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PLEASE VOTE FOR ME: Brianna Lennon's classroom in the Briggs Building at Cranston East is in a heated competition for new iPads and technology for the students.
East teacher in competition for new classroom technology
By PAM SCHIFF Brianna Lennon is competing to bring her classroom at East into the twenty-first century by procuring iPads that students can use throughout the school year to aid and advance their understanding and experience with foreign language. more
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YOU GET A BACKPACK, YOU GET A BACKPACK: The volunteers worked quickly and efficiently to pass out almost one thousand backpacks to students.
A first, Cranston gets Back to School backpack distribution
By PAM SCHIFF For the first time in Back to School RI's 18 years, Cranston was selected as a site to distribute backpacks filled with school supplies and offer information to families they might not have easy access to. Families came and waited in long more
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Overnight parking permits considered
By JACOB MARROCCO \The Cranston City Council ordinance committee passed a narrowly tailored piece of legislation that would allow those without a driveway to purchase an overnight parking permit, pending a review from the administration. Current city more
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SAME STORY, DIFFERENT DAY: Rep. Robert Lancia holds a copy of Cranston Herald from the late 1970s with a lead page article about electric rate increases. “Things never change” was his message.
Fung, residents rebuke electricity rate hike
By ETHAN HARTLEY Rhode Island residents from all over the state converged Tuesday on the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) office in Warwick to participate in the public comment portion of a hearing to decide whether or not to accept the 53 percent rate more
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Panel wants study of Sockanosset traffic
By JACOB MARROCCO The Cranston City Council public works committee unanimously passed a resolution Thursday night imploring the administration to conduct a traffic study at the Sockanosset Corridor. Director of Administration Robin Muksian called the more
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MR. INDEPENDENT: Don Botts, pictured here, announced via Twitter last week that he is leaving the Republican Party. Botts said he had been a member for about 15 years, but lack of Republican opposition and President Trump’s Charlottesville remarks were the tipping points.
In wake Charlottesville, Botts leaving GOP
By JACOB MARROCCO These days, one Tweet can tell a story. Former Cranston Ward 2 City Councilman Don Botts has been very active on the social media site recently, criticizing President Donald Trump's response to the protests and terrorism attack in more
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IN WITH THE NEW: On Monday, hundreds of boxes of comfortable new auditorium seats arrived on the scene at Cranston West for the Alumni Association’s continued efforts to renovate and restore the school’s auditorium.
On edge of their seats at West
By JEN COWART The Cranston High School West's Alumni Association has been working in conjunction with many community partners over the past nearly two years to undertake a huge auditorium restoration project. Now, as the curtains are ready to open on a more
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MULTITASKING: Cranston West’s Sean Sova has been participating in multiple community theater productions this summer, doing both acting and directing. This weekend he will be directing ‘James and the Giant Peach Jr.’ for the Rhode Island Youth Theater program, which will be performed at the Park Theater in Cranston, his home town.
West's Sova to direct 'James and the Giant Peach'
By JEN COWART If you'd asked Sean Sova years ago if he ever thought he'd be directing a theatrical production as a high school senior, he would tell you, unequivocally, absolutely not. However, this weekend makes Sova's second directing debut for the more
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It fits the picture
It fits the picture While it has taken months to drive piles and build the foundation from which the new Edgewood Yacht Club will rise, the work appears to be following the architect's drawing as planned. It is hoped the work from this point will speed more
SAFE VIEWING: Frankie Paletta views the eclipse using a shadow box.
Library didn't book on eclipse fans
By RYAN CHAMPLIN Six months ago, when the Warwick Public Library's Assistant Director Jana Stevenson and staff were ordering special glasses for the eclipse, they thought 200 pairs would be enough. We were thinking that we would never get rid of them" more
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Shelter Animal of the Week
By MICHAIAH & ABIGAIL KOJOIAN Shelby had a family since she was 5 months old, but after four years, they brought her to the shelter because they were expecting a baby and didn't know how she would respond to living with a child. She was very afraid at more
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Valerie Westgate as Gillian, Charles Lafond as Nicky, & Isabel O'Donnell as Auntie Queenie.
Bewitching ‘Bell, Book & Candle’ at 2nd Story
2nd Story Theatre’s Artistic Director, Ed Shea, conceded to an opening night audience of John Van Druten’s “Bell, Book & Candle” that the last two plays at the Warren theatre were not that … more
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International Coastal Cleanup set Sep. 16
Save The Bay is calling all community members who love Rhode Island's shoreline and want to do something good in our community. Saturday, September 16 is the International Coastal Cleanup, and thousands of volunteers are needed to help remove litter and more
SOCKS! All Andrea Smith of Cranston wanted for her recent birthday were socks to donate to the homeless through her organization Help The Homeless RI. Comfort Socks donated new socks to Smith’s goal as she exceeded her goal with 2600 pairs of socks.
Smith honored for work with homeless
“On behalf of Governor Raimondo, I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected to receive a Rhode Island Executive Branch Employee Recognition Award in Community Service. The Community … more
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Cranston Chatter
By MERI R. KENNEDY 2nd Annual NBC Channel 10 Volley for Buddies The 2nd annual NBC Channel 10 Volley for Buddies will take place this Labor Day weekend (Sept. 1-3) at Mulligan's Island in Cranston. Starting at Midnight on Friday, Sept. 1 and running more
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Flexing into Cranston
Flexing into Cranston Mayor Allan Fung officially welcomed Reflexion Fitness and Wellness at their new location, 2 Starline Way, Unit 1 (off Plainfield Pike). Pictured with Mayor Allan Fung is the owner, Laura Lanni, holding her son, Pasquale, 4. more
A POSTER FOR NEARLY EVERYONE: Almost every protester had some form of poster, including George Hanley.
TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
By JACOB MARROCCO The Cranston Action Network (CAN) wasted no time making panhandling the crux of its protest last Thursday, occupying the intersections of Pontiac Avenue, Park Avenue and Rolfe Street to solicit donations. After U.S. District Court Chief more
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Eight decades and counting
Eight decades and counting On Aug. 5, Dr. Erica Tow and Dr. Timothy Whitmire of Colorado exchanged vows of marriage at the Squantum Association in Riverside. They were blessed to have Erica's grandparents, Peter and Kim Tow of Cranston, in more
SPECIAL REQUESTS: Santa Claus sits on a chair and fields a variety of special requests from children who attended the unique Summer Explore program.
Christmas in July at Immaculate Conception
By PETE FONTAINE There's a unique Rite of Summer at Immaculate Conception Regional Catholic School in Cranston that features everything from storybooks to science to the sea. It's called Summer Explore and is a summer day camp, which runs five weeks for more
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Police Log
ASSAULT On Aug. 13 at 9:50 a.m. Officers Clifford and Babcock arrested Mariah Ball, 21, of 132 Norfolk St. in Cranston for domestic simple assault and disorderly conduct as a result of a disturbance call from the same address. She was arraigned by a bail more
MERI KENNEDY
My new normal
By MERI R. KENNEDY I can't eat food anymore. Gone are the days of baked stuffed shrimp at Twin Oaks, a cheeseburger at The Thirsty Beaver or breakfast at Miss Cranston Diner. I now eat through a PICC line in my left upper arm. I live 24/7 in nausea and more
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AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE: The ugly duckling confronts those who are taunting her for being different during one scene of the show.
Students in the spotlight at Bain Summer Theater program
By JEN COWART Thursday afternoon was a perfect day for the students in the Bain Summer Theater program to present the culmination of their many weeks of hard work in an outdoor theater setting on the grounds of Hugh B. Bain Middle School. Under the more
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WHAT I’VE DONE THIS SUMMER: Jack Furtado shows his mother Lisa his study of the water cycle and the parts to a microscope as he explains what he learned during his time at Camp XL.
Camp XL's Kidpalooza celebrates a summer of fun, learning
By JEN COWART On Friday, Aug. 4, the staff and students of Camp XL hosted their annual Kidpalooza event. It is a culminating event celebrating the fun and the learning that has taken place at the camp all summer long. From bounce houses and dunk tanks to more
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BACK HOME: Cranston Director of Administration Robin Muskian began her third stint in Cranston, where she grew up, this summer.
Mending fences
By JACOB MARROCCO Robin Muskian's career has focused on balance. She has been all over since her first stint in government working under Mayor Stephen Laffey starting in January of 2003. She has since served as director of administration for three more
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LESS THAN A YEAR AWAY: Above is a rendering of what the new AG Customer Service Center will look like upon its projected completion in Spring 2018.
New AG Customer Service Center celebrates topping off
By JACOB MARROCCO Despite a little humidity, it was a perfect day for a milestone. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin and about a dozen staff members came down to the site of his office's new Customer Service Center on 4 Howard Ave. in Cranston to more
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