The Providence Gridiron Club is preparing for its big spring shindig, The Annual Awards Night, with a preliminary release of the selections for Players of the Year in the six different Football …
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3/11/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theater (The Gamm) has announced its 34th lineup for this fall, which will feature five plays and will be the first season the intimate theater company hosts from its new location at 1245 Jefferson Blvd. in
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By Ethan Hartley
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3/11/18
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Every four years, the Winter Olympics give us a chance to revel in the performances of our favorite athletes, as well as celebrate any medals they might have won. The U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team delivered against tough opposition winning a bronze
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3/11/18
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A ribbon cutting for Carlos On Jan. 31, Carlos's Diner, located at 15 Gansett Ave., officially opened their doors serving breakfast and lunch. The official ribbon cutting with Mayor Allan Fung was recently held on March 2. Pictured are (l-r) Sandra
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3/8/18
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Cranston West has presented the honor roll for the second quarter. Grade 12 Highest Honors: Scott Angilly, Alexandria Crouse, Nicholas Dionizio, Dean Grupposo, Sai Teja Kamsani, Marc Mansolillo, Thomas Marcello, Marina Moceri, Caitlin O'Brien, Nicholas
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3/8/18
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Cranston High School West will be performing their spring dramatic production “Still Life With Iris” on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Alumni Auditorium on the CHSW campus. It is a production …
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By Jen Cowart
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3/8/18
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To the Editor: This is an open letter to all the citizens of Cranston. By now, or any day now, you will be receiving a letter from the tax assessor's office regarding your home's assessment value. Please understand that this is not a tax increase, but it
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3/7/18
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Dairy Queen aims for April opening The Dairy Queen Grill and Chill being built on Atwood Avenue was aiming for a January opening, but spokeswoman Katie Murray said progress was slowed due to a harsh winter. She said that the store is now tentatively
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3/7/18
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As a powerful nor'easter bore down on Rhode Island last week, Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr. (D-Dist. 22, Warwick) submitted legislation that would require the burying of power lines in places that have long-lasting power outages. The legislation (2018-H
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3/7/18
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By JEN COWART Less than six months after opening for business, Abbey Tilton has suffered a major setback at Abbey's ShAbbey Designs, located at 1460 Phenix Avenue in Cranston. In November, surrounded by family, friends and loyal customers, Abbey proudly
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By Jen Cowart
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3/7/18
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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
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By Thomas Greenberg
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3/7/18
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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
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By Thomas Greenberg
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3/7/18
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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
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3/7/18
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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
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3/7/18
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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,
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By Thomas Greenberg
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3/7/18
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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
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By Thomas Greenberg
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3/7/18
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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
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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3/7/18
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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
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By Thomas Greenberg
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3/7/18
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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 …
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By John Howell
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3/7/18
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If you dare, see you there
[Photo gallery]
Scary Acres, a haunted corn maze and hayride…
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3/6/18
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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
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By Pam Schiff
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3/4/18
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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 …
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3/4/18
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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 …
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3/2/18
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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...
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By Thomas Greenberg
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3/2/18
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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 …
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3/1/18
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