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Farina: Stony Acre dog park to rival Rhode Island's biggest
By THOMAS GREENBERG The city of Cranston has never had a dog park, but that will change soon. Neighboring cities Warwick and Providence both have sizable parks for people to take their furry friends, but Cranston is just now looking to join the club with more
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Fung happy with poll, focuses on Cranston success
By THOMAS GREENBERG Cranston Mayor and Republican gubernatorial candidate Allan Fung spoke out this week in the wake of a Roger Williams University and WPRI-TV poll of Rhode Islanders which showed Fung trailed incumbent Governor Gina Raimondo by 2.6 more
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Police Log
ASSAULT At 5:56 a.m. on March 3, Officers McCoy and Burns arrested Alexander Scibak, 27, of 1928 Cranston St. in Cranston, for domestic simple assault/battery, domestic disorderly conduct, violation of a no contact order, third offense, and Superior more
CVS expands safe drug disposal at pharmacy locations in to combat opioid abuse
CVS Health recently announced that the company has expanded its safe medication disposal program inside select CVS Pharmacy locations in Rhode Island to help facilitate proper and timely disposal of opioids and other medications that could be diverted or more
4,922 customers lose power in storm
By THOMAS GREENBERG National Grid spokesman Ted Kresse said that, at the peak of the most recent storm during the Friday night hours going into Saturday morning, 4,922 Cranston residents had lost power. The wind brought trees down throughout the city, more
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Park View students get inside look at how the brain works
By THOMAS GREENBERG As 45 seventh graders at Park View Middle School filed into the library Friday afternoon, neuroscientists from Providence College were waiting for them with open arms - and bisected human brains. Despite many of the young students more
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Modern fashion boutique robin b. brings unique clothing to Garden City
By MERI R. KENNEDY It's the location! Seasoned fashion industry expert Robin Barrett Wilson has brought her unique clothing boutique, robin b., to Garden City Center on March 1. It features exclusive designs and brands for the modern woman. The 1,100 more
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Alpine becomes first RI country club with female director of golf
By THOMAS GREENBERG Naomi Nesenoff has been forging a path for women in golf since she started the first girl's golf team at her high school on Long Island, where she grew up. But even though she'll soon be the first female Director of Golf in Rhode more
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Hive of activity, storm center is eerily quiet
The National Grid Emergency Operation Center –“the Storm Room” – was like the eye of a hurricane Saturday afternoon. It had power, although that wasn’t the case for about 100,000 … more
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If you dare, see you there [Photo gallery]
Scary Acres, a haunted corn maze and hayride… more
East students send Valentines to veterans
By PAM SCHIFF Over the course of two days, almost 250 students visited the Cranston East High School library to send their thanks and regards to veterans who are at the VA medical center in Providence. Students were required to write a letter to a more
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Deborah Ellen Bradshaw
Deborah Ellen Bradshaw, 64, of Pascoag, RI passed away on Feb 22nd after a life-long battle with Muscular Dystrophy. Born in Providence, the daughter of John D. Bradshaw III and Marilyn Milan … more
Forever a queen
On Tuesday, the community at Hope Alzheimer’s Center in Cranston celebrated an important milestone with one of their clients, Olga Susi, along with her family and friends, as she turned 104 years … more
Lancia: $15M collected for 911 not going to agency
By THOMAS GREENBERG -- Representative Robert Lancia is on a mission. It began two years ago, when a former staff member was t-boned in front of the State House... more
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She's got her goat
With a handful of food Emma Rado had no problem in attracting plenty of attention at Roger Williams Park Zoo Tuesday. She was visiting the zoo with her mother, her sister Ava and her grandmother Mary … more
Panel to study how to make schools safer
As Cranston firefighters filed into the City Council chambers Monday night to receive their citations from the city for their work during the chemical fire on Elmwood Avenue, the room filled to a … more
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Input sought on school building plan
Cranston’s school department, in its quest to eventually renovate or rebuild schools, which are in some cases almost 100 years old (Briggs Building), has hired an outside company, Fielding Nair … more
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Grace Janicki Waz
Grace Janicki Waz, 94, died peacefully in Providence on January 10, 2018. She had been living at Elmhurst Extended Care for the past 3 years where she was a much loved and well cared for … more
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
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
Bain Middle School presents second quarter honor roll
Bain Middle School has announced their honor roll for the second quarter. Grade 8 High Honors Abdul Rahman Al-Tarazi, Brandon Cordon, Nayelis Cruz, Muhammad Faisal, Soliya Lach, Minh Hung Le, Daniela Morales, Susanna Ovespian, Steven Rodriguez, Sara more
Trinity’s 'Othello' a masterpiece of theatre
Trinity Rep continues its long tradition of masterfully interpreting Shakespeare with its intense production of the Bard’s tragedy of ”Othello.” Set in the round in the sprawling upstairs … more
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Elementary students deliver 100 care packages to seniors on Valentine's Day
By JEN COWART Wednesday was a busy day at the Michael A. Traficante Senior Enrichment Center in Cranston. Thanks to the generosity of Letitia and the late John Carter's Spark grant, a combined group of 40 third graders in Lisa Davis's class at Glen Hills more
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Diplomacy is key on North Korea
To the Editor: On Saturday, Feb. 17, I had the pleasure of attending an open house at the Korean Cultural Center on Park Avenue in Cranston. I spent a year in the late 1970s teaching English at Yonsei University's Foreign Language Institute in Seoul and more
MS Dream Center expands unique offerings at Pastore Center
By THOMAS GREENBERG On any given Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, you can find reiki, tai chi, or Zumba dance classes going on in the newly renovated activities room in the Pastore Center on Gansett Blvd. The participants aren't kids from the Y like it more
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