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 …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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9/19/24
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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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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8/16/22
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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 …
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By ALEX MALM
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3/4/22
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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
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11/4/21
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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 …
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10/28/21
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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 …
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By BEACON STAFF
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10/27/21
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