By JOHN HOWELL What does it take to make a parade? Well, for starters, you need people. And as Gina Dooley knows, many assume everybody wants to show off so they willingly march for nothing. That's not the case. Dooley, chair of the Gaspee Days
By JOHN HOWELL They can't weigh more than 5 ounces, and some look like they have come off the set of a science fiction movie. Others could be the cars of the future, yet still others are not much more than a block of brightly colored wood with stickers
By DAVID PLACE Imagine waking up and you cannot feel anything. You try to talk, but there are no words - only silence. You try to scream, and nothing comes out. The only sound you hear is your own voice, but only inside your head. You look around
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“Every month we are profiling unsung heroes in our community. We start with Paula Ducharme, the City’s nurse and wellness coordinator. Little did she know that shortly after she was …
LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF WARWICK ORDINANCE NO. O-21-5 APPROVED April 13, 2021 Frank J. Picozzi, MAYOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WARWICKGREAT …
I was 9 years old when I had my first panic attack. It was a hot August day, and I was sitting in a cramped Italian restaurant in New York City. Family was visiting from out of town, so we took …
After a long winter, spring has sprung. And local Rhode Island breweries are embracing the warmer weather by opening their outdoor seating – and brewing up a storm. Now, with the help of …
In a year when seeing loved ones has been a difficult and often dangerous endeavor, family was never more important. The coronavirus pandemic has gripped the nation for more than a year, as …
By KELLY SULLIVAN On June 30, 1884, residents of Warwick packed the Town Hall; 49 of them to apply for liquor licenses. The majority of people sitting there that day had arrived with the intention of protesting the granting of new licenses or the renewal
By ARDEN BASTIA Tomorrow Fund Stroll N' Roll The Tomorrow Fund's 18th annual Stroll N' Roll begins Sunday, April 18, at 10 a.m. in Garden City Center in Cranston. The event will benefit The Tomorrow Fund's mission to provide financial and emotional
The following Warwick Veterans Memorial Middle School students have earned honors for the quarter: High Honors Grade 06 Ethan Alves, Maryam Atif, Jack Bannon, Riley Barker, Oriana Blanco, Mackenna Buffery, Myles Butler, Bryan Carreiro, Andy Castillo
Puppy love, meet Nacho! This handsome boy is just five months old and is hoping to find and active, fun-loving family to adopt him! He is a mixed breed, their best guess is Lab and Hound with a …
If you ask 12-year-old Cranston native William Kinloch what he wants to be when he grows up, his response is undoubtedly "a professional ballet dancer." Ever since he saw his first production of San Francisco Ballet's "The Nutcracker," he's devoted most,
Radio Beacon is a podcast from Beacon Communications run by Dan Kittredge (Cranston Herald), Jacob Marrocco (Johnston Sun Rise), John Howell (Warwick Beacon) and Alex Sponseller (Beacon …
