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Aug. 3, Securing Weapons Safely and Free Gun Lock is scheduled on Sat., Aug. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon. Secure storage of weapons is now the law in Rhode Island. For information about …
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8/1/24
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Weekend Spotlight
Aug. 3, Nathanael Greene’s 282 nd Birthday with Author Salina Baker will be on Sat. Aug. 3, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead, 50 …
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8/1/24
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Millions of Americans will take part in National Night Out (NNO) events on the first Tuesday of August across the country. The National Association of Town Watch launched its first NNO celebration in …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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8/1/24
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It took a quick-to-respond crew of firefighters and a CPR-trained neighbor to save a man’s life.
Warwick resident Thomas McKenna lived to thank the Warwick Fire Department for their …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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8/1/24
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A new look is coming to Plum Beach Lighthouse, the 1899 historic beacon located on Narragansett Bay in North Kingstown. The Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc., owners of the lighthouse, announced …
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8/1/24
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Though the COVID-19 pandemic is firmly in the rear view mirror, the disease is still affecting many, and cases are rising in Rhode Island once again.
Data from the Rhode Island Department of …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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8/1/24
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JetBlue announced last week daily nonstop routes between Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport (PVD) and Fort Myers (RSW) and Tampa (TPA), Florida starting Oct. 27, 2024. The additional …
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8/1/24
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Even in 90 degree plus weather these devoted pickleball players were on the Mickey Stevens Sports Complex courts for a game or two, but then they found some relief at the snow banks behind Thayer …
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8/1/24
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The Warwick Center for the Arts will open “Comics, Cartoons & Graphic Novels,” an exhibit dedicated to the art of New England cartoonists, on Aug. 5. The exhibit will be on display at …
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By ANISHA KUMAR
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8/1/24
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“My motto is to always leave when people say ‘stay’,” Father Robert Marciano said Wednesday morning in the wake of news reports he will be stepping down as president of Bishop …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/1/24
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The Warwick Center for the Arts’ hall is often filled with paintings for the latest exhibition. But today, feathers, construction paper, white straw hats and Elmer’s glue are scattered on …
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By ANISHA KUMAR
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8/1/24
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FATAL HIT & RUN
Two pedestrians were struck down by vehicles within minutes on Quaker Lane in Warwick Sunday night.
A 44-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and a 26-year-old …
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8/1/24
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The Rhode Island State Police will host a recruitment event this Saturday, Aug. 3, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the John H. Chafee Building at the CCRI Newport campus.
"This Saturday, potential …
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8/1/24
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In the spring of 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration conducted a routine, annual inspection of T.F. Green International Airport and made an important discovery: The Warwick air travel …
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While sailors bemoaned the lack of winds on Sunday, conditions were ideal for paddleboards in waters off Conimicut. Here Melissa Cote and her dog Finn enjoy the calm waters. (Warwick Beacon photo)
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8/1/24
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Mayor Frank Picozzi has called on state police to investigate allegations that the Warwick School Department awarded contracts totaling more than $400,000 to a trucking company that wasn’t …
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Have you been searching for a new best friend, someone to be by your side through the good times and even the bad. Well, you just found her, meet Esme! She is also looking for unconditional love! …
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7/31/24
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Two pedestrians were struck down by vehicles within minutes on Quaker Lane in Warwick Sunday night.
A 44-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and a 26-year-old woman was transported to the hospital with serious injuries following the fatal hit and run.
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/29/24
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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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