The Cranston Herald
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By MERI R. KENNEDY On Saturday, Jan. 21, from 1 to 3 p.m., on the State House Lawn, Rhode Islanders will join a worldwide movement built around the Women's March on Washington, D.C. The RI Women's Solidarity Rally in Providence is one of 300 rallies
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By Meri Kennedy
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1/18/17
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By JEN COWART On Wednesday, January 11, Park View Middle School held the final competition in their school-wide geography bee. The event consisted of the representatives from each team who had won at their team level. For the sixth grade, the student
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By Jen Cowart
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1/18/17
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Arlington Elementary School received a grant from best-selling author James Patterson to support its school library. In addition, Scholastic Reading Club will match each dollar of Patterson's donation with bonus points" that teachers can use to acquire"
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1/18/17
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DOMESTIC ASSAULT On January 17 at about 12:44 a.m., Officers Maione and Trinh arrested Christopher Hazard, 33, of 25 Maplewood Avenue in Cranston, for domestic disorderly conduct and domestic simple assault as a result of a call for service at 25 Maple
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1/18/17
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snowcr1 jpg DIGGING OUT: Gabby Orabona, age 8 of Cranston, a second-grade student at Glen Hills Elementary, enjoys the snow and helping her parents clean off the cars. (Herald photos by Steve Popiel) snowcr2 jpg FIRST TIME IN THE SNOW: Alexander
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1/12/17
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By MARY JOHNSON Colin Parkhurst thinks there are better ways to honor Cranston's dead. Many of the city's 84 historical cemeteries are hidden, he said, buried by overgrowth, trash and years of neglect. Most of the graves, he said, date to the
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By Mary Johnson
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1/12/17
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Almost 500 students from across the state will compete in the FIRST LEGO League “Animal Allies” Championship Tournament on January 14, 2017, at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. 81 teams …
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1/12/17
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At a short and rowdy special session held Tuesday evening in a small room where people were turned away because the room was at capacity, stood in the hall and chanted “change the venue,” the …
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By Tim Forsberg
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1/11/17
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Disease surveillance systems at the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) have detected an increase in viral respiratory and gastrointestinal illness over the past several days. While we expect to see an increase in viral illnesses at this time of"
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1/11/17
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By PAM SCHIFF In the natural course of life, parents are not meant to bury their children. They are also not meant to watch them suffer as they are taken by the awful curse that is cancer. Max Dwares passed away at the age of 20 from complications
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By Pam Schiff
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1/11/17
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Front row seat The holiday decorations at Stillhouse Cove looked all the more cheerful with a coating of snow. The first significant snowfall of the New Year was especially appreciated by the younger set as pictured on page 4. (Cranston Herald Photo)
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1/11/17
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By JEN COWART During the 2016 election year, there was a great deal of discussion about the dissemination of information and news. As sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram became public arenas for news as much as for selfies and pictures of
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By Jen Cowart
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1/4/17
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By MERI KENNEDY The day after the presidential election, a Facebook post by a woman in Hawaii calling for women to unite in solidarity for human rights created a groundswell of support from people across the country, including women throughout Rhode
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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1/4/17
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By PAM SCHIFF Dave's Marketplace is opening their tenth store on Pontiac Avenue in the former Seabra/Almac's/Tony's pizza building. According to Dave's marketing communications manager Susan Budlong, they are very excited to open this store. We are so"
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By Pam Schiff
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1/4/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Since 1946 Cranston municipal employees and their families have had the opportunity of becoming members of their own credit union. Like municipal employees in other cities and towns, they founded a credit union providing members to receive
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By John Howell
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1/4/17
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By JEN COWART On Tuesday, December 20, the Cranston East Music Department honored former music department program head Mark Colozzi for his many decades of service to the Cranston High School East Music department. Colozzi was given the Thunderbolt Hall
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By Jen Cowart
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12/30/16
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By TIM FORSBERG `Tis the season for mass consumption, and with it comes massive quantities of waste. The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) is prepared for the influx of holiday rubbish at the Central Landfill in Johnston, and they're
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By Tim Forsberg
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12/30/16
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Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Chief of Police, announces the arrest of Martin Abreu, age 28, of 96 Lawrence Street, Cranston, who was taken into custody following the execution of multiple search warrants on two locations in the City of Cranston (96
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12/30/16
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The Cranston Animal Shelter is the recipient of a $1,000.00 grant from “Maddie’s Fund,” a family foundation founded in 1994 by Workday co-founder Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl. The couple …
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12/30/16
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Holiday meals made for a brighter senior holiday smeals1 jpg WRAPPED WITH LOVE: On Dec. 23, 94 volunteers delivered 292 holiday meals to senior citizens who would be alone for Christmas. Each meal was packed in a bag made by students from Eden Park
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12/30/16
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By MERI R. KENNEDY Cranston's First Lady, Barbara Ann Fenton, had planned to visit Arlington National Cemetery to help at the Wreaths Across America's annual event. Yet, when she went on their website, she was horrified to learn that local West Bay
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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12/30/16
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`Tis the season for mass consumption, and with it comes massive quantities of waste. The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) is prepared for the influx of holiday rubbish at the Central Landfill in Johnston, and they're
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By Tim Forsberg
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12/30/16
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Students should be at stop 5 minutes before pick-up time.Please be aware that changes may be made to this list up to and after school begins. Updated lists will be available on the school district …
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12/19/16
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By MARY JOHNSON Just north of the Pawtuxet River, in the quiet neighborhood of Park View in Cranston, tidy capes with vinyl siding and boxy industrial buildings, sit side by each. It's a multi-generational neighborhood with a strong sense of community,
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By Mary Johnson
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12/19/16
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By MERI R. KENNEDY On Dec. 10, many shoppers at the Walmart on Plainfield Pike in Cranston were wondering what all the police activity was all about. In entry at the store stood Chief of Police, Colonel Michael J. Winquist, Police Officers and Cadets.
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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12/19/16
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