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Chronic absenteeism rates see dramatic drop in Warwick
Warwick Public Schools’ rate of chronically absent students has seen a significant decrease over the past couple of years, going from 45% to 30% of students district-wide being absent, …
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Weekend Spotlight Mar. 30, Oakland Beach Easter Egg Hunt  will be held at the playground behind Oakland Beach Elementary School, 383 Oakland Beach Ave., Warwick. This is a free egg hunt for …
Polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday for Presidential Preference Primary
Krista Tracy will get her maiden flight as the Warwick director of elections at Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Primary, and it doesn’t look like she will encounter any headwinds. …
Off to the races
There’s been a lot of talk about future expansion of air cargo facilities at Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport and last weekend it looked like the future arrived when a …
MONEY TALKS: Ocean State Credit Union Bank Manager Michael Freeman talks to students about how banks operate in the middle of their Warwick location. (Photo by Adam Zangari)
Toll Gate, Ocean State CU help build banking confidence of special needs students
Ocean State Credit Union on West Shore Ave welcomed in a class of special education students from Toll Gate High School on Thursday for a lesson on banking. The visit was part of Toll …
TIME FOR NEW DIGS: The Fire Operations Center on Sandy Lane, the center for fire dispatch , will be relocated to the city’s newest fire station in Potomomut. The Sandy Lane facility has been home to the operation for about 70 years. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Chief eyes relocating fire dispatch to Potowomut with EOC funds
$530,437  that will be used for a new home  for the Warwick Fire Operations Center (FOC) in one of six government funding bill approved last week according to the office of Congressman …
IMAGINATION ON PAPER: Nicholas Bramble poses with his book Adventures at Bramble Woods, which he recently published after two years of writing.
13-year-old author launches into adventure with inaugural book
The stories behind neglected, abandoned, long-forgotten places have always interested Warwick resident Nicholas Bramble. Now, as he prepares to wrap up seventh grade at Immaculate Conception …
Alexandra Maxwell
Alexandra Maxwell gains international acclaim with short film
Alexandra Maxwell gains international acclaim with short film An assignment that Rhode Island’s Alexandra Maxwell completed for her Directing Fiction class at Marymount Manhattan …
LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE: Warwick patrol officers paced the parking lot of Electronic Alarm Systems, Inc., scanning the macadam for possible evidence. They walked with their heads bowed, eyes focused on the ground. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Child shot and killed in Warwick
Everyone remained on edge at the hardware store across the street following Thursday morning’s horrific shooting in Warwick. “Can we help you?” the cashier asked each new …
Warwick Plaza ice rink within budget, work could start in April
When elected mayor, Frank Picozzi dreamed of demolishing the long-closed City Hall Annex and erecting an outdoor skating rink on the site. Now, assuming City Council approval of a $7.3 million …
Gun bill step closer to becoming RI law
Rhode Island is one step closer to enacting a safe storage law. The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Pam Lauria, cleared the Rhode Island Senate 28-7 on Tuesday, March 19. It now heads to the House, …
WOMEN IN MENTORING: Women’s Fund of Rhode Island’s (WFRI) annual Women’s History Month discussion with U.S. Senator Jack Reed.
Women’s History Month talk focuses on mentoring
Celebrating women in mentorship and the importance of mentoring was the focus of the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island’s (WFRI) annual Women’s History Month discussion with U.S. Senator …