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By JOHN HOWELL Warwick has a new supermarket, but it's not what you might expect or a location known to those looking to fill the weekly shopping list. Mayor Joseph Solomon had difficulty finding the ...
The first ever Bishop Hendricken High School For The Boys celebration proved to be a great success, raising more than $70,000 for the school’s Tuition Assistance Fund. Held Feb. 1 at the … ...
COFFEE AND MEMORIES: After hearing a co-worker discuss Tetreault, Baker reached out, knowing he remembered the name from his days in the orphanage. Their first meeting after nearly 65 years was at the ...
“Sometimes things happen for a reason.” That’s how Paul Salera looks at the way events have turned out for Westbay Community Action, which opened its new offices at what was formerly part of the ...
Rhode Island’s ballet theatre recently held juried auditions for positions with the company. Alexandria Montanaro of Cranston was one of the dancers selected to join the company.
Mayor Joseph Solomon on Wednesday announced the closure of all Warwick public parks - including Rocky Point State Park and the city's beaches and recreational facilities - until further notice. The ...
Following a 40-year career as a manager in the banking sector including several years as an executive vice president at Coastway Community Bank (now HarborOne), Jana Planka is following her passion ...
Longtime Johnston coach and former standout basketball player Dan Mazzulla passed away at the age of 61 last week after a lengthy battle with cancer. The Johnston native enjoyed a hall-of-fame &hellip ...
For years he has built a reputation and a business around meticulously restoring classic cars from the barest metal to the creamy-textured paint of an automotive masterpiece. But Warwick resident ...
By JOHN HOWELLPublisherThere are numerous heroes in the chilling new book, A Call for Justice, about four-time murderer, then-juvenile Craig Price. Author Denise Lang didn't plan it that way, but ...
With Victory Day coming up Monday, World War II veteran Dewey Turilli, 89, decided he wanted to share his experience with Warwick Beacon readers. Victory Day, originally celebrated as Victory … ...
The residents of Cranston were on edge. On June 23, 1907, three patients described as being “dangerously insane” had escaped from the Rhode Island Hospital for Mental Diseases. The most concerning was ...