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NO STOPPING HER: John and Heather Lynch were up early Thanksgiving morning as were more than 500 runners and walkers for the 10th annual Warwick Rotary Club turkey trot at City Park. Heather, who uses a cane, not only completed the course but also participated, as seen here, in the warm up calisthenics. (Warwick Beacon photos)
No starting gun, but turkeys took off at Thanksgiving trot
When retired Warwick elementary school teacher and Warwick Rotary Club member Tom Sanford proposed a Thanksgiving morning turkey trot as a means of raising charitable funds, his plan was to team up … more
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FOREVER THANKFUL: Rachel Drane, left, and Terry Perrotta, recipients of organ donations tell their stories at a New England Donor Services event directed at getting more people to register as organ donors. (Cranston Herald photos)
Unlikely to happen, but you could save a life
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 … more
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TURKEYS BY THE BOXLOAD: In preparation of Saturday’s distribution of more than 200 turkeys and bags with all the fixings, courtesy of Stop & Shop, Boys and Girls Clubs executive director Lara D’Antuono and board members Tom Sweeney and Bradford Connor unpack the frozen birds.
‘No one is left out’
Westbay Community Action and the Warwick Boys and Girls Clubs ensured a plentiful Thanksgiving for hundreds of families Saturday as they distributed food from Westbay offices on Jefferson Boulevard … more
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Iftikhar Ahmad
Director gives glowing report of airport developments
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 … more
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BOOKING ON SANTA: Santa (Paul Evans) and Mrs. Claus (Peggy) look over Santa’s recently published book to be a highlight at an event this Sunday at the K of C Hall on Sandy Lane. (Warwick Beacon photo)
I met Santa & made the nice list
I met Santa: The real one. He’s a bit taller than I imagined. Santa’s red sled is the same shade as his fire engine. I wondered, if on one Christmas Eve, as Santa slid down a chimney … more
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Ginny Barham
Ginny stepping down after 14 years of putting Conimicut first
Not long after moving to Conimicut, Ginny Barham wanted to learn more about the community and started attending village association meetings.  Not  long after that she thought of serving on … more
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WATCH FOR DEER AND TICKS: The sign on Post Road in Pawtuxet is near where the owners of the adjoining 15 acres plan to erect a chain link fence that would close off a river walk trail. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Petition asks city to preserve river walk
More than 400 people have signed a petition calling on the city to buy as much as 12 acres bordering the Pawtuxet River and “close the loop” to a 2.3 mile walking trail that circles … more
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A PARTY MAN: McNamara stands in the Rhode Island Democratic Party’s Warwick office, which still bore signs of celebration from Gabe Amo’s victory earlier that week.
McNamara to focus on education, steps down as party chair
As he steps down as Rhode Island Democratic Party Chair, Rep. Joseph McNamara (Dist. 19, Warwick/Cranston) looks to devote more time to education. McNamara said his decision not to seek the … more
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IN MEMORY OF FRANK HANSON JR.: Gloria Coppola who retired as a major crimes investigator from the New York State Police (NYSP) Bureau of Criminal Investigation has hopes of finding remains of Frank Hanson who was last seen on July 12, 1947. She sits on a bench she bought and is across from the grave stone of Frank’s parents at Pawtuxet Memorial Cemetery in Warwick. (Cranston Herald photos)
Cold Case
Gloria Coppola never stops looking for connections that will answer questions. In this case it is the disappearance of Frank Hanson Jr., 16 who lived in Cranston and was soon to move to Warwick … more
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NAVIGATING TRAFFIC: Adults and students cut between traffic on Rocky Point Avenue to get to Warwick Neck School. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Councilman cites ‘dangerous’ conditions at school drop-off
Ward 5 Councilman Ed Ladouceur doesn’t want to be in the position of saying “I told you so” when a student is injured while getting dropped off or picked up from the Rocky Point … more
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Breeze Airways takes off at Green
By JOHN HOWELL In August of 2022, Breeze Airways announced it had selected Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport as one of its bases of operations and that over a period of five years … more
PARADE QUEEN... OR WITCH? The Chapman Avenue home of Stacy Capone, owner and artistic director of Distinctive Dance Etc. was once again ground zero for what was the 26th annual Greenwood Halloween parade. With the donations of area businesses and her neighbors, Capone put out an extensive spread of pizzas, cookies and drinks for the parade that winds through the neighborhood accompanied by fire and police vehicles…and she didn’t spare any effort on making herself one of many stars for the occasion. More photos on page 5. (Warwick Beacon photos)
A Greenwood assembly of Halloween characters
DYNAMIC TRIO: Three of the women who played critical roles in the programs and development of Cornerstone gather to share memories. From left they are Kim Morris who served as activities director of 35 years; Andrea Whitney who preceded her and Roberta Merkle who guided the center through its growth and is now executive vice president of strategic initiatives for Saint Elizabeth Community. (Warwick Beacon photos)
A safe, caring place for seniors
Fifty years ago adult day care centers were virtually unheard of. As the story goes, a TV news story on such a center in Hawaii caught the attention of the late Rev. Bishop Covell, pastor of the … more
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ROCKING THE GASPEE: John Foley and Rep. Joe McNamara on guitar teamed up to play McNamara’s composition during the opening of the Gaspee display at the Warwick Library on Saturday. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Rock & tales opens library Gaspee exhibit
Dr. Kathy Abbass doesn’t sugarcoat history or for that matter what the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project found in its ongoing efforts to find the HMS Gaspee. Abbass, the driving … more
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A HIT WITH KIDS: Clad in his gold jacket, Alan Shawn Feinstein addresses Aldrich Junior High students in this photo from 2014. (Warwick Beacon photo)
$1M school program may be last Feinstein oversees
The Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation announced last week that $1 million is being earmarked to schools in the Feinstein Leadership program. Alan Shawn Feinstein, who leaves a legacy of urging and … more
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EMPTY-HANDED: Ken Block, left, talks with Warwick Rotary Club member Tony Bucci. He said after extensive research of voting data he concluded there was not a sufficient amount of voter fraud to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election. (Warwick Beacon photo)
THE VOTING BLOCK
Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s campaign paid a software engineer and former third party Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate $750,000 to scour the 2020 presidential election results … more
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READY FOR A TOUR: Mayor Frank Picozzi talks with Plymouth Town Manager Derek Brindisi before boarding a city van to get a look at City Park. (Warwick Beacon photos)
City Park tour could be genesis of sharing ideas with Plymouth
A delegation from Plymouth, Mass. paid a visit to City Park Thursday to get some pointers from Warwick and now suggests an annual or biannual meetings to exchange ideas. Plymouth Town Manager … more
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MEMORY LANES: Retired U.S. Army Sgt. John Tammelleo and Corp. Mario DeAngelis, both of Johnston, are bowling buddies and Vietnam War era veterans. On Sunday, they’ll be among 55 Ocean State veterans aboard a RI Honor Flight to Washington D.C.
BOWLING BUDDIES: Johnston men, both Vietnam veterans, make Honor Flight pilgrimage to memorial wall
The Johnston man, a Vietnam veteran, held a small scrap of paper up to the bowling alley’s fluorescent lights and neon. On the handwritten list he scrawled five names of friends who fought by … more
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Tiffany Beltram
Surge in multilingual learners impacts city
Tiffany Beltran believes in “bite-sized” professional development for Warwick teachers to understand how to instruct a growing enrollment of students who speak a language other than … more
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TOUR GUIDE: Paari Gopalakrishnan, MD, MBA, is president and chief operating officer of Kent Hospital led Mayor Frank Picozzi on a tour of the hospital Monday with members of the Kent team. Gopalakrishnan was in his scrubs after having spent several early morning hours in the emergency room – often the busiest time – to get a personal up front view of operations. (Warwick Beacon photo)
House calls making a comeback
The newer things get, the older they seem. That appears to apply to the “new way” Kent Hospital is approaching hospital care. Mayor Frank Picozzi wasn’t kidding Monday … more
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