The Cranston Herald
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ASSAULT At approximately 6:39 p.m. on June 3 Officer Brown arrested Michael Brown, 60, of 65 Hazelwood St. #4, Cranston, RI, for domestic simple assault and domestic disorderly conduct. The arrest was the result of a disturbance at the aforementioned
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6/6/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Robert Lancia, who represents Cranston as a member of the state House of Representatives, is considering a Republican run for lieutenant governor. If elected, he would work to eliminate the office of the lieutenant governor, which he
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By Thomas Greenberg
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6/6/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG As six new police officers, including two transfers from other departments were welcomed into the Cranston police force Thursday night, eight current members of the department were given promotions, and an additional nine were
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By Thomas Greenberg
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6/6/18
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By PAM SCHIFF Not every student who lives in Cranston goes to a Cranston high school. And, for that reason, for the past 10 years since he's been in office, Mayor Allan Fung has held a small, private ceremony honoring all Cranston students who are in the
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By Pam Schiff
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6/6/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Chris Paplauskas was the first Republican to win the Ward 5 City Council seat in 74 years when he elected in 2014 after a failed run in 2012. He was then reelected in 2016 and has announced that he is running again for the same seat
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By Thomas Greenberg
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6/6/18
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By PAM SCHIFF Recently, the Cranston High School East Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps held their awards ceremony for the 29th Corps of Cadets. In total, there were no less than 48 different forms of awards presented. The ceremony honored and"
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By Pam Schiff
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6/6/18
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By MERI R. KENNEDY Most birds fly in a flock and new Eagle Scouts Anthony Cardi, Constantine George Coclin, Joshua Forgue and Daniel White did just that as they all celebrated their National Eagle High Court of Honor on May 10 at the Church of the
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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5/23/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG When a building goes through a $110,000 facelift, it would be fairly disappointing to its operators if they weren't happy with the results. Luckily for Elaine McKenna-Yeaw, the director of the Artists Exchange, and Ed Egan, who
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By Thomas Greenberg
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5/23/18
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By PAM SCHIFF At the School Committee meeting held Monday, the Committee voted 6-1 to not eliminate the reduced price lunch option for Cranston students. Ward 1 Representative Jeff Gale, who has been focused on the lunch shaming issue and the
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By Pam Schiff
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5/23/18
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COUNTERFEIT BILLS On May 15 at 11:49 a.m. Officer Scotti arrested Christopher Troupe, 30, of 155 Cottage St. Apt #2R in Pawtucket, for passing of counterfeit certificates/bills/notes and receiving stolen goods from Cranston PD. Arrest was the result of
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5/23/18
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By PAM SCHIFF There are few things more special than a boy and his dog. It is a true love match with unconditional love on both sides. For eight-year-old Michael Benjamin Sears, a second grader at Peter's Elementary school in a self-contained classroom,
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By Pam Schiff
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5/23/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Two retired Cranston police officers, patrolwoman Cheryl Zola and patrolman Russell B. Gross Sr., died within the last year and were honored as part of a 26th annual ceremony Tuesday morning at the Cranston police station to recognize
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By Thomas Greenberg
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5/16/18
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ASSAULT Gino Rossi, 22, of 68 Wayland Ave. in Cranston was arrested on May 11 by Officer Lavey for domestic felony assault, domestic failure to relinquish the telephone, and domestic disorderly conduct. The arrest was the result of a call for service at
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5/16/18
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Preparing for the big day The Edgewood Yacht Club's grand opening is slated for Saturday, May 19, when their new building opens for the 2018 boating season. The celebration begins with a ribbon cutting at 9:45 a.m., followed by a breakfast, skipper
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5/16/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG The City Council's amended budget for the coming fiscal year includes $111,000 more in city funds for the school department, adding to the $600,000 in the original budget proposal. The schools had asked for roughly an additional $1.3
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By Thomas Greenberg
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5/16/18
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Nicole White said that for the first four years of her son Kyrie’s life he had an in-home nurse while she and her husband worked full-time.
“The very first day we brought him home from the …
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By Thomas Greenberg
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5/16/18
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By MERI R. KENNEDY What if your insides" did not match other people's perception of you from the outside? What if the world demanded you to be a person you were not? What if you lived in fear all the time? A local play called "Trans Views" was created"
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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5/9/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG The police department will now have an Edgewood base where officers can stop in to do reports, meet with members of the community, and stay on their beat rather than returning to police headquarters. That base is at Hall Manor, at 70
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By Thomas Greenberg
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5/9/18
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ASSAULT On May 3 at 3:19 Inspector Pariseault arrested Edward J. Stenovitch, 50 of 21 Fales Street, Cranston for felony assault on a person over 60, vandalism and disorderly conduct as a result of the suspect turning himself in at District Court. He was
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5/9/18
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By JEN COWART Jordan Kim, a former Gladstone Elementary student who passed away just over a year ago from aplastic anemia, a type of cancer, was honored by friends, family, and members of the Cranston school community during a special gathering at the
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By Jen Cowart
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5/9/18
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By JEN COWART At Cranston High School East, there's a lot of German going on. Signs in the hallways advertise an after school club which touts learning about Germany and its language and culture. Meanwhile, just down the road at the University of Rhode
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By Jen Cowart
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5/9/18
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In less than two weeks, Angela Gargano will be scaling walls, jumping across water, and climbing ropes on her quest to become the next American Ninja Warrior.
That’s because she got “the …
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By Thomas Greenberg
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5/2/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Citing needs to make Cranston's schools into 21st century learning buildings and prepare students for a variety of post-secondary paths, schools officials took to the podium Thursday night to lobby for an additional $1.3 million for
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By Thomas Greenberg
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5/2/18
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By JEN COWART It is well-known that Ivy League institutions are some of the hardest to get into, with many acceptance rates falling into the single digits. According to the website Education Corner, (educationcorner.com), for 2018 the acceptance rates
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By Jen Cowart
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5/2/18
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By PEDER SCHAEFER In a Providence Journal story last Thursday, prospective U.S. Senate candidate Lincoln Chafee was painted as a man enamored with Vladimir Putin and a brilliant" 2007 speech he made on the nature of global power. When the Warwick Beacon"
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By Peder Schaefer
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5/2/18
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