The Cranston Herald
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By PAM SCHIFF Oaklawn art teacher Marisa Iacovone is working with the full student body on a project to help give back to the greater community. Mr. Z. (Oaklawn Principal Jim Zanfini) approached me over the summer with this interest of connecting"
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By Pam Schiff
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10/11/17
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By PAM SCHIFF Alison O'Donnell never intended to be an author. Or, an on-line dating expert, but when she realized she had collected almost 100 dating debacles she knew she had a best seller on her hands. Stupid Cupid tells the story of each guy she
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By PAm Schiff
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10/11/17
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By JEN COWART On Thursday morning the school community at Rhodes Elementary School gathered together for a very special event, one that was the result of several years of effort, much hard work by last year's fourth grade classes and a schoolwide
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By Jen Cowart
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10/11/17
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By PAM SCHIFF On a warm and sunny Saturday, 75 volunteers from Cranston East participated in the Save the Bay clean up event, as they have done for the past nine years. In addition to the 68 cadets, the seven chaperones were Cranston East JROTC
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By Pam Schiff
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10/11/17
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Justin Neary threw three touchdown passes and running back Rayven DeOliveira rushed for three scores as the Cranston East football team continued its dominance of Division I-B with a 40-6 trouncing of Cumberland on Friday
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By Matt Metcalf
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10/11/17
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The Cranston West football team is rolling. The Falcons improved to 2-0 in Division I-A on Friday evening, as three rushing touchdowns by senior running back Will Such led West past South Kingstown, 34-28. The win marked the
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By Matt Metcalf
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10/11/17
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The Cranston East boys' soccer team pushed its undefeated record in Division III to 8-0-1 last week with convincing victories over Scituate and defending D-III champion Davies. The 'Bolts started their 2-0 week by powering
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By Matt Metcalf
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10/11/17
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FRAUD On Sept. 30 at 5:39 p.m., Officer Leonard arrested Daniel Brown, 53, of 13 Terrace Ave. Apt. 2 in Providence for fraudulent checks (under $1,000). The arrest was a result of an attempted pickup for an active Cranston Police arrest and affidavit
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10/11/17
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By CHELSEA CARNEY The officials of Garden City joined Mayor Allan Fung on Thursday to mark the entrance into Phase IV of the renovation process and the beginning of construction on the newest building in the plaza. Two restaurants, Tavern in the Square
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By Chelsea Carney
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10/11/17
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By ALLIE LEWIS Despite Saturday's bleak forecast, Rhode Island's Best Buddies Friendship Walk was not lacking in numbers. Hundreds of walkers made their way around the track at Brayton Avenue Park to raise awareness and funds for the organization. I"
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By Allie Lewis
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10/10/17
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The Cranston East Lady 'Bolts swept the Tolman Tigers, 3-0, on Monday evening at home and improved to 8-0 on the season. Senior setter Joanna Wong had 24 assists in the match and Maia Caito and Lauren Milani had seven
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By Ryan D. Murray
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10/10/17
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CITY OF CRANSTON
PUBLIC HEARING
Public hearing will be held @ City Hall in the Council Chambers, 869 Park Ave. Cranston, RI, on the following date, relative to the granting of a liquor license …
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10/9/17
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Currently in Congress, the Republicans are working on a tax reform plan. Like juggling glass vials of nitroglycerin, in this volatile realm of the national economy, a misplaced hand can cause the nation's finances to blow up. Since the beginning of the
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By Christopher Curran
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10/9/17
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For Ben DeCastro, inspiration was found during the third and fourth quarters of the Dec. 4, 2016 New England Patriots game to write the children’s book, “Because Your Mommy Does Crossfit.” …
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By Jacquelyn Moorehead
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10/9/17
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To the Editor: Are you ready for the new Math-iello? I applauded the Rhode Island Legislature for finally doing something about the unfair and regressive automobile tax. The taxpayers can now expect to get their own money back. I haven't followed the
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10/5/17
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The book has closed on the collegiate baseball career of Cranston native and Hendricken alum Rob Henry, with his senior season once again garnering conference-wide recognition. For the second time during his time at Brown, the former
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By Brenden Soares
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10/5/17
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By REV. HARRY RIX For several days I have been tuning out media coverage of flood victims of Harvey, Irma and Maria. I am sick of hearing about floods. But I watched the DemocracyNow! news broadcast, available online, and could not remove my eyes from
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By Rev. Harry Rix
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10/1/17
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The offense was clicking once again Friday night for the Cranston East football team. The 'Bolts traveled to Central and raced out to a 35-0 lead by halftime in an eventual 48-6 victory over the Knights, improving East's
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By Matt Metcalf
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9/30/17
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On a wet and windy night, Cranston West's William Such rushed for 205 yards and accounted for 24 of his team's 27 points in the Falcons' non-league, 27-0 win over the Johnston Panthers during Salute to Service Night last
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By Joe Russo
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9/30/17
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By PAM SCHIFF It's that time of year again. Pumpkins, sweaters, changing leaves and Cranston High School East's Thunderbolt Band & Emerald Encore hosts its annual Marching Band Invitational at Cranston Stadium. Going on 30 years, this is the highlight
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By Pam Schiff
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9/29/17
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Remember the name This past Sept. 21, Mayor Allan Fung held an Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Schastea, formally known as The Elephant Room, in Pawtuxet Village, that has changed its name to Schastea. Schastea is a local tearoom and creperie.
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9/28/17
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The Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) announced it has been awarded a $415,000 grant from the W.K Kellogg Foundation to continue improvements in delivery of services and supports to young children in Rhode Island's child
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9/28/17
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Remember when your daughter was a little girl and she would ride her bike or perform some physical trick and yell, “Look at me, look at me?”
There is an undisputable similarity with the …
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By Christopher Curran
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9/28/17
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By PAM SCHIFF This special group of people has been in each other's lives for over 70 years. They became classmates in the now closed Knightsville Elementary School on Greene Avenue. They were five years old back then; now, this year, they are all
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By Pam Schiff
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9/27/17
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The Cranston police log is a digest of reports from the State and Cranston Police Departments. MULTIPLE CRASHES, ONE-WAY DRIVER Col. Ann C. Assumpico, Superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police and Director of the Department of Public Safety, said
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9/27/17
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