The Cranston Herald
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By MERI R. KENNEDY The RI Shriners held their first Valentine's Day Elvis Tribute Concert on Feb.10 at the Imperial Room and was sold out at the door. The room was decorated in Valentine red and guests were treated to hot hors d'oeuvres, appetizers and
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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2/15/18
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By MERI R. KENNEDY The 2nd Annual Magnolia Valentine's Day Family Celebration, hosted by Magnolia Pediatrics, located at 1450 Atwood Ave. in Johnston was held on Feb. 10 at the Cranston Christian Fellowship, 1114 Scituate Ave, Cranston. Magnolia
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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2/15/18
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By JEN COWART At Western Hills Middle School, the faculty and staff have been partnering for training with Day One, a sexual assault and trauma center that provides support to victims from the ages of preschool through adults of any age. The training the
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By Jen Cowart
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2/15/18
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By JEN COWART The National Junior Honor Society at Park View Middle School recently collected over 100 hats, gloves, scarves and mittens for the Cranston Community Action Program (CCAP). The students presented their haul to CCAP's Vice President of
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By Jen Cowart
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2/15/18
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Cranston students named to Assumption dean's list Four Cranston natives have been named to Assumption College's dean's list for the fall semester, including seniors Luke Maguire and Stephanie Menard, sophomore Alyssa Ruggieri, and freshman Rebecca Hobin.
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2/14/18
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To the Editor: I attended a Cranston Planning Commission meeting on February 6th at Cranston East High School. The main business before the Commission at this monthly meeting was a proposal to change the City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan and zoning
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2/14/18
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To the Editor:Retired school principal Joe Crowley writes (from ‘If you think guns make it safer, then check the numbers,’ 2/1/18): “The Cranston City Council is in a quandary about …
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2/14/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Mearthane Products Corporation (MPC) off of Comstock Parkway in Western Cranston manufactures products used daily around the world, including, according to President of the company Peter Kaczmarek, the inline skates that will be used
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By Thomas Greenberg
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2/14/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG If there's something in between a mock trial and a real courtroom, that's what the auditorium of Cranston East turned into during February's planning commission meeting last Tuesday. But there weren't any students involved, and a real
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By Thomas Greenberg
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2/14/18
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By JEN COWART Cranston Public School's new program director for the district's after school, summer and vacation camp programs is not the Rhode Island Olympic medallist of the same name, but lately she's been mistaken for her quite often as she has been
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By Jen Cowart
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2/14/18
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Kenneth E. Robertson Jr., 57, of Warwick died Sunday, February 11, 2018 at home.
Born in Warwick, he was the beloved son of Sharon L. (Walker) Robertson of Coventry and the late Kenneth E. …
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2/13/18
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Cranston West defended its home court on Friday night, executing its defensive game plan en route to securing a 46-34 victory over rival Cranston East in Division I girls' basketball action. The Falcons featured a balanced
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By Matt Metcalf
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2/13/18
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Cranston's branch of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State (BBBSOS) will use a $5,000 grant from the Rhode Island Foundation to fund community-based and site-based mentoring programs for the African-American children it serves. Providing the black"
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2/13/18
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Some of the top college football coaches in the country have made the trip to Bishop Hendricken in recent weeks, all for one common purpose - recruiting highly-coveted offensive lineman Xavier Truss. Truss, who stands at
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By Matt Metcalf
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2/13/18
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Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FCSV) volunteer Michael Messier, a native of Cranston, was named the Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) 2017 volunteer of the year. The award was presented to Messier by Representative Scott Peters (D-CA),
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2/12/18
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After 40 years of designing toys from the iconic “Star Wars” saga, Mark Boudreaux still holds the same excitement for the series that he had when he first started.
“It has been quite an …
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2/10/18
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By JEN COWART On Monday, January 29, educators from across the state of Rhode Island had the opportunity to connect at the Highlander Institute's Project Based Learning (PBL) RI January meet-up, at Providence's TechCollective. According to event
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By Jen Cowart
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2/9/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG Kevin Cloxton said that he's wanted to be a firefighter for as long as he can remember, so when he got the opportunity to work with Cranston's Fire Department as part of his Eagle Scout project, he took it. For his project, he built a
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By Thomas Greenberg
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2/9/18
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By PAM SCHIFF On Tuesday, January 23, students at Oaklawn Elementary School were treated to a special musical performance from the Newport Jazz Assembly. Since its inception, the Newport Jazz Assembly band has performed in 50 schools to over 13,000
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By Pam Schiff
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2/8/18
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By JEN COWART The kindergarten students at Glen Hills Elementary School, along with their teachers, Maria Santonastaso and Kelly Walton, had the opportunity to show off what they have been learning over the past six weeks with an official Showcase of"
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By Jen Cowart
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2/8/18
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By MERI R. KENNEDY On June 17, 2017 at 10 a.m., Nicholas Bombardier, age 18, of Troop 66 Garden City, completed his Eagle Project. He held a Flag Retirement ceremony at Camp Champlin to celebrate the achievement at the time. For his project, he led a
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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2/8/18
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By JEN COWART Daniel Meyerson, an eighth-grader at Western Hills Middle School, has been named one of 10 Be Fearless Be Kind" award-winners in the nation. The award celebrates youth in Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools across the country and is"
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By Jen Cowart
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2/8/18
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ASSAULT As the result of a disturbance at 49 B St. on Jan. 31 at 11:45 p.m., Officers Burns and Rocchio arrested Domenic Volpi, 34, of 49 B St. #1 in Cranston for two counts of felony assault with a dangerous weapon/substance, three counts of simple
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2/8/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG In what is still a very fluid situation with many moving parts, Mark Schieldrop, executive assistant to Mayor Allan Fung, said that the cost to Cranston from the chemical fire at Prosys Finishing Technologies that sent 14 firefighters
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By Thomas Greenberg
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2/8/18
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Cranston Mayor Allan Fung’s father, Kwong-Wen Fung, died over the weekend at 89 years old due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, which Mayor Fung said he’s had a “long battle …
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By Thomas Greenberg
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2/7/18
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