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WILL WORK FOR MONEY: Physical education and health teacher Bill Macera sweeps up a pile of loose change, which “fell” out of the pockets of science teacher Steven Scappaticci when his turn came. Bain surpasses goal in Pennies for Patients campaign
Despite setting a goal of $1,500, staff and students at Hugh B. Bain Middle School managed to raise $2,204 over two weeks for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s youth fundraiser, Pennies for Pat...
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DePetro tells candidates 'ignore detractors' at Operation Clean Government School
John DePetro used a heavy dose of humor to liven up the crowd at Operation Clean Government’s bi-annual candidate school on Saturday morning. “There’s been a little bit of a change to the agenda ...
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THINK CHEESE: Shaw’s markets and the Providence Bruins have teamed up to help the Rhode Island Community Food Bank in a “Mac and Cheese Challenge.” Pictured here with boxes of macaroni and cheese from left are: Richard Tremblay of Shaw’s, Andrew Schiff of the Food Bank, Zamboni the bruins’ mascot and Bruins’ center Drew Larman. Hockey fans face mac & cheese challenge
Shaw’s Supermarkets, the Providence Bruins and the Community Food Bank of Rhode Island are asking hockey fans to bring dinner with them at one or all four upcoming home games. No, there won’t be...
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TECH SAVVY TEACHING: Diane Santurri shows her class at Johnson & Wales University the blog that award-winning Canadian teacher Kathy Cassidy writes. The class had the opportunity to Skype with Cassidy this past trimester. Technology enhances teaching in Santurri's classroom
Wikis, blogs, glogs, podcasts, photo peaches and capzles. That technology terminology is foreign for many educators, especially at the primary school levels, but Cranston resident Diane Santurri ...
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Garden City ready for a new look
by Meg Fraser
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Garden City Center has been a fixture in Cranston since 1948. And while property manager The Wilder Companies believes that longevity is the result of a successful business model, they say Garden C...
Robots engage students in high tech competition
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To the beat of rock music and the buzz of excited voices, New England Institute of Technology hosted its fourth FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge Sa...
'Passing the Torch' an artist's gift for life-saving blood
by Colby Cremins
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
“A community of black-clad performers feed 100 bonfires, quietly and anonymously. The flames shoot skyward, sparks settle on the water and a city comes to life. So it is with blood donors. As wit...
Conference dedicated to hacker culture
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QuahogCon is a regional conference for the hacker culture in all forms: hardware, software, security, social, eco-hacking and zero impact living. There will also be sessions available for InfoSec t...
Final curtain call for two elementary strings programs
by Jen Cowart
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
On Wednesday evening, March 3, the fourth, fifth and sixth-grade Elementary Strings students from Oak Lawn and Glen Hills Elementary Schools performed in what will most likely be their final stri...
City responds to spike in sex offenders
by Meg Fraser
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Two weeks ago, concerned Cranston residents noticed a spike in the number of sex offenders at the Harrington Hall shelter. Within days, they had touched base with the administration, the police d...
Gist defends funding formula to legislators
by Russell J. Moore
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
State Education Commissioner Deborah Gist fielded tough questions from legislators angered by the fact that the department’s proposed school funding formula would send less money to their district ...
Cranston business takes on Kellogg's
by Meri R. Kennedy
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In 2008, Cranston resident Barbara Manni was inspired by her personal struggle with breast cancer to create KareChiefs, a brand of headscarves for women who lose their hair during chemotherapy. ...
East chronicles past with student documentary
by Meg Fraser
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
For almost six decades, every student in Cranston walked through the same hallways, ate in the same cafeterias, and sang the same fight song. That changed when Cranston West opened its doors in 1...
Planning a memorial for 'sacred ground'
by John Howell
Mar 11, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
“Sacred ground” were the words used Thursday evening to describe the site where 100 died and another 200 were injured on Feb. 20, 2003 in The Station nightclub fire. Yet as it is now, the site ...
McDonald represents Cranston in statewide pageant
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
La Salle Academy senior Hannah McDonald of Cranston has been named Miss Narragansett Bay. As Miss Narragansett Bay, McDonald will compete in the Miss Rhode Island 2010 Scholarship Pageant this ...
Traffic light at Walnut and Atwood 'a win for everybody'
by Meg Fraser
Mar 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The area where Walnut Grove and Atwood Avenues meet has long been a traffic nightmare for Cranston Police and residents of the area. But when local officials plead with the state Department of Tran...
 
 
 
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