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Gill family helps Cranston students in late son's name
By JEN COWART On March 25, 2007 the family of Ronald A. Gill Jr. could not have imagined how their life would change in an instant, nor could they have imagined the role they would have in changing the lives of so many young adults heading off to college more
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Cranston to hand out combination smoke/carbon monoxide alarms
By THOMAS GREENBERG Cranston is the first city to give residents combination smoke alarm/carbon monoxide detectors for their homes free of charge. Through a $20,000 American Fire Grant from FEMA, which Lieutenant John Ireland applied for this year, the more
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Police look to increase school resource officers
By THOMAS GREENBERG A new $100,000 line item called school safety initiative" is on the police department's proposed budget for next year. The money would pay for an increase in police presence at Cranston's schools. Finance Committee Chairman Michael" more
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Fire overtime hot topic at budget hearing
By THOMAS GREENBERG Of the fire department's roughly $30 million proposed budget for next year, the biggest expenditure, outside of salaries, is overtime at $3.5 million. At the budget hearing Monday night, Fire Chief William McKenna and Union President more
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50-plus put brain power to test at Temple Sinai
MERI R. KENNEDY Temple Sinai held a Trivia Night on April 7. A light supper with a variety of veggie pizzas, calzones and salad were served. Dessert and coffee was prepared by volunteers and the event was BYOB with in-house babysitting available. More more
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East grad works as local tattoo artist
By JEN COWART This article is the second in a series that features former students from the Cranston High Schools' art programs to show where they are now and how they have used their art education in their lives and careers. Anthony (AJ) Williams more
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Turf field at West part of budget talks
By THOMAS GREENBERG The Parks and Recreation budget for the upcoming year represents a variety of changes and additions at Cranston's schools and around the city, including a potential new football field at Cranston West and a possible Stony Acre Dog more
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Community rallies for friend injured in motorcycle crash
By PAM SCHIFF No one in Sloane Jaffa's family was prepared for the phone call that all people dread. He had been involved in a horrific accident on Sunday, April 1 and had been taken to Rhode Island Hospital. His injuries have left him in the ICU, with more
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Last call
By JEN COWART For nearly five decades he has been a greeter and seater of guests visiting the famed Cranston establishment known for its good food and good service, Twin Oaks. Last Thursday, however, Phil Caliri worked his last shift. It proved to be an more
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Security blankets with heart
By JOHN HOWELL They call themselves blanketeers. No, they don't wrap themselves in blankets, although like the Peanuts cartoon character Linus, they cling onto blankets. It's not a security thing. Not for them. Rather, blanketeers understand how more
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Police Log
ASSAULT On April 6 at 1:14 a.m., Officer Merry arrested Lloyd Wesley, 31, of 22 Myra St. in Providence for domestic simple assault, domestic failure to relinquish the telephone and violation of a protective order. The arrest is a result of a call of more
CCAP partners with non-profit to provide low cost, quality furniture
By THOMAS GREENBERG A local non-profit, the Rhode Island Donation Exchange Program, has partnered with Cranston Community Action Program (CCAP) to provide lower-priced furniture, most of which is donated by Cardi's, to low-income families out of their more
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$32,592 in unpaid lunch debt in Cranston schools
By THOMAS GREENBERG Cranston schools have a policy for when student's lunch payment accounts go into debt. After $12.50 at the elementary level and $16.25 at the secondary level, or five lunches, go unpaid for, the student will receive a sun butter more
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Tax Rate same; spending up $4.4M
By THOMAS GREENBERG Mayor Allan Fung's proposed budget, which will be heard by the City Council this month, doesn't include a tax increase, despite a $4.4 million increase in spending from the current budget. Some city residents may still see an increase more
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Ivy League or Presidental Scholarship?
By JEN COWART Cranston High School West's Marc Mansolillo has a tough choice to make. Out of a pool of 2400 total applicants, he was recently offered a prestigious, four-year full tuition and fees Presidential Scholarship at Villanova University after more
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Eagle Scout project aims to create 'little library' at West
By JEN COWART Colin Theilig is a sophomore at Cranston High School West, a student in the Entrepreneurship program at the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center on campus, and a Boy Scout with Cranston's Troop 22. He's now wrapping up an Eagle Scout more
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Police Log
BREAKING AND ENTERING James Dorsey, 51, of 11 Hillhurst Ave. Apt. #2 in Providence, was arrested on March 25 at 12:25 p.m. by Officer Murray for attempted breaking and entering, possession of burglary tools and resisting arrest as the result of a call more
Memories of Passover past
Starting Friday, March 30, Jews around the world are observing the holiday of Passover. For eight days, they sacrifice any food that is designated as “chametz.” Chametz means “leaven,” … more
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Rhodes 5th grader financially, environmentally savvy
By JEN COWART Helena Fisher is both financially savvy and environmentally aware, and it's proven to be a winning combination for the Rhodes fifth-grader. She found out in a surprise school assembly on March 16 that she is the Rhode Island elementary more
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Schools plan to spend $2.5M in fire code upgrades
By THOMAS GREENBERG Cranston schools' plant operations director Ed Collins says that it's replacement time" and there's "no more fixes" when it comes to the building improvements in schools across the city. "It's caught up with us due to a lack of" more
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Cranston alumni artist to launch new jewelry line
By JEN COWART This article is the first in a series that will feature former students from the Cranston High Schools' art programs to show where they are now and how they have used their art education in their lives and careers. It's been 10 years since more
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Council to continue review of carbon monoxide incident at East
By THOMAS GREENBERG After hearing from both Janice Ruggieri, Chairwoman of the School Committee, and Pauline Belal, who is suing the city for the medical expenses of pulling her daughter out of Cranston East due to carbon monoxide poisoning, the council more
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'Cranston for Life'
By THOMAS GREENBERG Bernadine Sadwin, who is the new director of development at Meeting Street School in Providence, says she was introduced to the school at an early age, because of her family's Cranston-based surgical equipment company. Cranston more
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West takes top awards at RI drama festival
By JEN COWART After an intense weekend of both hosting the Rhode Island Drama Festival and performing in it, the cast, crew and directors of Cranston West's Still Life With Iris" were thrilled to find out that they were one of two schools chosen to" more
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Police Log
ASSAULT Officer Laquale arrested Victoria Ryan-Webster, 28, of 575 Dyer Ave. Apt # J166 in Cranston on March 18 at 11:59 a.m. for domestic felony assault, domestic refusal to relinquish the telephone, and domestic disorderly conduct. Her arrest was the more
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