The Cranston Herald
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Ever think about what it would be like to pilot your vessel through an offshore wind farm. Well you can now give …
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By CAPTAIN DAVE MONTI
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3/17/21
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE On the heels of the latest high-profile incident involving ATVs operating on local roadways, officials from Cranston and Providence on Tuesday announced a new partnership aimed at addressing activity they described as endangering
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By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE
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3/17/21
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Rhode Islanders will have the opportunity to support any of more than 300 local nonprofits when 401Gives, the state's largest single day of giving, returns on April 1. After exceeding the $1 million mark for the effort's first-ever year, United Way of
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3/10/21
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By BRIAN C. NEWBERRY Speaker Shekarchi recently held a press conference in which he correctly made affordable housing a top legislative priority. Whether the legislature has a grasp of the real issues remains to be seen. The principle problem with
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By BRIAN C. NEWBERRY
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3/10/21
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Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG) has added a new program to its portfolio of services designed to help entrepreneurs launch and grow businesses. The SEG Ideator is an eight-week program created specifically for people who are thinking about starting a
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3/10/21
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Pomham Rocks Lighthouse photo and art contest As part of a year-long celebration of the 150th Jubilee of East Providence's historic landmark, the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse is sponsoring a photography and art contest. Entry is free. Entrants can
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3/10/21
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Back by popular demand, The Wilbury Theatre Group has added performances of "The Race" by Mark Binder, directed by Brien Lang, from March 13-28. This challenging new play, done on Zoom - an emerging new performance medium - examines the common, and
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3/10/21
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When Deb and John Walsh first saw Rose Cottage, it had been on the market for two years. Even though the 19th century Italianate building needed lots of basic upgrades, they fell in love with the glassed-in cupola, the high ceilings and its potential.
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3/10/21
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These are unprecedented times. We as fishers on the east coast have three fishing Amendments to Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) that will eventually be applied to regulations on striped bass, bluefish, as well as summer flounder, scup and black sea
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By CAPTAIN DAVE MONTI
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3/10/21
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Trinity Rep is one of ten theaters throughout the country that will be presenting the new, highly acclaimed, cinematic digital theater production "The Catastrophist." Written by Lauren M. Gunderson and co-produced by Marin Theatre Company and Round House
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3/10/21
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By DON FOWLER Whether it was in her Edgewood neighborhood, the University of Rhode Island campus, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra program, or on stage at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Susan Thomas brightened the world of everyone she
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By DON FOWLER
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3/10/21
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE In the wake of a New Year's Day incident on Atwood Avenue that left an officer injured and led to nine arrests, Cranston Police and Mayor Ken Hopkins have put the use of ATVs, dirt bikes and other illegal vehicles on city roadways in
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By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE
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3/10/21
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE An effort to address food insecurity in Rhode Island while providing a boost to independent local restaurants during the pandemic continues to grow. Plates with Purpose began when two women - one from North Providence, one from
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By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE
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3/10/21
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By ROB DUGUAY Live music has slowly been making its way back into existence around Rhode Island since phase three of the state's reopening process began. A few establishments have been putting on outdoor shows in a socially distanced setting since the
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By ROB DUGUAY
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8/26/20
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By ROB DUGUAY The average length of a song is between three and five minutes. Sometimes music can extend longer than that, and those pieces are often formulated in the classical, progressive or jazz styles. With the 17-minute epic, "e;The Pews Are Ajar,"e;
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By ROB DUGUAY
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8/12/20
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Dr. Luke Messac thought it was going to be like every other Tweet he sent.Messac, of Warwick, had just a few hundred followers as recently as July 16, and he took the opportunity to send out a …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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7/30/20
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As Father Brian Shanley reflects on his 15-year tenure as president of Providence College, he remembers what his parents told him when he was applying to colleges himself.As a senior at Toll Gate …
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By LAURA WEICK
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6/25/20
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The challenge facing any social movement is converting activism into change. So it will take time to assess the impact of the mass movement that formed in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police almost two weeks ago. Yet
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By IAN DONNIS
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6/10/20
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The Academy of American Poets has announced that Tina Cane, State Poet of Rhode Island, has been named one of its 2020 Poets Laureate Fellows. Cane, a resident of East Providence, will receive $50,000 to support community-based poetry projects throughout
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6/10/20
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Committee approves bill to permanently enact telemedicine insurance requirement The Senate Health and Human Services Committee recently voted to approve legislation that would permanently require health insurers to comprehensively cover telemedicine
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6/10/20
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Summer baseball has always been a part of Will Geoghegan’s life, going back to his childhood when his family used to watch Cape Cod League games while vacationing in Massachusetts. They …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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6/4/20
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By ROB DUGUAY When it comes to making a new record, the best approach for a musician is to write music they enjoy. It usually abides by a certain style and a number of influences, but it makes it more fun and often when the musician is having fun, the
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By ROB DUGUAYE
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6/3/20
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Milk donation supports hunger relief Stop & Shop, New England Dairy, United Way of Rhode Island and Rhode Island hunger relief agencies joined together on World Milk Day, June 1, for the donation of 8,252 half gallons of milk from Stop & Shop's 275
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6/3/20
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By ALEX SPONSELLER Last week, the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce held a Zoom conference call with members of the 2013 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. In the conference call, the members of the team recounted stories ranging from the
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5/27/20
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