Keyword: snow
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How could she miss it?
Matt Hayden couldn’t let all of that heavy wet snow go to waste in front of his aunt’s home on West Shore Road, so he decided to send a message to a friend. Her birthday was coming up and … more
Queen of the hill
Cora Smith triumphantly carries her snow board to the top of the hill outside the Gorton School complex following a successful run in fresh powder Saturday afternoon. A student at St. Rose of Lima … more
Schools to consider teacher pact
The hill off Narragansett Parkway, a favorite sledding spot, is usually packed on snow days. That wasn’t the case Tuesday for Gaspee newcomers, Kerri Tahir and her daughter, Sophia who recently … more
As forecast, the snow started about 5 a.m. Tuesday and heavy flakes kept falling faster and faster to the point where it was accumulating at close to 3 inches an hour. Windshield wipers had trouble keeping up, as did snow plows. Fortunately winds did not pickup as initially forecast and temperatures hovered near freezing making for a heavy slushy mush. The scene is from Bellman Avenue in Conimicut. (Warwick Beacon photo)
As fast as the wipers could clear
Rare sight
Did you ever think you could find a parking space in Pawtuxet Village? Well, Tuesday was your day even though there was a parking ban because of the storm. Not everyone was open for business nor had … more
Time to fly
While it started off as rain and slush Sunday, the temperature dropped and the snow came down in earnest later that afternoon making for ideal sledding conditions Monday at the former Gorton Junior … more
A taste of things to come?
Sunday brought rain and then snow. And then mid-week the temperature climbed and the wind and rain hit. More of it is forecast for Friday and Saturday. The snow made for near white out conditions … more
Prelude to more snow
It was more of a dusting than a snow flurry, but Saturday afternoon had that winter feel after an unusually snow-free winter so far. Predictably, no one was on Conimicut Point beach although more … more
Winter storms not to be treated lightly
It’s like someone – well, I suppose you could say, Mother Nature – flipped a switch. Late Sunday afternoon, just as Tony Petrarca forecasted Thursday, the first flakes of the … more
A grip on summer
A snow shovel outside a barn at Morris Farm has been adopted by a vine as if to emphasize the change in seasons. (Warwick Beacon photo) more
Digging out
With nearly two feet of snow, Pete Maroni cleans off the roof of his car outside his home on Benedict Road Sunday morning. At left,Erik Ulmen works to find the sidewalk in front of his home in … more
Nearly two feet of snow was no match for Connor Brutocao and his shovel Sunday. Connor and his wife live on Madison Street.
Storm crews feel the love
By JOHN HOWELL Kelly Stenmark knows what to expect when the phones start ringing during a snowstorm - a blizzard of complaints from "the plow pushed everything back in the driveway I just shoveled" to "you must have plowed my street with the plow up." more
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Lots of snow, but not much slide
Lots of snow, but not much slide Flakes were still flying Friday when the first of dozens of kids and their parents showed up at the former Gorton Junior High School field with sleds, tubes, saucers and all sorts of devices for sliding down hill. The more
NO SLOWING DOWN THE MAIL: Kayla Cilley, who filled in for the postman who handles the route covering the Warwick Beacon office on Warwick Avenue collected and delivered mail of Friday.
Mayor wasn't disappointed, he got the snow
By JOHN HOWELL Everything was ready. The robo calls alerting residents of the storm, the parking ban and that Friday trash and recycling collections were still planned had been made. Plow vendors were on standby and city crews knew what to do. School more
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With snow coming? City could use more plow drivers
By ALEX MALM If you have a truck and like working alone during storms, it may be the season to plow in some cash. Some towns and cities in Rhode Island are having a hard time contracting outside vendors to plow streets. In Warwick, the City has promised more
Snow day
Snow day Friday's wet snow was an April surprise that fortunately in these parts didn't amount to much. It wasn't reason to close schools although with the pandemic and distance learning, snow days may well become a thing of the past. This shot was more
Winter's gift
It was a slow snow last week, the kind of storm we have not seen in many years. Usually if we get anything more than a dusting it arrives in the form of a nor'easter. The snow comes fast and furious, sometimes at the rate of more than an inch an hour. more
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Shoveling today? Remember the mailbox
It takes more than a few flakes to deter letter carriers from making their appointed rounds throughout New England. “But, if they cannot reach your mailbox, they cannot deliver your … more
WHAT SIDEWALK? Even though snow melted with last Friday’s downpour, traffic was constricted on Main Avenue and sidewalks mail carriers might have used to make their deliveries were impassable.
Mail deliveries resumed, but can`t walks be cleared?
By JOHN HOWELL -- Main Avenue residents are getting their mail delivered once again now that the temperatures have climbed out of the single digits and, most importantly, the snow has melted. more
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