I wish I had taken physics, because I might better understand what happened to my dinner. I never got to eat it, or for that matter see it, although it was there.
Carol expected I would be late, …
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12/14/23
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Buoyed by the success of a pilot Senior Fellows Program, Leadership Rhode Island (LRI) and Age-Friendly Rhode Island (AFRI) are now looking to raise about $30,000 to fund another session in the …
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By HERB WEISS
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12/14/23
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Not in decades, and perhaps never like this before, has the state received such a sudden, dire reminder of the importance of our local infrastructure, and keeping up with the difficult process of …
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12/14/23
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Archie and Lulu Van Griffin, whose headstone was discovered in a closet at Brown University on Jan. 17, 2017 by Jack Wrenn, a PhD student at the time was recently moved by members of the Warwick …
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12/14/23
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More than 75 people gathered Dec. 2 at the Stephen J Medeiros Fishing Area at Black Point to celebrate the dedication of this beautiful piece of Rhode Island in honor of Steve Medeiros. Presentations …
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12/14/23
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There aren’t many movies more fitting for 185 different children with “A Wish Come True” to see than “Wish”- something that they got to do on Dec. 3 at Cinema De Lux.
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12/14/23
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There was a Classic “Cookie” Celebration last week inside the Tri-City Elks Lodge No. 14 at 1915 West Shore Road in Warwick.
There were two check presentations …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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12/14/23
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The defending champion Bishop Hendricken hockey team flew out the gate this regular season by thrashing visiting North Kingstown 11-0. Hendricken had 11 different goal scorers including Griffin …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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12/14/23
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The Warwick Beacon’s Athlete of the Week is Hendricken senior hockey standout Griffin Crain. The All-State captain helped guide the defending champs to an 11-0 opening night win over North …
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12/14/23
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The defending champion Bishop Hendricken basketball team escaped Cranston East with a 37-35 victory in its season opener on Tuesday night.
Trailing 37-35, the Bolts had one last chance to either …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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12/14/23
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During his childhood years, Stan Winman was always fascinated with Christmas lights.
Today, that fascination has grown into an extraordinary 250,000-plus Christmas Lighting Spectacular at Praise …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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12/14/23
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Residents throughout the state received an emergency alert just nine minutes before 5 p.m. on Monday- rush hour- alerting residents to the closure of I-195 westbound due to structural issues with the …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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12/14/23
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Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) Chief of Campus Police and Director of Public Safety Joseph Hopkins was officially sworn in Monday morning after serving 15 months as acting chief …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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12/14/23
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DUI
An Apple Watch alert tipped police off to a crash, which led to a subsequent DUI arrest.
Around 11:48 p.m., Nov. 9, Warwick Police were dispatched to the intersection of East and …
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12/14/23
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Winter Wonderland 2023 chugged into the Oakland Beach School Friday night with carloads of events including a holiday shop, crafts, a visit from Santa and, of course, the Grinch, and best of all a …
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12/14/23
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Not being that much older than some of the students in his CCD class, Father Robert Marciano had a good idea they might be partying and that could involve alcohol.
His intuition was on the …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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12/14/23
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Warwick Veterans Middle School welcomed award-winning sports journalist Kate Fagan for “Life Instagrammed” on Wednesday - a talk on social media, perfectionism and mental health, …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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12/14/23
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Mayor Frank Picozzi was fearful of running behind Saturday morning for the first ever winter festival rolling into Apponaug at 9 a.m. He arrived at City Hall shortly after 7:30 to discover the …
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Text and photos by John Howell
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12/14/23
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In short, the relationship between the city and the airport has crash landed.
Last week the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) released an Oct. 17-21, 2022 Federal Aviation …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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12/14/23
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Invitation to Bid on Asphalt Paving project for House of Hope CDC (HOHCDC). HOHCDC is seeking bids from contractors experienced in replacement of asphalt paving for a project at 3192 Post Road …
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12/14/23
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