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East home show evokes fond memories for band alumni
By PAM SCHIFF Under the Saturday night lights at Cranston Stadium, the Cranston East Thunderbolt Band and Emerald Encore hosted eight other high schools including; Bishop Feehan, Blackstone-Milville, Cranston East, Dartmouth, Dennis-Yarmouth, King more
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Oaklawn walking the walk
By PAM SCHIFF Someone at Oak Lawn Elementary must have a connection with Mother Nature, and was able to get a sunny, breezy and cool day for their first fundraising event of the year on Friday, Sept. 30. Principal Jim Zanfinni was pleased with the event. more
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Coffee with a Cop turns out dozens
By MERI KENNEDY On Wednesday, Oct. 4, members of the Cranston Police Department invited the community to an informal gathering to discuss current community issues, build relationships and meet face-to-face over a cup of coffee. All community members were more
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Donation website raises funds, questions for Cranston schools
By PAM SCHIFF What started off as an innocent share on the BASICS (Benefiting All Students in Cranston Schools) Facebook page by a parent trying to help a teacher get eight Chromebooks for her classroom, has raised a major problem for Cranston Public more
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Student stress data used for school change
By JEN COWART It's been no secret that today's students are stressed out, but now there is data to prove it. This past spring, RIDE released the Surveyworks data from surveys which were given out to students in grades three and up, as well as to parents, more
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East community gives back to alumnus serving in Afghanistan
By PAM SCHIFF Cranston East Social Studies teacher, Chris Ougheltree came up with a spur of the moment" initiative to show support for our troops. "This is just one example of the many positive projects related to helping our community generated by the" more
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'Pothole Killers' find good hunting in Cranston
By JOHN HOWELL The Pothole Killers visited Cranston last week. Resembling a mechanical praying mantis on wheels, the killer didn't have far to travel to find a pothole. By Rhode Island standards it was hard to even call it a pothole, rather it was more more
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Edgewood Highland kindergarten integrates Boston program
By JEN COWART The two kindergarten classes at Edgewood Highland Elementary School are implementing a new integrated curriculum this school year, and they are one of three Cranston Public Schools that are participating. We participated in four full days" more
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Yacht Club revival continues, February completion targeted
By MICHAEL HUBER On a damp and cloudy Columbus Day, the air onshore was full of the sounds of drills and hammers from workers rebuilding the Edgewood Yacht Club, all amid the quiet beginnings of the 6th Annual Columbus Day Regatta out on the water. more
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Caroline Caprio on defying a death sentence, becoming a walking miracle
By THOMAS GREENBERG Sometimes when you brace for the worst, that's what you end up getting. That's what happened for Caroline Caprio of Warwick back in July 2013 when an MRI revealed a golf ball-sized brain tumor on the left side of her head. The more
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Oaklawn Elementary 'rocks' its community
By PAM SCHIFF Oaklawn art teacher Marisa Iacovone is working with the full student body on a project to help give back to the greater community. Mr. Z. (Oaklawn Principal Jim Zanfini) approached me over the summer with this interest of connecting" more
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East grad shares online dating disasters in debut book
By PAM SCHIFF Alison O'Donnell never intended to be an author. Or, an on-line dating expert, but when she realized she had collected almost 100 dating debacles she knew she had a best seller on her hands. Stupid Cupid tells the story of each guy she more
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New mascot in town at Rhodes
By JEN COWART On Thursday morning the school community at Rhodes Elementary School gathered together for a very special event, one that was the result of several years of effort, much hard work by last year's fourth grade classes and a schoolwide more
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East JROTC storms beach for annual coastal clean-up project
By PAM SCHIFF On a warm and sunny Saturday, 75 volunteers from Cranston East participated in the Save the Bay clean up event, as they have done for the past nine years. In addition to the 68 cadets, the seven chaperones were Cranston East JROTC more
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Unbeaten 'Bolts too much for Clippers
Justin Neary threw three touchdown passes and running back Rayven DeOliveira rushed for three scores as the Cranston East football team continued its dominance of Division I-B with a 40-6 trouncing of Cumberland on Friday more
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Such, Falcons hold off Rebels
The Cranston West football team is rolling. The Falcons improved to 2-0 in Division I-A on Friday evening, as three rushing touchdowns by senior running back Will Such led West past South Kingstown, 34-28. The win marked the more
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Ayodeji George had an assist against Scituate and a goal against Davies.
East routs Scituate, Davies
The Cranston East boys' soccer team pushed its undefeated record in Division III to 8-0-1 last week with convincing victories over Scituate and defending D-III champion Davies. The 'Bolts started their 2-0 week by powering more
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Police Log
FRAUD On Sept. 30 at 5:39 p.m., Officer Leonard arrested Daniel Brown, 53, of 13 Terrace Ave. Apt. 2 in Providence for fraudulent checks (under $1,000). The arrest was a result of an attempted pickup for an active Cranston Police arrest and affidavit more
Garden City kicks off Phase IV
By CHELSEA CARNEY The officials of Garden City joined Mayor Allan Fung on Thursday to mark the entrance into Phase IV of the renovation process and the beginning of construction on the newest building in the plaza. Two restaurants, Tavern in the Square more
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Best Buddies Walk strolls through Cranston
By ALLIE LEWIS Despite Saturday's bleak forecast, Rhode Island's Best Buddies Friendship Walk was not lacking in numbers. Hundreds of walkers made their way around the track at Brayton Avenue Park to raise awareness and funds for the organization. I" more
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'Bolts sweep Tigers to improve undefeated record
The Cranston East Lady 'Bolts swept the Tolman Tigers, 3-0, on Monday evening at home and improved to 8-0 on the season. Senior setter Joanna Wong had 24 assists in the match and Maia Caito and Lauren Milani had seven more
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Public Hearing
CITY OF CRANSTON PUBLIC HEARING Public hearing will be held @ City Hall in the Council Chambers, 869 Park Ave. Cranston, RI, on the following date, relative to the granting of a liquor license … more
Rich get richer, poor get poorer and the middle goes nowhere
Currently in Congress, the Republicans are working on a tax reform plan. Like juggling glass vials of nitroglycerin, in this volatile realm of the national economy, a misplaced hand can cause the nation's finances to blow up. Since the beginning of the more
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SHE’S FIT: Warwick native Kristen Hrabcsak illustrated a physically fit mom in the new children’s book “Because Your Mommy Does Crossfit.”
Warwick native illustrates book on crossfit moms
For Ben DeCastro, inspiration was found during the third and fourth quarters of the Dec. 4, 2016 New England Patriots game to write the children’s book, “Because Your Mommy Does Crossfit.” … more
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Math-iello car tax relief
To the Editor: Are you ready for the new Math-iello? I applauded the Rhode Island Legislature for finally doing something about the unfair and regressive automobile tax. The taxpayers can now expect to get their own money back. I haven't followed the more
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