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Librarians on the move: Coordinator of adult services Dave Bartos and teen librarian Alyssa Taft assist a patron of the farmer’s market with returning a few picture books.
Library unveils new mobile programming platform: Branch 7
A brand new van with a snazzy logo will be parked all around Cranston in the coming year, loaded up with books, tech, and librarians on a mission to bring library services to folks in … more
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HE AIMS TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN: Garry Crum standing in front of VFW Post 4651 located on 7 Haven Avenue. (Photo by Raymond Baccari)
Local veteran aims to revive VFW Post 4651
The Nelson-Mack-Narragansett Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4651, one of three VFW posts in Cranston, was on the verge of closing until Garry Crum became the commander. Crum, a 45-year-old … more
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Neighbors target police firing range
An event at the Community Noise Lab at Brown University marks the most recent salvo in the ongoing battle between the Cranston Police Department and residents neighboring its police academy firing … more
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TRIANGLES ON THE HORIZON: A fleet of 14 Sunfish wait for the wind near the Providence River channel off Edgewood Yacht Club Monday morning.
Drifting into 2024
New Year ’s Day arrived as a whisper. The still waters of the Providence River reflected gray clouds. The Fields Point giant wind turbines stood tall, their blades frozen. The Edgewood … more
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FALCON FLYING ABOVE JOHNSTON: The town purchased three Flock Safety Falcon Flex cameras, like this one, and they were installed in October of last year. Since, they’ve helped police make at least four arrests, and detect nearly 200,000 vehicles on Johnston’s roadways each month.
Traffic ‘safety cameras’ recorded 162,180 plates in Johnston over the past 30 days
Have you driven on Hartford Avenue recently? If so, your license plate was likely one of 162,180 vehicles detected in the last 30 days by one of three Flock Safety cameras monitoring traffic in … more
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ACQUIRED TASTE: Eric Palmieri, of D. Palmieri’s Bakery in Johnston, holds a box of the shop’s famous pizza strips. Although one famous pizza reviewer said they’re not “his thing,” if you grew up in the Ocean State, chances are you’ve got strong opinions regarding which bakery serves the best little rectangles. (Beacon Communications photo by Rory Schuler)
Portnoy, pizza portraiture and D. Palmieri’s signature RI pizza strips
Beautiful pizza, like art, is subjective. Take Rhode Island’s Italian bakery specialty — pizza strips (or party pizza or party strips … or bakery pizza or red strips or … more
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Study of Amtrak Warwick stop nearly complete
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to finish a preliminary design and environmental study by the end of this year to give Warwick with Amtrak service. Presently, … more
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AND THEY’RE OFF: Players take maps and bags in hand to head out into the community.
Rivals on field, but one city
On Thanksgiving, they would be squaring off in Cranston Stadium, but on the day before, they were all teammates. The members of the football teams for Cranston East and Cranston West met … more
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FOREVER THANKFUL: Rachel Drane, left, and Terry Perrotta, recipients of organ donations tell their stories at a New England Donor Services event directed at getting more people to register as organ donors. (Cranston Herald photos)
Unlikely to happen, but you can save a life
Two women, one who wouldn’t have lived to celebrate her second birthday and the other hours away from dying gave thanks for their lives last Tuesday and urged people to register as tissue and … more
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A blue ribbon of students at Woodridge School. Photos provided by CPSED
Woodridge goes to Washington for national honors
A sea of blue tee-shirts filled the center section of Cranston East Auditorium on Nov. 14 for the Cranston School Committee meeting by special invitation. The faculty and staff of Woodridge … more
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‘ONE OF THE KINDEST’ Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio shared this photo of late Sen. Frank Lombardo III, who passed away early Wednesday morning, Feb. 21 at the age of 65.
RI Sen. Frank Lombardo III, of Johnston, dies overnight at age 65 after battle with cancer
Sen. Frank Lombardo III dropped from helicopters to ski inaccessible moguls. Somehow, he balanced business, community service, law-making and family. “Our Senate family is heartbroken with … more
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Ward 6 Candidate Forum [Video]
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Mayor Kenneth Hopkins
Opening GOP crossfire in ’24 race for mayor
Kenneth Hopkins dispelled any question last week that he is running for reelection and what he plans to accomplish in a second 4-year term. And Barbara Ann Fenton Fung, who he suggested might … more
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HOPSCOTCH TWO WAYS: One of Kevin Lamareux’s paintings of blacktop games at Arlington, which helps kids learn to count in Arabic and roman numerals.
Arlington second graders build new way to play at school
Second graders at Arlington Elementary took the opportunity to make a lasting and colorful impact on their school’s culture this autumn. As part of a project-based learning initiative, … more
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ON THE SCENE: Around 8:24 a.m., Thursday, March 21, Warwick Police responded to 71 Frawley St. for a reported domestic disturbance. According to a department press release, they “discovered the deceased body of a small child as well as an adult male who was also deceased; having suffered from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
Child shot and killed in Warwick
UPDATED: Warwick Police have identified the victim in Thursday's tragic shooting. more
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BALLPARK NO MORE: The site of the future Learn365RI community center for Cranston is currently a baseball field sitting next to the Pastore Youth Center and down the hill from Bain Middle School.
A home for the community center
After months of deliberation, the paperwork is in and the wheels are in motion for Cranston to get its new community center. On Friday December 15, Mayor Hopkins’ office submitted a nearly … more
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Waiting to dry out
By Tuesday morning, winds had calmed and the rain had stopped from Monday’s storm, but rivers were still rising. The Pawtuxet and Pocasset Rivers crested Tuesday afternoon, closing nearby roads … more
Getting a jump on Cranston’s future
Cranstonians  are invited on February 22 at 6 p.m. to attend a charrette style public workshop at the Senior Enrichment Center to discuss updates to Cranston’s Comprehensive Plan. As part … more
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CHAOS/ORDER: Cranston Combined Percussion Ensemble performed a complex, challenging show for professional judges last weekend at a workshop meant to help them prepare for the Winter Guard International World Championships this spring. (Photos by Kevin Fitzpatrick)
Drum ensemble prepares for a championship run
The Cranston Public School community had its first opportunity on Saturday to see a show that will, in just two months, be on a world championship stage. The Cranston Combined Percussion … more
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WHEN THEY GROW UP: Students in Sister Daisy Kollamparampil’s second-grade class were dressed as their possible future vocations during Career Day on Monday. Sr. Daisy returned to the job on Jan. 10, more than two months after she was seriously injured in the crosswalk outside the school.
The prayers worked; Sister Daisy’s back in the classroom
The prayers worked. Sister Daisy’s still healing but she’s back in her St. Rocco School classroom. “It’s a miracle,” said the nun and second-grade teacher. … more
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