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GAUGING THE JUMP: Hendricken's Joseph Rivera Santos was in action during the boys' long jump event at the outdoor state meet last weekend.
TG girls, Hendricken among top squads at states
In the total ranking of the 19 events at the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday afternoon, the Toll Gate girls placed fourth with a total of 47 points and Hendricken more
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Great anchorage in the Bay
No time for a long cruise? Time for a relaxed day with the family, maybe a picnic and a little swimming? Why not just putt over to Goddard Park? What to watch out for? There is a buoy marking Sally Rock, but you have a very good and calm anchorage just more
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YOUR YEARBOOK STAFF FOR 2017: Members of the yearbook staff pose for a quick picture on May 25 before the dedication ceremony starts.
East dedicates yearbook to friend, advisor DiCicco
As the days are marked off calendars to graduation and the end of their Cranston Public Schools careers, the Class of 2017 was excited and anxious to see their senior year captured forever in time in their yearbook. Yearbook faculty more
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A SPECIAL SPOT FOR ALL TO ENJOY: King and her family pose with Principal Sevigny and Mayor Allan Fung by the new buddy bench, situated on the Eden Park recess grounds.
Not one, but two trips
By JEN COWART The students at Eden Park Elementary School will have a wonderful new way to ease the sometimes tough rite of passage: finding friends to play with at recess time. Thanks to Eden Park Elementary School alumni, Carol-Ann King, there will be more
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FROM RINGS TO MEDALS: The Cranston East boys' volleyball team goes in for a huddle after winning their championship.
'Bolts cruise to first-ever Division II title
If you walked into Eddie's Diner for a late Sunday breakfast this spring, you may have seen a group of high school students enjoying a post-practice meal and never realized they were the best volleyball team in Division II. The Thunderbolts more
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NOW IT’S OFFICIAL: Mayor Allan Fung and his helpers cut the ceremonial ribbon to re-open the Children’s Room at Cranston Central Library on Saturday, June 3.
Central Library opens portal to new children’s room
With the motto “A portal to reading, a portal to fantasy,” the newly renovated children’s room at Cranston Public Library opened their doors officially on Saturday, June 3. With the room … more
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One way - their way
There was no room for doubt at the Park View Middle School community meeting last Tuesday: Cranston felt slighted by the City of Providence. In one of the more significant bipartisan, cross-city efforts in recent months, parties from both sides of the more
READING ALOUD TOGETHER: As Sturtevant read his story, Ducky Ducky Likes to Moo, he had the students partake in the read aloud, filling in with him as needed during his narration of the book.
Cranston native Sturtevant inspires a young crowd
By JEN COWART Local author and illustrator, Eric Sturtevant, visited Chester Barrows Elementary School last week as part of the school's celebration of Reading Week. Having grown up in Cranston, graduating from Cranston High School West, he is no more
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Mayor Fung hosts annual Best and Brightest Ceremony
By PAM SCHIFF While there are several high schools located within the City of Cranston, not all Cranston students attend those schools. For the past nine years, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung has held a small, private reception at City Hall that acknowledges more
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READY FOR INSPECTION: Cadet Major, Adrienne Gardner presents the Cadets at the Changing of Command Ceremony on May 26.
Cranston East JROTC performs Change of Command
By PAM SCHIFF Change, for better or worse, is inevitable. But for the Cranston East JROTC it is a rite of passage; handing over command of the battalion for the upcoming class of cadets. On Friday, May 26, in the CHSE gymnasium, members of the 28th more
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THE EASY PART OF THE VISIT: Mayor Allan Fung was a Reading Week guest reader at Eden Park Elementary School in Lisa Salisbury’s third grade class. He read aloud the book, “The Day the Earth was Silent,” and then took questions from the students about his job. He did not expect the class to be quite as knowledgeable and inquisitive as they were about so many civic topics, but took the time to answer each and every question asked, answering them at the students' level.
Fung meets his match
By JEN COWART On a recent visit to Eden Park Elementary School during Reading Week, Mayor Allan Fung had the opportunity to read to the third-graders in Lisa Salisbury's classroom. The mayor read the story, The Day the Earth Was Silent, a book about a more
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AS SEEN ON TV: Nick, Ron and Pete Cardi visited Chester Barrows Elementary School during the school's celebration of Reading Week. They read their book, Come In We're Open: a NIROPE story to the students and talked about their family history, their jobs within the company, and the hard work and teamwork which has always made it all possible.
Celebrities stop by Barrows
By JEN COWART Students at Chester Barrows Elementary School had a treat for Reading Week, with Nick, Ron and Pete Cardi, better known as NIROPE, visiting to talk about their career, their family business, giving back, and what it's like to be NIROPE. more
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Reunions
Tolman High School, Class of 1967, will hold a 50th reunion dinner June 10 at Al’s Waterfront, 28 Water St., East Providence. Cocktail hour is 5 p.m., class pictures 6:30, dinner and dancing 7. … more
Bain posts honor students for 1st quarter
The first quarter honors at Hugh B. Bain Middle School have been announced. Students earning honors are: Grade 8 High Honors Mohamad Almierrawi, Matthew Babalato, Halie Biagetti, Sabiha Can, Dustin Carvalho, Corey Fleetwood, Luis Guzman Candelario, more
Soaring off to college
Soaring off to college The Lt. Jim Pagano Foundation recently awarded $7,500 to Cranston seniors at the Cranston High School West College Scholarship Awards Night. From left to right, are Kyle Poland, Presented and Pagano Foundation President Lisa more
THEY’RE ALL WINNERS: Sporting buckets filled with fun summer things including books, towels, water toys, googles, toys and stickers, the raffle winners pose with Keith Munslow at the kickoff program for the Summer Reading Program. From left to right are Cranston East junior Keenan McNeely, CHSE sophomore Chendra Rivera, Dutemple third-grader Meredith Dawkins, Gladstone kindergarten student Tyrone Grundy and Garden City first-grader Shane O’Brien.
Cranston libraries, schools partner for Summer Reading Kickoff
By PAM SCHIFF On Thursday, June 1, the Cranston Public Schools Department of Library Media hosted their annual Summer Reading Celebration at Cranston East High School. This event was a collaboration between the Cranston Public Library and the Cranston more
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Six plead not guilty to violating ordinance
Six people who violated the Cranston public safety ordinance, “Solicitation on Roadways Prohibited,” were present for their arraignment on Tuesday morning at the Cranston Municipal Court. All … more
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ADDRESSING THE COMMUNITY: Cranston Mayor Allan Fung addressed a crowd of more than 100 Cranston and Providence residents during a meeting at Park View last Tuesday. To his left is Ward 1 Councilman Steven Stycos.
One Way Forward
By JACOB MARROCCO A traffic study surrounding the changes to the Roger Williams Park greenway released last Friday did little to satisfy Cranston Mayor Allan Fung and his administration one day after the changes went into effect. The frustration began more
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ENTRANCE: A cable stretches across the road leading to the 100-acre site for a solar farm off Lippitt Avenue in Western Cranston.
Planners approve $45M solar farm
By BRANDON MAXWELL In the first City Planning Commission meeting of the new election term and the New Year on Jan. 3, the commission approved two preliminary plans for building projects, including a solar farm off Lippitt Avenue. Since June, property more
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Cranston East names honor roll
Cranston High School East has presented the honor roll for the first quarter of 2016-2017. Students are recognized for achieving academic success using the following designations: Highest Honors: a grade point average of 4.0 or above with no grade lower more
Notice of Public Hearing
CITY OF CRANSTON SAFETY SERVICES & LICENSES COMMITTEE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing will be heard before the Safety Services & Licenses Committee on Monday, June 5, 2017 at … more
Notice of Public Hearing
CITY OF CRANSTON SAFETY SERVICES & LICENSES COMMITTEE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing will be heard before the Safety Services & Licenses Committee on Monday, May 1, 2017 at … more
Delicious ‘Dining Room’ at Arctic Playhouse
Theatre Review By DON FOWLER There is a scene in A.R. Gurney’s “The Dining Room,” where a college student visits his aging aunt to fulfill a class project: Explore Early Habits of … more
Music on the Hill: 10 years of quality chamber music
By DON FOWLER Gerard and Carol Pellegrino have looked forward to June every year for the past 10 years. Along with an active volunteer Board of Directors, led by Executive Director Emily Atkinson, the Warwick couple has been deeply involved in the more
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Clarizio adds coloring book to 'Magic Carpet' series
By MERI R. KENNEDY Cranston Children's Book author and Glocester illustrator launched a new picture book called Liam's Magic Carpet Adventures and most recently an accompanying title named Liam's Magic Carpet Coloring Adventures. On May 23, Children's more
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