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The problem with ‘common sense’ gun control
In the ongoing debate about gun control in America – how much is too little, how much is too much – the shift of legislative and judicial balance has historically tilted in favor of the Second … more
Schools plead for added $1.3M at budget hearing
By THOMAS GREENBERG Citing needs to make Cranston's schools into 21st century learning buildings and prepare students for a variety of post-secondary paths, schools officials took to the podium Thursday night to lobby for an additional $1.3 million for more
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Opportunity is theme of Raimondo's address
By TESSA ROY In the wake of both praise and criticism for the new programs she announced in 2016, Governor Gina Raimondo chose to focus on opportunity in her State of the State address Tuesday. Our job is to ensure that there is opportunity for every" more
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Newest inductees enrich Cranston Hall of Fame
By PAM SCHIFF With this latest class of five inductees, the ranks of the Cranston Hall of Fame (CHOF) has swelled to 192 of the finest graduates to pass through Cranston public schools. The CHOF every year acknowledges alumni who have graduated from a more
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Cranston to the core
By JEN COWART The Cranston Area Career and Technical Center (CACTC) recently welcomed a new executive director to its helm, Zachary Farrell. Farrell did not have far to travel when moving into his new office, transitioning from Cranston High School West, more
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Red & green Ivy
By JEN COWART It is well-known that Ivy League institutions are some of the hardest to get into, with many acceptance rates falling into the single digits. According to the website Education Corner, (educationcorner.com), for 2018 the acceptance rates more
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ISSUING THE CHALLENGE: Ayana Crichton spoke to the audience, explaining how the Fuel Up to Play 60 program has taken off at Bain Middle School and some of the incentives and programs in which the students will have the opportunity to be involved.
Park View students get their game on with `Fuel Up to Play 60'
On Oct. 18, students at Park View Middle School took part in the official kickoff event for the Fuel Up to Play 60 initiative being started at the school this year. The initiative is sponsored by the NFL, the USDA, and the American Dairy more
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Trinity’s ‘Faithful Cheaters’ unexpected farcical folly
Rhode Island’s Tony Award-winning Repertory Theatre, home of such classics as Shakespeare’s “Othello,” August Wilson’s “Fences” and Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming,” now gives us … more
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LEARNING TO STRIKE: Sensei Marc Bochner is pictured with (l-r) Stacey Ferranti and Caitlin Reynolds during the free Empower Mom program at Bochner's Realistic Self-Defense on May 21.
Bochner's holds free self-defense workshop
By MERI R. KENNEDY On Sunday, May 21, Bochner's Realistic Self-Defense, located at 855 Dyer Ave., celebrated moms by inviting them for a free workshop on how they can keep themselves, and their children safe, at home, in the parking lot, and anywhere more
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Cranston East students brighten holidays for soldiers overseas
By PAM SCHIFF When East librarian, Heidi Blais took her own daughters to a Girl Scout program this past August, that featured a program called Project Rudolph, she knew immediately she wanted to bring the program to her students at Cranston East this more
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Coates steps up as president, COO of Carpionato Group
By JOHN HOWELL Alfred Carpionato, who built a $1 billion empire of retail shopping centers, hotels, apartment complexes and restaurants, will be doing more of what he enjoys doing most - says the man who succeeds him as president and chief operating more
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Garden City School puts the fun in fundraising
By PAM SCHIFF On this past gorgeous, sunny, yet breezy Saturday, 115 students from Garden City School partook in their first ever color-run event, and the Family Engagement Network (FEN) partnered the run with their annual Harvest Fest. The kids ran half more
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Police Log
ASSAULT On December 9 at approximately 9:41 p.m., Officer Schaffran arrested Christopher Vieira, 26, of 58 Lyndon Road in Cranston for simple assault and disorderly conduct. The arrest was the result of a call for a disturbance at the Shell Gas located more
Park View rolls out first quarter honor roll
Grade 8 High Honors Muntaha Asif, Kodi Brown, Rachel Cabral, Mathilda Corocran, Hailee Evans, Amy Fang, Madeleine Gerrish, Spencer Hill, Ghassan Jomaa, Madison Louro, James Ring, Trinity Saad, Nathan Scarborough, Joseph Tevyaw, Kaleigh Valle, Maral Zoban more
Police Log
ASSAULT On January 21 at 5:41 hours, Officer Collado arrested Lisa Corrente, 44, of 37 Sumner Ave. in Cranston for domestic simple assault and domestic disorderly conduct as the result of a disturbance at 160 Rutland St. Corrente was arraigned and more
Mark and Tori Marocco, alongside their daughter, Landree, unveil their plan to construct The Jaxon Marocco Memorial Playground on Tuesday.
The Jaxon Marocco Memorial Playground to be built in Chafee Athletic and Recreation Complex
Tori and Mark Marocco have finalized a plan to construct a playground in memory of their late son, Jaxon, in Cranston's Chafee Athletic and Recreation Complex on Hope Road. The Jaxon Marocco Memorial Playground will reside more
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State has plans for $76M in Rte. 37 repairs, widening
By THOMAS GREENBERG Three major changes are coming to Route 37 in the coming years, according to Department of Transportation spokesperson Charles St. Martin. The bridges will be reconstructed, parts of the highway will be widened, and a third lane will more
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Defenders of Animals honors five with Humane Hero award
By MERI R. KENNEDY Defenders of Animals Inc., which began a 43-year journey of caring for and defending the rights of animals in April of 1978, held its 27th annual Homeless Animals Day/Candlelight Vigil award ceremony and raffle at the Governor Sprague more
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Suit threatened over student's CO2 poisoning
By THOMAS GREENBERG Pauline Belal has taken her daughter, Trinity Briceno, a 17-year-old senior at Cranston East, out of the school after Trinity experienced severe symptoms, including fainting, as a cause of high levels of carbon monoxide in her system. more
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A date with cupid
Virginia Bianco of Cranston was the winner of the recent “find the cupid” contest in the Cranston Herald and Warwick Beacon. Her entry was randomly pulled from those who found the cupid among the … more
HIGH FIVES: Ava Furtado, 4, high fives the PawSox mascot, Paws. Ava’s sister, Celia, is a Tomorrow Fund child.
Taking a stroll for The Tomorrow Fund
The Tomorrow Fund, the only local non-profit organization that helps children with cancer, held its 15th Annual Stroll on Sunday, in Garden City. The Stroll, which began at 10 a.m., was organized by a committee of volunteers and parents of local more
Cranston's John Perrotta trains a new cast of comedians
By PAM SCHIFF Getting up on a stage is harrowing for most people, but getting up on a stage to tell jokes that they wrote themselves may bring some people to tears. However, for the 22 graduates of the $200 comedy course taught by professional comedians more
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Police Log
Man charged with assaulting, intimidating disabled woman A man police say physically assaulted a woman in a wheelchair and then verbally intimidated her just a day later has been ordered held without bail. Emile Perreault, 55, of more
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Local volunteer gives time, care to Hope Hospice R.I.
By MELISSA WEIDMAN Ed Richard of Cranston would never describe himself as a hero. But for Deanna Upchurch, grief support & volunteer programs manager for Hope Hospice & Palliative Care Rhode Island (Hope Hospice RI), Richard is a shining example of the more
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Walking for a good cause
Walking for a good cause More than 250 teens from Holy Apostles Church participated in the annual Good Friday 3K walk and raised over $2,500 for poor children in the west end of Providence. The walk was arranged by Monsignor Paul Theroux, youth more
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