The Cranston Herald
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ASSAULT On August 13 at 12:53 a.m. Officer LeClair arrested Natalie Arnold, 40, of 14 Everbloom Drive in Johnston for domestic simple assault/battery, disorderly conduct, and resisting legal or illegal arrest. Her arrest was the result of a disturbance
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8/15/18
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By KELLSIE KING Nearly 50,000 Rhode Islanders have been reunited with $15.2 million in unclaimed property during the 2018 fiscal year. In Cranston alone, $3.1 million was returned to 5,467 individuals, according to a press release sent out from the
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By Kellsie King
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8/15/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG When the new Legal Sea Foods `C' Bar going into Garden City needed someone to do their interior woodworking, cabinets, and fixtures, they turned to Design Fabricators, a Cranston family-owned business headquartered on Stamp Farm Road
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By Thomas Greenberg
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8/15/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG When Aug. 29 rolls around in a couple weeks and Cranston kids officially return to school, things are going to be different - especially for the students in middle and high school - as the district continues their efforts to make
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By Thomas Greenberg
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8/15/18
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By PAM SCHIFF Getting up on a stage is harrowing for most people, but getting up on a stage to tell jokes that they wrote themselves may bring some people to tears. However, for the 22 graduates of the $200 comedy course taught by professional comedians
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By Pam Schiff
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8/15/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG If the Cranston school department were to get some of the $10 million pie that Governor Gina Raimondo announced she would hand out for school safety, Superintendent Jeannine Nota says she'd like to use it on short-term projects like
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By Thomas Greenberg
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8/8/18
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By KELLSIE KING In January 2017, Governor Gina Raimondo signed an executive order created the Working Group on Diversity in Construction, with the purpose of providing greater access to jobs for women and minorities. This past Monday, she signed a
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By Kellsie King
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8/8/18
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By MERI R. KENNEDY Defenders of Animals Inc., which began a 40-year journey of caring for and defending the rights of animals in April of 1978, will hold its 22nd annual Homeless Animals Day/Candlelight Vigil/Awards ceremony at the Governor Sprague
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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8/8/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG With more than 133 students so far this summer and one week left, Chris Krane, the director of the youth sailing school at the Edgewood Yacht Club, said this is one of the most-attended years in all his time at the club. He's happy
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By Thomas Greenberg
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8/8/18
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By MERI R. KENNEDY On Thursday, July 26, Cranston Police Officer, Gregg Bruno had finished his shift as a K-9 officer and did not have a clue of the surprise to come that day. I was sitting on my couch watching the news and my phone started to ping a"
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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8/8/18
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By MERI R. KENNEDY On Tuesday, July 31, the New Hope Art Gallery celebrated their 8th Anniversary, which was also their summer show opening. While the gallery was located at the Rhode Island Training School for five years, they are now located at the
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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8/8/18
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By JEN COWART It all started with a school project. Glen Hills Elementary School students Laila and Alessandra, ages nine and ten, respectively, were recently inspired by an assignment from Alessandra's fourth-grade teacher, Kathy McAuliffe. We learned"
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By Thomas Greenberg
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8/1/18
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ASSAULT On July 29 at 11:04 p.m., Officers Lynch and Robbins arrested Sarae Cruz, 37, of 80 Fairweather Avenue in Cranston, for domestic simple assault/battery and domestic disorderly conduct. The arrest was the result of a disturbance at the above
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8/1/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG The City Council has voted unanimously to ban any above or below ground storage tanks of 1,000 gallons or more of flammable or explosive material (i.e. gasoline) from being installed within 300 feet of residential property in the city
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By Thomas Greenberg
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8/1/18
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“All kids can do theater.” That’s the motto of Ann O’Grady, executive director of the Rhode Island Youth Theatre.
With one show down and two to go, the 2018 RIYT summer season is in full …
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By Tara Monastesse
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8/1/18
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Robert and Alexandra Smith have just self-published their first book through Mascot Books, “An Angel Finds the Way,” written by Robert, a pilot, and illustrated by Alexandra, a 2018 Yale …
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By Jen Cowart
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8/1/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Fred Joslyn Jr. doesn't want to see a 672-square-foot sign when he drives out of his neighborhood. But that's what he thinks he'll have to deal with if a proposal by CubeSmart, a new storage space warehouse being built on Phenix Ave.,
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By Thomas Greenberg
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8/1/18
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By JEN COWART Starting in September there will be a new playground in town, thanks to the collaborative efforts of many and made possible by a RI Foundation Community Grant. When it was determined that Eden Park Elementary School was the only elementary
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By Jen Cowart
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8/1/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG The Blow Hookah lounge on Park Ave. - next to Catanzaro's Pizza and across from Nardolillo Funeral Home - was the scene of a large disturbance overnight Saturday, when multiple people were sent to the hospital after a stabbing led to
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By Thomas Greenberg
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7/25/18
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DISORDERLY On July 22 at 8:48 p.m. Officer Aldrich arrested Dina Paquin, 47, of 1766 Cranston Street in Cranston for disorderly conduct as a result of a disturbance at the aforementioned address. Paquin was held for morning arraignment. *** Officer Lynch
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7/25/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Paula Charleson doesn't make chocolate like most companies do. She makes it with honey rather than white or cane sugar and only uses four ingredients. And that unique spin on one of the most popular foods in the world, along with a
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By Thomas Greenberg
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7/25/18
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By JEN COWART In November 2017, Abbey's ShAbbey Shed opened for business, with Abbey Tilton and her family surrounded by friends and family who were excited for Abbey, a spastic quadriplegic who is legally blind and was born with cerebral palsy, to start
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By Jen Cowart
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7/25/18
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By JEN COWART With the support of family, friends and volunteers, the Gill family marked PS3 Ronnie A. Gill Jr.'s 38th birthday on July 21 with the 12th Annual Gill Foundation Golf Tournament. Held for the past ten years at the Cranston Country Club, the
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By Jen Cowart
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7/25/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Attorney General Peter Kilmartin said Friday the new $15.4 million AG office, located at 4 Howard Avenue in the Pastore Complex in Cranston, near the ACI, will provide Rhode Islanders with greater legal accessibility than their prior
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By Thomas Greenberg
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7/25/18
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By MERI R. KENNEDY A Family Day Fundraiser to benefit SBSNE Inc. Nutrition Support Program will be held Aug. 11 at Oakland Beach in Warwick. Hosted by Nicole White of Cranston and the President of the Short Bowel Syndrome Foundation for Children of New
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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7/25/18
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