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Standing on a strong foundation of faith and commitment to the community, Phillips Memorial Baptist Church is celebrating its 125 th anniversary by continuing to grow as a welcoming place of worship …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/18/25
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A bill signed into law recently requires all golf courses in the state to have automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs, available on their premises.
Known as the David Casey Act, the bill is …
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By TARA MONASTESSE
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/18/25
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While Colonial forefathers wielded rifles with bayonets, parade spectators last weekend defended their revolutionary fire with umbrellas and ponchos. Under a steely gray sky, Narragansett Parkway in …
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6/18/25
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Fresh off his championship win as the Cranston East boys volleyball coach, Jhamal Diggs will be sticking around for the upcoming winter as he was hired as the school’s new boys basketball …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER, Beacon Media Sports Editor
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6/17/25
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Benjamin Lindsay is not frequently associated with Gaspee Day events, but Laurie O’Rourke is known to Pawtuxet Village residents.
On Tuesday, June 10, at Trinity Episcopal Church, O’Rourke …
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By JOHN HOWELL
Warwick Beacon Editor
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6/11/25
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Local and state officials gathered outside Cranston City Hall at the end of the day Monday, determined not to let a persistent mist dampen the city’s seventh annual flag raising in honor of …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/11/25
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The Cranston East boys volleyball team upset top-seeded, undefeated North Kingstown in an epic match to win its first ever Division I state championship on Sunday at Rhode Island College. See story …
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6/11/25
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Saturday morning saw a new class of graduates take a step into the future. In their recognizable red gowns and gray stoles, the class celebrated the closure of four years in high school with family …
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By ROSEGALIE CINEUS
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/11/25
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After four years of high school, and nine years longer since that first step into kindergarten, Cranston High School East graduates walked the stage last week.
Cranston East presented its 130 th …
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By ROSEGALIE CINEUS
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/11/25
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The Cranston East boys volleyball team always considered itself the best club in the state, even if no one else did.
The Bolts silenced the doubters on Sunday at Rhode Island College, when they …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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6/10/25
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Your new Miss Rhode Island has made it her duty to serve her state while wearing both her crown and her Army uniform.
Sgt. Alexia Rodrigues, who also holds the title of Miss Warwick, was crowned …
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By ALYSSA WALKER
Beacon Media Contributor
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6/4/25
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“The best of what the past was” is a great way to describe one of Cranston’s preserved gems. It is what owner Carol Schwebel calls her store, which has been serving generations of …
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By ROSEGALIE CINEUS
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/4/25
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A budgetary item in President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) budget may spell the end for public libraries in the country. Here in Rhode Island, they are fighting back.
The budget …
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By ROSEGALIE CINEUS
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/4/25
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It was tea time at the historic Sprague Mansion on Sunday, and it was a special one.
Dozens of little girls, with their favorite dolls in tow, showed up for refinement and refreshments in the …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/4/25
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A resolution seeking tax exemption for a residential property whose owners had intended to use as a private, family-based home for pregnant mothers, was unanimously denied by the City Council’s …
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By ROSEGALIE CINEUS
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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6/4/25
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The Cranston East boys tennis team reached the Division III Championship for the second straight year as it took on top-seeded Providence Country Day last Sunday at Slater Park.
The Knights were …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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6/3/25
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You wouldn’t suspect any opposition to proposed pay raises for state troopers and correctional officers based on public hearings on May 23.
The requisite meetings on new collective …
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By NANCY LAVIN
Rhode Island Current
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5/28/25
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At Saturday’s Gaspee Days arts and crafts festival, Barry Edelstein of Cranston said the possum is the top seller among his menagerie of metal animals.
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5/28/25
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Welcome aboard.
That was the message at an upbeat and decidedly patriotic ceremony held on May 22 to celebrate more than 200 graduating high school students from across the state who are …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
Beacon Media Staff Writer
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5/28/25
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The Cranston West baseball team carried its recent surge into the Division I qualifying round over the weekend, as it traveled to Barrington and handed the Eagles a 7-1 upset to earn a spot in the …
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By ALEX SPONSELLER
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5/27/25
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