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In August 2021, a woman was dragged from her car and beaten by a gang of around 10 dirt bike and ATV riders after she honked her horn at a Providence intersection. Her young child and dog were inside …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/12/23
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The Rhode Island State Police (RISP) announced the arrest of three suspects and the discovery of a dead body following a task force raid in North Providence.
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/7/23
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Legislation has passed the Rhode Island State Senate aimed at helping developers build solar fields without clearing carbon-eating trees.
On Tuesday, the Senate unanimously passed what a press …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/6/23
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“When I get older, I’m going to retire.”
With a little wink and a nod, that’s how former Rhode Island Governor Philip W. Noel, who will turn 92 this coming June, answered …
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“We have the strictest orders at night to run the bayonet through any man that attempts to run the guard…” reads a line in one of the 13 letters written by Albert Fenner Waite in …
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4/6/23
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By JOHN HOWELL
“This is my retirement job,” says Wayne Kezirian, as a workman wearing a hard hat and carrying a tool box walks by him in a hallway with a drop ceiling waiting for …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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4/6/23
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The administration says the resolution approved Monday night by the City Council, allowing for an alteration in the ratio of between residential and commercial taxes, is a “tool” to …
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A team of American University masters degree students concluded that building two new Warwick high schools would increase housing values, decrease teacher and student absenteeism and would increase …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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11/2/22
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How fast can you go?
It’s a question Bob Walker expects when asked about the electric bicycle he’s built and rides – except for rainy days when he take public …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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4/12/22
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30,000 runners will participate in the upcoming 2022 Boston Marathon on April 18. Of those individuals, 133 Rhode Islanders will represent the state with seven Cranston residents and six from Warwick …
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By EMMA BARTLETT
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4/12/22
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In this video provided by Mayor Joseph J. Solomon at the Beacon's request, the mayor outlines why he is seeking a second term in office.
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Since they aren't walking door-to-door at this time, the Warwick Beacon has extended an invitation to the Warwick mayoral candidates to introduce themselves to the voters in a 5 to 6 minute video. …
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