Back at home On Oct. 5, Mayor Allan Fung welcomed van Eeghen's Pharmacy to 650 Oaklawn Ave., Suite 3. Owner Brooke van Eeghan, who grew up in Cranston and is pictured with the mayor, has been a pharmacist for 12 years. I spent a few years working at"
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By JEN COWART On Sunday, Feb. 3, nearly two-dozen Cranston students were honored for their extraordinary works of art at the 2019 Scholastic Art Awards Opening Ceremony at Salve Regina University in Newport. The event was sponsored by the Rhode Island
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Students and staff raced around the gymnasium at Rhode Elementary School – the former in the role of the “prey,” the latter playing the “predators.”
They played a game called …
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By JEN COWART
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Grade 8 High Honors: Brooke Anderson, Brynn Bachner, Alissa Burgos, Ryan Chhay, Nicholas Cioe, Joey Crouse, Jillian D'Elena, Ryan D'Elena, Hailey DeCosta, Gianna Degaitas, Andrew Dion, Arpi Donoyan, Aanshi Goyal, Adin Gregorzek, Sophie Hmiddouche, Hope
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By JEN COWART After a thrilling first season, the Western Hills Middle School Cybersecurity Team competed in the semifinal round of the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition held Feb. 1-3 at the New England Institute of Technology. The
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By ETHAN HARTLEY A classic New England joke advises that if you don't like the weather, one simply has to wait a minute for different weather to occur. Anecdotally speaking, Rhode Islanders are well aware of the region's seemingly moody nature. Sometimes
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By ETHAN HARTLEY
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Grade 8 High Honors: Hailey Bobek, Allison Bratter, Nadia Della Grotta, Isabella DiStefano, Matthew Dorsey, Arielle Feinstein, Taylor Ferraro, Hope Gouchie, Emma Lancellotta, Joseph Marino, Logan McGovern, Christina Micheletti, Victoria Minicucci, Alison
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Grade 8 High Honors: Julia Avril J. Babalato, Isaac N. Barbosa, Nathan I. Carrillo, Gianni Cecilia-Acosta, Ariana M. Costa, Ania V. Figueroa, Alexiah J. Francisco, Nathaniel J. Goffe, Masiel N. Gutierrez, Kylie E. McCreavy, John O. Otele, Jasmin S.
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Special honor Katherine M. Miller of Cranston was among the 22 new members inducted into the Gamma Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Delta Nu nursing honor society at the Community College of Rhode Island on Jan. 15. Family members were invited to see the
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House Oversight gives transportation vendor three weeks to fix problems The House Committee on Oversight, chaired by Rep. Patricia Serpa (D-Dist. 27, West Warwick, Coventry, Warwick), met Feb. 7 to review hundreds of complaints lodged against a new
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A former employee of Ross-Simons Jewelers has been charged with embezzlement in connection with the theft of more than $222,000 in jewelry, according to Cranston Police.
Yanill C. Taveras, 26, of …
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE A driver who fled the scene of a fiery Feb. 7 car crash on Laurel Hill Avenue was wanted by Woonsocket Police on a charge of domestic strangulation, according to Cranston Police. Richard B. Gobern III, 29, of 70 Newland Avenue, Apt.
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