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6/7/12
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Toll Gate students make history in front of lens
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Earlier this year, Toll Gate High School was one of two schools in Warwick to receive a VSA Arts Grant to promote the importance of arts education, especially for special education students. Toll …
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6/7/12
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Plenty of water
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Little did Paul Earnshaw, president of the Buckeye Brook Coalition, realize he picked the best day of the weekend when he settled on Sunday for the annual paddle excursion of the Brook. Earnshaw …
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6/5/12
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Record Tides
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This weekend brought the highest tides of the year, flooding salt marshes and bringing horseshoe crabs ashore to spawn. The tide Sunday at 8 p.m. was 6.5 feet, reports Paul Earnshaw, president of the …
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6/5/12
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Frosted Face
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To celebrate his first birthday, Warwick resident Xavier Preuit happily enjoys cake at a party that was held in his honor Sunday afternoon at JONAH in Oakland Beach. Perhaps, this is the sole …
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5/31/12
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Building up to a burning
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The Gaspee Days Arts and Craft Festival was the place to be over the near perfect weekend … especially if you were looking for that special accessory – whether temporary or permanent – for your …
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5/29/12
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Remembering our veterans
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(Warwick Beacon photos by John Howell)
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5/29/12
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So they can grow their own
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Cindy and John Morris of Morris Farm on Warwick Avenue have found more and more of their customers looking to grow their own vegetables and to give them a good start, the farm has an extensive …
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5/24/12
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Walking tour of Pawtuxet
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5/22/12
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Wyman students kick off Gaspee Days with tour
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It’s an annual tradition, and a sure sign that summer is fast approaching. It’s the Walking Tour of Historic Pawtuxet Village, hosted by the E.T. Wyman PTA and presented by the students of Wyman, …
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5/22/12
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Red, white and blue
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It was a sunny Saturday in Pawtuxet Village, where the river rushed and the blossoms swayed in a gentle breeze. People filled the streets as they soaked up rays of delicious springtime sun. With the …
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5/22/12
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5/18/12
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Pawtuxet Farmers Market is back in action
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The Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market opened for the season on Saturday, across from The Shriner’s Imperial Room on the Warwick-Cranston line. The market is open Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon, and offers a variety of local vendors, including LeFavorite Bakery of Warwick and the Presto Strange O Coffee Truck …
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5/16/12
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Spring Splash
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Everyone wanted to launch Saturday, recalls Joe DiCenzo of Pleasure Marina in Oakland Beach, even the owner of Twisted Thoughts, a 55-footer that made it into the slings with an easy foot to spare on …
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5/15/12
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Helping to stamp out hunger
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Postal carriers found people more generous than last year in its annual “Stamp out Hunger” food drive conducted Saturday. The local drive coordinated by Jim Harrington also received the …
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5/15/12
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Loretta T. (Giacobbi) Maguire, 74, of Henderson, NV, formerly of Providence, RI, passed away April 21, 2012 at Nathan Adelson Hospice Care, Las Vegas, NV. She was the wife of the late Robert W. …
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5/11/12
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5/10/12
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