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Resident raises alarm over vending machine dispensing drug paraphernalia near Horgan School; council hears playground vandalism concerns

West Warwick Town Council · January 13, 2025
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Summary

A resident told the Dec. 17 council meeting he discovered a vending machine near the gazebo that dispenses items he described as drug paraphernalia and that the unit is sited about 328 feet from Horgan School.

Tom Oakes, a resident, used the public-comment portion of the Dec. 17 meeting to urge the council to investigate a vending machine located outside the “cotton shed” near the gazebo that, he said, dispenses items he described as drug paraphernalia and safe-use supplies. Oakes said the machine is about 328 feet from Horgan School.

Oakes described calling the vendor and being given a code after providing only the…

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