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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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For David Fields, 43, the reckoning came one day in early April 2018. He was working a sales job and living in an apartment in Woonsocket that, with his excessive drinking, had become squalid. That …
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By G.WAYNE MILLER
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7/25/24
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Judy Salvadore, president of the Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter, knew it was going to be a huge turnout when she spotted vintage, custom and classic cars on Route 95 early Sunday morning. She …
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7/25/24
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The Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation (RIHEBC) announced this week that it closed on 12 bond financings and refinancings totaling more than $830 million in fiscal year 2024. …
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7/25/24
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A fine gentleman.
If I was asked to describe Edward Leo Murphy in three words, that’s what I’d say.
Most people know Ed either by visiting Urquhart-Murphy Funeral Home on …
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7/25/24
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What do Father Guido Sarducci, the fictional character from Saturday Night Live, and singers Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton and Mick Jagger have in common? If you answered they all celebrated their 86th …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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7/25/24
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A newly signed law sponsored by Sen. Meghan Kallman and Rep. Evan P. Shanley will establish a convenient, low-cost public-option retirement savings program for Rhode Islanders.
“Most of us …
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7/25/24
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Weekend Spotlight
July 27 & 28 Coffee and Cars will be on Sat., July 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Sun., July 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Rock Point Park, 1 Rocky Point Ave., …
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7/25/24
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Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), a leading regional discount retail chain with 153 stores across the Northeast, announced this week the purchase of the vacant Christmas Tree Shops located at 300 Quaker …
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7/25/24
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In the race to replace Ward 4 Councilman James McElroy, who is running for House District 21, Joanne Miller, running as an independent, has decided to try her luck in politics.
Miller, a …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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7/25/24
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After losing the race for House District 21, located primarily in Hoxsie, Conimicut and Pilgrim Park, in the General Assembly by 38 votes in 2022, Marie Hopkins is taking another stab at the office.
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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7/25/24
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You’re planning on climbing the stairs to the Children’s Library and leaving the kids off at the summer reading program, but then you get no farther than the Idea Studio to the right of …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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7/25/24
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“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” the opening production of the Summer Stage at Bishop Hendricken 25 years ago returns to the stage this week – July 25-28 - in …
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7/25/24
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When Frederick Potter’s wheelchair nudged against the shallow water that hits the sand at Oakland Beach this week, he couldn’t wait to get his shoes off and dip his toes in the tide.
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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7/25/24
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RI Democrats energized
after Biden exits race
By RYAN DOHERTY
Rhode Island Democrats are “energized” after President Joe Biden’s decision to bow out of the …
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Ever since Mayor Frank Picozzi and Jon Savage, chair of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, dined on Philly cheese steak sandwiches at Chelo’s in February, the volume has been turned down …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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7/25/24
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ANIMAL CONFINEMENT IN VEHICLE
Around 3:08 p.m., June 13, a Warwick Animal Control Officer was dispatched to Walmart at 650 Bald Hill Road for the report of two dogs inside a red Ford Escape, …
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7/25/24
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Two of the 50 private rooms inside the new hospital across Hartford Avenue from Amazon will cater specifically to morbidly obese patients.
Inside the pair of specialized rooms await a …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/24/24
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Listen up!! This boy is all ears and ready to listen to the sounds of a happy forever home! Rambo is a playful pup, just over a year old so fun puppy energy. He likes other playful pups, no kitties …
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7/24/24
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Early Tuesday morning, the Rhode Island Ethics Commission “accepted the findings of their lawyers and investigative staff and dismissed the ethics complaint filed against” Cranston Mayor …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/24/24
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