Gene Valicenti stepped from the evening news show he co-anchors on Channel 10 Thursday night to another show at Chelo’s Restaurant on Post Road Warwick where the Rotary Club of Warwick held its …
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5/16/24
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Winman English as a Second Language (ESL) students got the opportunity to try an American Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday - many, for the first time.
The meal, which was prepared and served by …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/23/23
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The Warwick School Committee has joined a national lawsuit suing major social media companies Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat, doing so in a 4-0 vote taken during Nov. 14’s School Committee …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/30/23
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Though it is the most famous race in the United States, not all great horses run in the Kentucky Derby. Seabiscuit only displayed his greatness at an older age. In fact, Seabiscuit lost his first 17 …
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By Dr. PATRICK T. CONLEY
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5/2/24
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Santa knows best
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When it comes to gifts, Santa knows juicy Florida Indian River grapefruit and oranges are a sure hit. The jolly elf, joined by Barbi Jo DiMaria of 92 PRO-FM, did a little promotion for the Warwick …
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11/20/12
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SHOPLIFTING
A Johnston woman was arrested for stealing a baby onesie from the Kent County Hospital gift shop.
Around 11:42 a.m., Oct. 19, Warwick Police were called to the gift shop. On the …
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11/23/23
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Two women, one who wouldn’t have lived to celebrate her second birthday and the other hours away from dying gave thanks for their lives last Tuesday and urged people to register as tissue and …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/30/23
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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. …
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3/28/24
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So you know where regional U-Haul offices are, but if asked the question, your likely answer is, “it’s where Ann and Hope used to be on Post Road.” You’ve noticed, …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/16/24
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Santa and citrus
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Both Santa and the Warwick Rotary Club citrus drive made their seasonal debut at the Warwick Mall this Saturday with Santa drawing an early crowd. The citrus sellers have yet to be as popular. But …
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11/20/12
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Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, the RI Blue Star Moms, the RI National Guard, Operation Stand Down RI, the United States Postal Service, the American Red Cross of RI, other community organizations, …
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11/23/23
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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 …
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3/28/24
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The former Caroline Caprio Scholarship and Giving Fund has officially changed their name to the Caroline Caprio Brain Tumor Foundation, though their purpose remains unchanged.
The organization …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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5/2/24
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A long living gift
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As it has done for years, the Rotary Club of Warwick has again provided dictionaries to third graders in Warwick public, private and parochial schools. Distribution of the books took place yesterday …
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11/8/12
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If everything comes together on Dec. 9, Apponaug will be transformed into a winter wonderland.
The centerpiece of the event, titled “The Strolling Rolling Apponaug Winter Festival,” …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/23/23
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to finish a preliminary design and environmental study by the end of this year to give Warwick with Amtrak service.
Presently, …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/30/23
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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 …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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3/28/24
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Teachers at Holliman Elementary School got the chance to shake off the chores of their day for a short while at a Taylor Swift-themed ceremony to cap off Teacher Appreciation Week last Friday.
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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5/16/24
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Iftikhar Ahmad, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, likes to think of Green Airport as the little engine that could.
He made the analogy when addressing Warwick Rotary …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/23/23
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As the Johnston Sun Rise went to the printers Wednesday morning, Johnston’s emergency management officials had barely finished celebrating good news from the federal government when a fresh …
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By RORY SCHULER
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1/10/24
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