A preschooler with a life-threatening illness has received a rather big gift courtesy of the Warwick Area Career & Technical Center. Throughout the beginning of the year, WACTC’s …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/28/24
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Ann Gooding was touched by the Hand of God. That’s the only way she can explain what happened to her Sunday afternoon.
Ann, who lives on Warwick Neck, daily walks about four and a half …
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Avoid it!
Those two words best describe the best approach over the next two weeks to Cowesett Road, a major east-west connector between Post Road and Route 2.
To be precise, sections of the …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/28/24
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
The Pilgrim and Toll Gate football teams are set for another Beacon Bowl showdown on Thanksgiving morning and each will be plenty motivated to get a win in the final game of …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/27/24
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Two local gastronomical favorites have good news for area foodies.
Cranston’s Wein-O-Rama, which shut its doors at the end of the summer after 62 years in business, is being resurrected. …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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11/27/24
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
The Bishop Hendricken football team relied on its typical standouts to beat La Salle 24-21 for its 19th state championship last Friday night, but the difference was the …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/26/24
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A closed caucus of the members-elect of next year’s City Council met Saturday, and when they came out they had reached unanimous agreement on the first decision they would make: Anthony Sinapi would be the council’s next president come January.
Sinapi, Ward 8’s representative...
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/21/24
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Pilgrim High School’s theater arts program is putting the finishing touches on “Little Women,” which is set to debut this Friday.
According to Richard Denningham, an English teacher and the theater director at Pilgrim...
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/21/24
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Mayor Frank Picozzi has a full slate of objectives following the resounding voter mandate returning him to office. An independent, Picozzi won nearly 73% of the vote in a three-way race with Democratic candidate Leah Hazelwood and independent Patrick Maloney.
Simply put, Picozzi is looking...
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/21/24
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Last month the administration gleefully trumpeted a $3-million surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, giving the city as much as a $37-million reserve.
Then came last week’s School Committee meeting.
Schools Finance Director...
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/21/24
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The top-seeded Bishop Hendricken football team punched its ticket to its 15th straight Rhode Island state championship when it held off No. 4 Cumberland, 35-22, last Friday night at home. Hendricken …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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11/20/24
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The Warwick City Council met Nov. 6 for its first post-election meeting with three new faces in the lineup, and a fourth will join them soon.
The election brought significant turnover on the council, with...
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/14/24
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A jam-packed Thayer Arena, filled with young hockey players and former NHL stars, took the time on Sunday to honor one man who has called the arena a second home for much of his life.
Yogi Gardiner has been coaching hockey in Warwick for 50 years, and with...
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/14/24
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Ten years after Rocky Point opened as a state park, one of the main figures in its revitalization took students through the park to teach them about its history.
George Shuster Jr., Save The Bay board president and lifelong Warwick resident, led a class of about 20 through the park, pointing out the history of the land. Shuster, along with...
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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11/14/24
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With city leaders and consultants overseeing the planned construction of new high schools acknowledging that the schools could cost more than originally planned, those who cautioned the schools have grown too costly and would saddle taxpayers for decades to come appear to be vindicated.
But what is to be done now that construction contracts have...
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Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of a two-part series examining how city policy, law enforcement and lack of political will have affected the city of Cranston’s growing homeless population.
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/6/24
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Cranston’s polls were packed.
And in the end, the incumbent mayor appears to have likely squeaked out a victory.
Turnout in the city was set to break records Tuesday, according to …
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11/6/24
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Sometimes, coming home is just the start of a soldier’s journey.
There are physical, emotional and psychological adjustments, including the loneliness that comes from leaving the company …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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11/6/24
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As of the Warwick Beacon’s deadline this week, more than 7,000 Warwick residents had cast their votes in the general election that will conclude next Tuesday. There has been a steady stream of …
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It took three years for state investigators to untangle the intricate web surrounding a multimillion-dollar state education contract Gov. Dan McKee’s administration awarded in 2021.
But …
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