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HUNT FOR THE ENTRANCE: The entrance to Continental Bait & Tackle at 1065 Park Ave. can be tough to find. According to the city, utility work that has been dragging on for more than a year has finally wrapped. Road re-paving has started, and will be done by August. At right, the view from inside Continental is all traffic cones and ripped up sidewalk. (Cranston Herald photos by Rory Schuler)
PARK AVENUE PAIN
Bobby Catanzaro stretched out a long white strip of register tape on a pizzeria tabletop. The paper represented Cranston’s congested and detour-packed Park Avenue — from Reservoir Avenue … more
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THE FINAL OUT: The CLCF-CWLL team celebrates after recording the final out against Connecticut. (Courtesy of Little League
Going to Greenville, N.C.
The CLCF-CWLL Gals 12-U softball team is headed to the Little League World Series after cruising through the New England Regional Tournament last week in Bristol, Conn. After taking home blowout … more
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Pedestrian struck and killed in Warwick; then the driver was run down too
Two pedestrians were struck down by vehicles within minutes on Quaker Lane in Warwick Sunday night. A 44-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and a 26-year-old woman was transported to the hospital with serious injuries following the fatal hit and run. more
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OCEAN STATE HALLWAYS: The hallways inside the Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Johnston are lined with more than 130 oversized color prints featuring Ocean State landmarks.
A LOOK INSIDE: Johnston’s new hospital
Two of the 50 private rooms inside the new hospital across Hartford Avenue from Amazon will cater specifically to morbidly obese patients. Inside the pair of specialized rooms await a … more
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FESTIVE: Food vendors drew long lines at the festival grounds set up around the headquarters of the St. Mary's Feast Society.
Beast of a feast
Music, food and fireworks marked the end of St. Mary’s Feast in Cranston Sunday — a 119-year-old festival that is the highlight of the year for many residents in the city’s … more
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NO CAMPING ZONE?
City Council’s Democratic majority briefly considered killing the mayor’s newly proposed public encampment ordinance, before sending it to committee. A city lawyer, however, advised … more
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City accepts Budlong Pool bid; sets 2025 target completion date
The city has awarded a more than $4 million bid to demolish and rebuild the Budlong Pool, and has set an expected 2025 completion date. “News of the bid awarded for the Budlong Pool has … more
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TESTIMONIALS: from left to right, Wendy Becker, Karen Rosenberg, Connor Pyne, Bill Pyne, Stephanie Geller, Giona Picheco and Victoria Eno, attended the July 15 Cranston School Committee meeting to counter-balance Robert Chiaradio’s attempt to persuade school officials to change the city’s “transgender” and “nonconforming and transitioning students policy.” (Cranston Herald photos by Rory Schuler)
TRANSITION? Should Cranston public schools alter supportive transgender policy?
A Westerly father visited the Cranston School Committee on July 15. As he accused the school district of discriminating against the vast majority of city students, the seventh-ranked student from Cranston High School East’s Top 10 quietly held a rainbow-colored sign, no bigger than a medium-sized pizza box lid. The sign said simply: “We love our kids.” more
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Hospitalized Cranston man faces multiple charges after 39 West shooting
Modern-day public altercations tend to follow an increasingly familiar formula. Tensions escalate. A circle forms. Cell phones, cameras lit, turn toward the drama. The drama escalates … more
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SIGNS AGAINST CHANGE: Keri Dennison-Leidecker, who lives at 200 Shun Pike, noted all the yellow signs around the proposed site. “Notably, the signs displayed throughout our entire neighborhood express a collective sentiment against this development,” she told the Johnston Planning Board last week.
Shun Pike single-family homeowners in Johnston square off against affordable housing condo developer
They learned to live with the solar fields and sky-scraping windmills. But 32 condos — 16 restricted to low- and moderate-income households, and 16 market rate units —neighbors … more
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EMPTY REGISTERS: On Tuesday evening, the Stop & Shop at 11 Commerce Way in Johnston was nearly empty, except for employees. The grocery store chain announced last week that the store will be one of 32 “underperforming stores by year-end.”
Johnston’s Stop & Shop chopped
On Tuesday evening, around 6 p.m., the long row of registers at Stop & Shop in Johnston was empty. There were clearly more employees than customers in the store. By early November, the … more
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DOMINATING MYRTLE: The Gershkoff 14-U team last week at Myrtle Beach. (Submitted photo)
Gershkoff wins at nationals
The Gershkoff/Top Notch Lightning Elite 14-U baseball team traveled down to Myrtle Beach for the Youth Baseball Nationals Tournament series, and came back champions. The tournament included the top … more
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City’s electoral races thinner after signature deadline
The field for some of Cranston’s electoral races thinned after the July 12 deadline for nomination papers. After not receiving the party nominations, multiple Democrats did not submit … more
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FILLING A VOID: Mayor Kenneth Hopkins said that the historic Park Theater reopening “fills a void” in Cranston and will spur economic development. (Cranston Herald photo by Ryan Doherty)
MARQUEE UPDATE
Special to the Herald The historic Park Theater will be reopening its doors this October. The theater — which temporarily closed last year — is set to host multiple shows this … more
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ROMEO, ROMEO, WHERE ART THOU EGGS? This pic was submitted by the group. The informal group meets every Wednesday for breakfast at the Newport Creamery in Cranston. From left to right: Marcel D'Auteuil, Bill Laurie, Vincent Cullen, Lou Marciano, Ara Boghigian and Dr. Frank DelSanto. (Submitted photo)
ROMEO Rat Pack
Special to the Herald Back in 1982, director John Hughes made the popular coming-of-age movie called “The Breakfast Club.” It was about teenagers from different backgrounds who bond … more
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GET THE PARTY STARTED: Cranston Police threw a big celebration for Izzy Major following her last day of leukemia treatment. (Photo courtesy Cranston Police)
Izzy earns Enzo’s Escort
Special to the Herald On July 1, 13-year-old Izzy Major walked out of the Hasbro Children’s Hospital, ringing a golden bell to signal her last day of treatment for leukemia. She was … more
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NO CONTEST: Warwick City Councilwoman Donna Travis pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges that she filed a false document connected to the illicit acquisition of a next-door slice of Oakland Beach property.
Warwick City Councilwoman pleads no contest, gets a year suspended sentence and probation
Warwick City Councilwoman Donna Travis pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges that she filed a false document connected to the illicit acquisition of a next-door slice of Oakland Beach … more
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FINISH LINE: The league is looking to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the renovated building on July 23.
CLCF nears finish line on $1.2 million facelift
Cranston League for Cranston Futures (CLCF) is nearing the finish line of $1.2 million renovations of their main athletic building. Founded in 1953, CLCF is home to 15 youth sports teams and … more
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VOTE
More than 200 declare for Cranston offices
Special to the Herald Cranston’s electoral races are packed at the starting line. More than 200 people are running for Cranston offices, including the General Assembly, City Council, … more
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WE ROBOTS: Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee toured the Amazon robotics sortable fulfillment center in Johnston, which has yet to open. According to an Amazon spokesman, the giant building should be kicking into gear by the holiday season. Floors two through five of the facility (the size of approximately 66 football fields), are packed with small blue robots.
Johnston's Amazon opens to the press and the RI governor
The megalithic building is crawling with little blue robots. The creatures roam, coasting smoothly behind red warning tape strung between steel girders and heavy machinery. Human overseers watch … more
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