Even though it was wintery, Nate Slinn of Potters Avenue didn’t don his Santa attire or call up his many helpers to parade through Greenwood on Tuesday. Instead, he rode his lawn tractor, …
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1/18/24
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The prayers worked.
Sister Daisy’s still healing but she’s back in her St. Rocco School classroom.
“It’s a miracle,” said the nun and second-grade teacher.
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By RORY SCHULER
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1/30/24
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It was a few weeks after Thanksgiving in 1968. Joe McNamara was a Pilgrim High senior who had just completed what he felt was a good season as a member of the Pilgrim High football team. He was about …
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2/7/24
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4/24/24
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Week of 12-02-21
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12/2/21
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Annie Mechino pauses; from a corner of her eye she’s spotted a customer standing by the orange-filled stand. He’s empty handed.
“Billy will have it tomorrow,” she says …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/4/24
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HABITUAL SHOPLIFTING
Around 5:23 p.m. Dec. 11, 2023, Warwick Police responded to the Lincoln Police Department for a warrant pick-up. Lincoln Police took Justin M. Westley, 43, of 160 Broad St., …
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1/18/24
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The God of Carnage is a dark comedy written by Yasmina Reza, a renowned French playwright, and novelist. Originally titled “Le Dieu du Carnage,” it was first performed in 2006 and quickly …
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Theatre Review by IDA ZECCO
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1/31/24
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2/7/24
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STANDING TALL: The Station Nightclub Fire Memorial in West Warwick was standing tall above a blue sky on Tuesday, the 21st anniversary of the fire which devastated Rhode Island in 2003. A few flowers …
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2/22/24
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Netflix aired the Roast of Tom Brady on Sunday night and it delivered. It was everything that you’d hope a roast would be and what a roast should be about.
Like most people, I was …
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5/8/24
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Ready to pedal
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The annual Gov. Francis Farms Back to School Bike Parade was held Monday. Over the years, this activity has grown from a few families to this impressive group of children from the neighborhood. The …
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8/30/12
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Leona M. (Legere) Lewis, age 85, of Warwick, passed away Tuesday, December 5, 2023 in HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Center. She was the beloved wife of Alfred Lewis, to whom she shared 56 years of …
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12/6/23
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To continue the basketball analogy that Governor Dan McKee (D-Cumberland) used in his State of the State address, delivered on Tuesday night, he was putting up shots from all over the court, be they …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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1/18/24
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WARWICK SHOWCASE
AMERICAN FICTION * * * ½ (Comedy with a Message)
Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk Ellison, a college English professor and novelist with high standards who …
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1/31/24
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STORY OF THE WEEK
After a recent news dump, when the McKee administration shared details of a federal request for records related to the Washington Bridge, Gov. Dan McKee tried to regain control …
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2/7/24
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Divorce can be messy and emotional. Add to the mix the decision to sell the marital home, which is often the couple’s largest financial asset, and things get even messier.
As Rhode …
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2/28/24
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The many issues with the American healthcare system are often so cartoonish, so overtly head-scratching and backwards, that it can seem silly and hopeless these days to even point them out.
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4/25/24
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Friendship Day at Patterson
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Clients and staff members at the Patterson Building, home to the Trudeau Center’s early intervention and adult day services programs, last week enjoyed cake together in spirit of celebrating the …
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7/24/12
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Karate for toys
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The Don Rodrigues Karate Academy held its 13th annual Toys for Tots Tournament Dec. 1 with more than 40 enrolled in the competition. Entry fee to the tournament was a toy or toys to be donated to the …
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12/4/12
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