3/6/24
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After writing a few articles about our live-fire studies of Revolutionary War-era arms, one was shared on an archaeology social media page and a question was asked about flints: Were the flints being …
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3/6/24
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Coco is in search of a loving, kind and patient home! She would also love to have a doggie friend to help build her confidence. She is shy when you first meet her, but she has so much love inside …
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3/6/24
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In the quest to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, many individuals consider weight loss medications as part of their strategy.
With the growing popularity of these medications, a lot of …
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3/6/24
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Timothy J. “Timmy” Chant, a beloved husband, father, brother, educator, coach, and friend passed away Sunday, February 25, 2024. He shared 31 years of marriage with his best friend and …
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3/5/24
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James M. Wayss 63, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2024, with his loving family by his side. Born in Providence, he was the son of Paul R. Wayss and the late Jacquelyn M. (Streker) Wayss.
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3/4/24
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Packing winds of nearly 70 MPH and more than two inches of rain, Monday’s southeaster caused extensive flooding along Warwick’s 39 miles of shoreline, downed trees and fortunately …
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By ADAM ZANGARI and JOHN HOWELL
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12/21/23
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The intense heat of the summer of 2022 affected water quality in ponds, lakes, rivers and streams throughout Rhode Island, as well at sites in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. But 2023 was …
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2/29/24
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Donald Louis Westberg, 80, of East Greenwich, passed away on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Carl E. and Alice I. (Aldrich) Westberg.
Donald proudly …
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3/4/24
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Cranston high school students are not likely to know the name Frank Lenox, but rest assured teachers at East and West have been in contact with him since the beginning of the academic year.
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By late May those big black pipes snaking down Airport Road and buried at intersections such as Commerce Drive should be gone and a major link in the city’s sewer system conveying about a third …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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2/29/24
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Warwick and Cranston police officers attended training courses run by an organization now banned in nine states for its advocacy of unethical policing strategies and discriminatory rhetoric.
The …
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By KEVIN FITZPATRICK
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2/29/24
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At 104 years old, Ele Nora has seen a lot.
That didn’t make the birthday celebration held for her on Friday at Avalon Nursing Home any less special, though.
Nora, whose grandson, Tony …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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2/29/24
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The Warwick Beacon’s Athletes of the Week are the three local grapplers that took home titles in the first-ever RIIL Girls Wrestling State Championships last weekend in Providence. …
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2/29/24
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The No. 3 Bishop Hendricken basketball team punched its ticket to the Division I Semifinals after beating Westerly in the prelims and East Providence in the quarters.
The Hawks took down …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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2/29/24
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The Rhode Island Interscholastic League Wrestling State Championships were held last weekend in Providence and a handful of locals made some noise on the state’s biggest stage.
It was a …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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2/29/24
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To Editor,
Feeling a little like that concerned citizen who videotapes Warwick fire trucks on their Dave’s Market grocery runs, I followed a full-sized R.I. DOT snowplow coming through the …
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My son, Ted, stopped to buy a couple of helium filled birthday balloons on his way to our house Saturday.
Neither of us are celebrating birthdays nor are immediate family members. As it …
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2/29/24
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The Toll Gate girls basketball team made the trip to North Providence in a Division III playoff battle on Tuesday and escaped with a 50-48 victory to advance to the semifinals.
Adeline Areson …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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2/29/24
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With oversight hearings commencing to find out how Rhode Island wound up narrowly avoiding an unprecedented calamity – and instead just got stuck with an historic, exorbitantly expensive …
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2/29/24
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