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RIVER ROAD: Seeking to find higher ground vehicles using West Shore Road during Monday’s storm often left their lane to drive into oncoming traffic. This image was taken near the intersection with Tidewater Drive. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Selective rain, hail flood city
Mayor Frank Picozzi found it hard to believe his wife, Kim, was reporting heavy rain, hail and high winds on Monday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. His first question was, “Where are … more
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BACK TO BACK: The Flood Ford team after winning the state title. (Submitted photo)
Flood Ford repeats
It was a battle of Warwick powers in last week’s Connie Mack state title game, and Flood Ford would defend its title but shutting out PAL 4-0 after dropping the previous game to its crosstown … more
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Flood Ford looks to defend title
The Flood Ford Auto Connie Mack baseball team entered the week with an 8-3 record and in first place as it looks to defend its title from last summer. Flood’s most recent win came in a … more
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A lot more waterfront property this March
This March recorded the most rainfall second only to March 2010 when two nor’easters hit the state within a week with the second storm during 8.79 inches of rain over two days. We weren’t … more
A RIVER CAN”T STOP THEM: Kris Waugh and Tamara McKenney plan to have the Apponaug Brewing Company reopen this week despite being forced to close in December by flooding and then a second flood last week. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Flooded again, brewery rebounds faster than ever
“We’re good at it now,” Tamara McKenney, co-owner of Apponaug Brewing Co., said Monday morning. Condiments were neatly arranged like toy soldiers on a stand on one side of her. … more
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ROARING PAWTUXET: Not that we need a reminder that there’s plenty of water to go around but rather, too much of it, the Pawtuxet River has been at flood levels for days now. This image was taken from the village bridge late Wednesday afternoon prior to yet another storm on Saturday. (Cranston Herald photo)
Work begins all over again to receive federal aid after floods
Early on the morning of Wednesday, January 10, Rhode Island was hit with its second significant flooding event in less than a month. This came just days after President Biden made FEMA assistance … more
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WATCH WHERE YOU DRIVE: Several streets off of River St. in West Warwick near Natick Bridge were underwater Wednesday morning, including Canna St. (Photo by Kevin Fitzpatrick)
Floods for second time in less than a month
A rainstorm early Wednesday morning brought significant flooding to Warwick for the second time in less than a month. Nearly 4 inches of rain fell between Tuesday, January 9 and Wednesday, … more
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RIVER’S STILL RUNNING: The Pawtuxet River flows behind the brewery’s parking lot, where the mud from the river’s recent flood still remains on formerly submerged signs.
Apponaug Brewing deals with fallout of flooding
The two feet of flooding at Apponaug Brewing Company receded in less than a day following the second-highest flood in the recorded history of the Pawtuxet River. Still, though, the scars of the … more
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HE FORGOT HIS HAT: Tis the season for Santa, but he didn’t linger at Conimicut Point Monday morning as winds neared 70 MPH and wind-driven spray mixed with sleeting rain. This photo was taken about 8:30 before a rising tide and storm surge forced the park’s closure. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Storm packs windy, wet punch
Packing winds of nearly 70 MPH and more than two inches of rain, Monday’s southeaster caused extensive flooding along Warwick’s 39 miles of shoreline, downed trees and fortunately … more
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You and your car during and after flooding
As communities across Massachusetts and Rhode Island clean up after torrential rains and devastating flooding, AAA Northeast is offering motorists advice on how to avoid vehicular flood damage and … more
ATWOOD RIVER: A family was rescued by firefighters in a boat from their stuck vehicle in the middle of Atwood Avenue during Monday night’s widespread flooding in Johnston. (Photo courtesy Mike Edwards)
We got lucky Monday, but will it happen again?
Warwick got lucky Monday. While the horizon to the north was black, broken by lightening spikes with downpours flooding roads and homes in Johnston, Providence and Cranston just a few miles … more
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STATE CHAMPS: The Flood Ford Auto team after winning the title on Monday. (Photos by Alex Sponseller)
Finishing the job
The Flood Ford Auto baseball team would roll to a two-game state championship win over Coventry to win the Connie Mack title on Monday evening at McCarthy Field. It was a long time coming for … more
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TAKING THE BALL: Flood Ford pitcher Gian Lepore delivers a pitch. (Photos by Ryan D. Murray)
Flood Ford falls in title series
Flood Auto Body fell two games to one, to the Narragansett/South Kingstown Lions in its best-of-three R.I. Connie Mack Baseball Championship Series on Saturday morning at McCarthy … more
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THE THROW TO FIRST: Christian Butera makes a play to first base.
Flood Ford Auto headed to title series
 After rolling to a sweep over Warwick PAL in the RI Connie Mack Quarterfinals last week, Flood Ford Auto turned around and swept West Warwick in the semis to punch its ticket to this … more
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Public lecture series focuses on coastal, inland flooding
Metcalf Institute based at the University of Rhode Island will conduct its 25th Annual Public Lecture Series June 13-17. Recent events around the world have shown how climate change has made flooding … more
A CAT NEXT DOOR: Jeanne Mutokyle and the Caterpillar that has been is the adjoining lot for months. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Neighbor questions CRMC approval of home planned for flood zone
Jeanne Mutokyle has been looking out at a Cat in the yard next door for more than a year. She can’t miss it. It hasn’t moved. It hasn’t purred. She would just as soon have it stay … more
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Water, water everywhere
Water, water everywhere Heavy rains early last Thursday, the remnants of Hurricane Ida, dumped upwards of 9.8 inches of rain on some parts of the state. Flooding in Warwick was comparatively minor. Park School was forced to close because of a flooded more
PLAYOFF BASEBALL: Members of Flood Ford fist bump after an inning.
Flood Ford falls in semis
By ALEX SPONSELLER The Flood Ford Auto Connie Mack baseball team fell in three games to South Kingstown-Narragansett in the state semifinals last week. Flood Ford took Game 1 by a score of 8-2. Chris Manzo got the win on the mound while Keith Daigneau more
PLAYOFF BASEBALL: Flood Ford Auto shortstop Xavier Quezada makes a play to first base at Bishop Hendricken. Quezada has been a key piece to Flood Ford’s turnaround, as the team lost its first six games of the summer but has since picked up 11 straight victories.
Flood Ford headed to semifinals
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Flood Ford Auto Connie Mack baseball team picked up its 10th and 11th wins in a row as it beat East Greenwich in two games to advance to this week's state semifinals against Narragansett-South Kingstown. Flood Ford took Game 1 of more
DROPPING A BUNT: Chris Manzo lines up to bunt.
Flood Ford gets playoff victory
By ALEX SPONSELLER After falling to 0-6 to begin the season, the Flood Ford Connie Mack baseball team has since been the hottest team in the state, winning its final seven regular season games and defeating Warwick PAL in two games in the first round of more
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