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 …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/23/23
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The Rhode Island Credit Union, which was founded in 1946 and operates from a commanding building overlooking the State House, plans to move its operations to Warwick next year.
Gina DePalo, the …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/23/23
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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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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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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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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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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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The City Council gave first passage to rezone 171 parcels of land making up 364 acres as open space at its Monday meeting. The comprehensive rezoning package was lauded by a number of speakers, some …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/23/23
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JOHNSTON, R.I. — As small local newspapers struggle with dwindling circulation and shrinking revenue, public officials unhappy with critical news stories are hitting where it hurts — yanking away their contracts to advertise legal notices.
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By Amanda Milkovits, Globe Staff
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9/28/23
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2/22/23
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A team of American University masters degree students concluded that building two new Warwick high schools would increase housing values, decrease teacher and student absenteeism and would increase …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/2/22
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The pandemic has done more than ignite a supercharged housing market, inflicted a non recoverable loss in the education of our children and changed the workplace. It has also spawned a crop of …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/2/22
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Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives K. Joseph Shekarchi was honored as Legislator of the Year by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island at the Society’s 125th Annual Meeting on …
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11/2/22
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10/18/22
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How fast can you go?
It’s a question Bob Walker expects when asked about the electric bicycle he’s built and rides – except for rainy days when he take public …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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4/12/22
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30,000 runners will participate in the upcoming 2022 Boston Marathon on April 18. Of those individuals, 133 Rhode Islanders will represent the state with seven Cranston residents and six from Warwick …
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By EMMA BARTLETT
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4/12/22
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Out in the storm
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1/29/22
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Join U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse for a virtual town hall on Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. Preregistration is required, and participants are invited to submit questions in advance for Senator Whitehouse. You …
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1/27/22
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Week of January 13, 2022
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1/13/22
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