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Wires downed by a branch or possibly the explosion of an electrical transformer Sunday morning tied up traffic on West Shore Road and Main Avenue according to a witness and police reports. A … more
The Ocean State’s new power company issued a warning to customers: “Rhode Island Energy Encourages Customers to Prepare Now for Significantly Higher Winter Electricity Supply … more
About 2,100 National Grid customers were affected by a power outage in Warwick on Monday night. According to Ted Kresse a spokesperson for National Grid the outage was “due to an animal … more
Surely you've heard the motto that Scouts are prepared. I thought the Beacon was prepared for last week's storm that in terms of winds ranked it close to a hurricane. No sweat - a few downed branches, lots of puddles, and within a couple of hours it more
Wednesday’s nor’easter delivered sustained winds to Warwick of 40 MPH with gusts exceeding 55. More than12,300 Warwick customers lost power at the height of the outages. National Grid … more
To our readers: We hope you've stayed safe, warm and dry during this nor'easter.  At the Beacon's office on Warwick Avenue, we've been without power since early this morning. That has, for … more