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4/10/24
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Sprague Mansion hosted Defenders of Animals for an arts and craft sale and raffle fundraiser on Saturday. All artwork by local artists was donated, with 100% of proceeds going to fund the …
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4/10/24
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Silent no longer.
For decades, no one knew that Route 37, which traverses Warwick and Cranston, covered a dark secret. It was only after early summer rains and erosion caused skeletal remains to …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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4/10/24
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On Saturday, April 6 almost 100 crafters swung by the William Hall Library to help with blanket donations for Project Linus.
There were crocheters, knitters, sewers, quilters and people who work …
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By PAM SCHIFF
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4/10/24
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Huddle Center Spring Break Events
Week of April 15th-19th (Cranston Public Schools Spring Break)
The Huddle Center, 70 Gansett Avenue, Cranston
Interested in our Spring Break events? …
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4/10/24
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Easy Bruising
Wednesday, April 17th – 10:00 a.m.
URI Pharmacy Outreach Program
Why as we age do we tend to bruise more often? Serious or not – when should we contact …
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4/10/24
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CLEANUP CREW: Aqueduct Field, home of the Budlong Pool, had a spring cleanup Saturday led by Ward 2 Councilwoman Aniece Germain. Ten locals spent the day picking up trash and making the field …
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4/10/24
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Voters in Rhode Island House District 42, which contains parts of Johnston and Cranston, will likely see a 2022 Democratic primary rematch this September. All three candidates who ran last election, …
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By RAYMOND BACCARI
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4/10/24
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The solar eclipse was the main event Monday, with day turning to dusk as the moon slid between the earth and the sun in a rare astronomical event which will not …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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4/10/24
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One of Cranston’s own will be crossing hemispheres this summer as a viola player in one of the country’s most prestigious youth orchestras.
Liam DeRosa, a junior at Cranston East and …
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By KEVIN FITZPATRICK
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4/10/24
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The article entitled “Austerity budget cuts spending” printed in the April 4, 2024 edition of the Cranston Herald incorrectly stated that Mayor Kenneth Hopkins intended to downsize the …
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4/10/24
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The Johnston School Building Committee has so far awarded more than $40 million in contracts to Rhode Island firms for the construction the town’s new elementary center.
“This …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/5/24
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Pete Fontaine died an hour after deadline last week.
Although he had submitted his final byline several weeks earlier, the Johnston Sun Rise’s faithful freelancer held on until the last pages of the paper were on the presses. The man had ink in his veins.
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/4/24
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Scott Avedisian, Warwick’s longest-serving mayor, entered a not-guilty plea Wednesday morning at Kent County Court to charges he left the scene of a car crash.
The fender-bender occurred …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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4/3/24
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The Rhode Island Office of Attorney General will take over the prosecution of the CEO of the Rhode Island Public Transport Authority (RIPTA), who has been charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly …
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BY: CHRISTOPHER SHEA
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4/3/24
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Our programs assist, inform, entertain, and enrich the lives individuals 55 years and older.
A Matter of Balance
“A Safe Fall Prevention Program”
Mondays & …
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4/3/24
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I’ve had the privilege of volunteering for the RI Food Bank for the past dozen years, eleven at the distribution center, and going on my second year at the St. Raymond’s Food Bank.
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By Don Fowler
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4/3/24
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Cranston, Rhode Island, April, 2024 - The Cranston Combined Percussion Team is excitedly preparing for the New England Scholastic Band Association Championships being held on April 7. They are …
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4/3/24
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At the William Hall Library last weekend, the auditorium was filled with music dating back six-hundred years. Renaissance V Brass Quintet took an audience of about 40 music lovers on a tour ranging …
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4/3/24
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Edgewood Church offers a monthly conversation the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM on timely topics of interest. Tuesday, April 9th, the topic is Living with Dying.
Here are some …
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4/3/24
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