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Due diligence delays new schools
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi has breathed new life into building new Toll Gate and Pilgrim High Schools with time and …
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Warwick city parks employee stops ‘cat-astrophe’
According to feline math, a Warwick Parks and Rec employee saved 81 lives on the job Monday. Paul Joutras gripped the cardboard box …
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More spending, more taxes
With only minor changes that won’t affect higher taxes for residential or commercial property owners, the City Council approved …
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The following Toll Gate students have achieved high honors and honors for the third quarter: Grade 12  High Honors Naomi Abair, Brayden Adler-Maranhao, Raegan Allen, Paul …
SPORTS

Athlete of the Week: Dasani Stewart

The Warwick Beacon’s Athlete of the Week is Pilgrim track athlete Dasani Stewart. Stewart entered last weekend’s state championships ranked No. 1 in the long jump and triple jump events …

Pats open playoff run with win

The Pilgrim softball team won the opening round of the Division I playoffs when it cruised to a 6-1 win over Smithfield last week. Pitcher Alyssa Twomey pitched a complete game for Pilgrim, …

RHODY LIFE

Trinity revives powerful “Sweeney Todd”

“The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is back after many years at Trinity Rep, where it is given a powerful new production under the watchful eyes of director Curt Columbus. Columbus …

Law didn’t stop popular cockfighting in Warwick & environs

The aftermath of a cockfight during the 19th-century was strewn with booze bottles, feathers, blood and dozens of men claiming that the fight never happened. A blood sport which dates back to …
The Buzz
May 30, “Billie and Amy,” at The Cabaret Room Tuesday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m., The Cabaret Room at The Arctic Playhouse, 1249 Main Street, West Warwick, will host Boston performing artists …
Good news

The Rhode Island Press Association presented 153 awards to journalists throughout the state for writing, design and photography in its editorial contest for 2022. Johnston Sun Rise Editor Rory …

CALENDAR
Obituaries
Kellerman, Peter Anthony
Peter Anthony Kellerman, 75, of Warwick, passed away on Saturday, June 3, 2023 following a six-year battle with Sarcoma. He was the …
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Pendergast, Beverly Sprague
 Beverly Sprague Pendergast, of Dayton, OH, passed away peacefully June 3, 2023, at Hospice of Dayton. Bev was a graduate of …
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Hannon, Louise C.
Louise C. Hannon, 87, of Warwick, peacefully passed away on June 2 at the Hope Hulitar Hospice Center. She was the devoted wife of the …
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EDITORIAL

Amidst a flurry of legislative efforts being submitted in the home stretch of the general assembly’s session is one bill that simultaneously threatens the vitality of local newspapers, such as …

LEGALS
ORDINANCE NO. O-23-15

LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF WARWICK ORDINANCE NO. O-23-15 …

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