all to raise money to benefit kids in need of caring mentors - so it's no wonder everyone beams when talking about Mentor RI's annual Dancing with the Stars event. It's just about"
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By Ethan Hartley
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4/19/18
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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 PETE FONTAINE The St. Barnabas Church community loves Rev. James Robert Bocchino. From the time a four-member search community held a half hour telephone interview with Bocchino on Labor Day, Sept. 2, 2013 until the closing of Sunday's emotional
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By Pete Fontaine
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1/17/17
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Pilgrim High School junior Vanessa Streb was one of 700 students representing 48 schools at the state’s 28th annual Science Olympiad held Saturday at Rhode Island College. “I’ve always been …
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By Dawn Anderson
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4/4/17
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RAN A RED LIGHT While on a fixed traffic post at Wilde's Corner monitoring traffic on July 5 around 9:28 p.m., Officer Jacob Elderkin observed a car traveling east on West Shore Road that ran a red light. The car then had its lights turned off and turned
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7/15/17
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By JACQUELYN MOOREHEAD -- Gov. Gina Raimondo flagged $4 million of the 2017 budget to combat the opioid crisis plaguing Rhode Island and enlisted a task force to confront the complicated issues surrounding the problem.
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By Jacquelyn Moorehead
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8/10/17
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The “light-o-rama” spectacular on Shenandoah Road, put on by Everett Lewis and the rest of his family of seven for the last 21 years, brightens up the streets of Cowesett every night during the …
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By Thomas Greenberg
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12/14/17
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By ETHAN HARTLEY Tara Cirella, mother of Warwick teenager and Toll Gate High School soccer player Gianna Cirella, who passed away after a battle with sepsis on Nov. 1, has enlisted help to spread her new foundation's message of trying to prevent more
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/23/18
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By JOHN HOWELL -- While the new Hyatt Place hotel on Jefferson Boulevard is about three months from opening, two of its 125 rooms are completed...
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By John Howell
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2/22/18
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