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Jackie Bernard almost came to a stop when she turned off West Shore Road. She had the window down.
“Don’t you dare,” she commanded. I looked over from the passenger seat but …
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9/26/24
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The photograph is troubling, no, downright disturbing.
It’s the eyes. They’re looking directly at the camera. They say more than the boney head that holds them or the scrawny body …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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9/5/24
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It was a hot Aug. 1, but for once there was shade at the dog park.
The occasion was the official opening of the refurbished park, a project that cost $110,000.
Councilwoman Donna Travis …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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8/15/24
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As the temperatures rise and spring flowers, relocation of Warwick’s dog park within City Park is nearing completion.
The park is located slightly north of where it used to be and offers …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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4/18/24
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For a first time, Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter have posted rewards to “bring justice” to abandoned animals.
Triggering efforts to abate what appears to be a growing trend to …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/7/24
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Ever notice how the most terrifying of situations can be comically funny?
The movies are great at creating such humor. Moments when seemingly there’s no way of avoiding a catastrophe, you …
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3/7/24
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It was a rhythmic clanking like snow chains only barely audible. We put down our forks and looked at each other across the dining room table. My first thought was that it was a new sound from our …
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1/4/24
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Okay, after all the news about the Washington Bridge and stories of three-hour long traffic jams, you’re going to think we’re crazy to have purposely driven to East Providence on Sunday.
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12/21/23
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Susan Parker first found her love for therapy animals in a dark time in her life.
Her mother had recently had a stroke, and had to go to a nursing home at 55 years old, since Parker could not …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/23/23
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Susan Parker first found her love for therapy animals in a dark time in her life.
Her mother had recently had a stroke, and had to go to a nursing home at 55 years old, since Parker could not …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/23/23
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Warning: This is another column about dogs.
I know I’ve written a lot about canines over the last two weeks: a story featuring Hillary Gillinder of Rhody Home Adopt who has fostered 250 …
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11/16/23
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Honey’s story began the day Betty and Lou Hann met one of her predecessors, a purebred yellow Labrador Retriever, whose home had been the Cranston Animal Shelter for six months.
The …
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By ERIN O’BRIEN
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11/9/23
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Carol and I visited Clark Farms in Matunuck on Saturday, November 4. We weren’t in search of squash or to get a jump on Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations. Rather, for both of us it was …
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11/9/23
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Normally, Dawn Forte walks with her dog Skye by the water near her house on Arnolds Neck Drive. On Sept. 21, however, she took a different path.
As she walked past a house …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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10/5/23
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By JOHN HOWELL
Sister pups thought to be black coyotes, as unusual as that is, kicked up a lot of neighborhood and media attention after multiple sightings in Oakland Beach last …
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4/27/23
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So, you’re stuck in that long line of cars headed south inching toward Hoxsie Four Corners soon after classes let out at Pilgrim High School. You’re cursing yourself for not having come …
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3/9/23
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There’s nothing like a new arrival to cause a stir at the dog park.
Even before the newcomer gets out of a car and long before it arrives at the double gated entry, dogs off leash in the …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/18/23
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For more than two hours last Wednesday there were a lot of barking dogs, competing videos and dueling experts before the Planning Board. When it was over, by a vote of 4-3 the board denied master …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/18/23
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News that the Warwick Animal Shelter is housing 16 dogs taken from an “office size room” that reeked of feces on Dec. 27 had not been reported by Tuesday, but already shelter director Ann …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/11/23
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Many bought homes in Wethersfield Commons on Jefferson Boulevard because they were allowed to have a dog. But now that as many as 150 dogs may be housed at the very entrance to the 493-unit complex, …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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12/14/22
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