Opinion
1001 results total, viewing 926 - 950
|
|
I have been reading about teachers, parents, children WHO ARE COMPLAINING about the February and April vacations, more concerned about how are they going to go on vacation; they can’t go on …
more
4/3/17
|
|
|
The annual Cranston Fire Department Halloween Party was held at Headquarters Station 2 on Halloween night. There was a steady stream of trick-or-treaters as hundreds of children and their families …
more
11/13/16
|
|
Nine Warwick non-profits and three Cranston organizations have received grants totaling more than $1.4 million in the last week from the Champlin Foundations. The grants fund a variety of projects from equipment for the cardiac
more
By John Howell
|
12/8/16
|
|
To the editor:
As an educator, and former School Committee member of Little Compton, it is of no surprise that I write now about Common Core and PARCC testing.
This April your children will be …
more
4/17/17
|
|
|
It was 20 years ago and Patti Goldstein remembers the first day of operations at the Bruce Sundlun Terminal like it was yesterday.
The late governor made the terminal “his†project, pushing …
more
By John Howell
|
10/1/16
|
|
By HARRY KANE Members of the Cranston City Council approved the zoning reclassification of a property located at 1191 Pontiac Ave. at the intersection of Sockanosset Cross Road during the last meeting on Nov. 28 in order to comply with the comprehensive
more
By Harry Kane
|
12/8/16
|
|
|
This is the tale of Ollie’s great escape; the very thing we feared could happen on one of our visits to upstate New York.
Carol had taken measures to ensure the day would never come. Last …
more
By John Howell
|
6/29/17
|
|
When Raymond Sevigny of Harmony Court left the Board of Assessment Review Thursday night, he was smiling. That wasn't his disposition earlier in the evening as he sat tensely waiting for his assessment appeal to be called, drumming his
more
By John Howell
|
11/2/16
|
|
|
Despite a cost-sharing program available since July 1, residents see little improvement in the city's sidewalks. The Sidewalk Replacement Cost Sharing Program, provides financial incentive for homeowners, but not
more
By Don Fowler and Mary Johnson
|
12/8/16
|
|
By MERI R. KENNEDY Santa is coming to Garden City this Saturday The Santa Arrival party will be held at the gazebo at Garden City Center on Nov. 25 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Santa will arrive in a horse drawn carriage at 11 a.m. and then he will go inside
more
By Meri R. Kennedy
|
11/23/17
|
|
After nearly a decade of operating its headquarters in Providence, Universal Wealth Management (UWM) has announced it has relocated to 945 Reservoir Ave. in Cranston. To celebrate the grand opening of its new location, UWM will be holding an open house
more
10/12/16
|
|
After numerous meetings and seeing the contract offer of the School Department and the counter offer of the Warwick Teachers Union, mediator Vincent Ragosta has concluded the two sides are so set in pursing opposing certain core"
more
By John Howell
|
10/20/16
|
|
|
The phrase it takes a village" has become a fixture of civic discourse - and the subject of debate - since its use as the title of Hillary Rodham Clinton's 1996 best-selling book on the role society plays in the development of children."
more
By Jen Cowart
|
11/2/16
|
|
|
Each week the Personal Injury Law Offices of d’Oliviera & Associates compiles a summary of recalls, FDA warnings, market withdrawals and safety alerts that they feel the public should be …
more
12/26/16
|
|
Easter is a time of rebirth. This Sunday, however, it is also the end of a chapter for what was once the hub to the Norwood community and the Catholics who lived there. The Easter Mass at St. William Church will be its last, according to the Diocese of
more
4/17/17
|
|
To the Editor: A recent article in the Cranston Herald and the Warwick Beacon dealing with Cranston Mayor Alan Fung's proposal to accommodate a futbol organization with renovations of Doric Avenue Field led to a widely read Facebook posting that had a
more
5/3/17
|
|
|
A Portsmouth Abbey student wins a big poetry competition
more
Ali McGowan
|
10/12/16
|
|
|
RI public schools incorporate a new, standardized curriculum
more
Jill Davidson
|
12/8/16
|
|
|
EDITOR's NOTE: The following is a guest commentary by former Bristol Town Councilman and Town Administrator Halsey Herreshoff.
The Bristol Phoenix of May 18 well described the funding crisis of …
more
5/22/17
|
|
By TIM FORSBERG An agreement between the town and workers represented by the Rhode Island Council 94, AFSCME, AFL-CIO Local Union 1491 was approved by the Johnston Town Council at its Oct. 11 meeting, subject to confirmation by a union vote. I think"
more
By Tim Forsberg
|
10/20/16
|
|
To the editor:
I was disappointed to read Mr. Douglas’s deflective letter in last week’s edition. I would have expected a more transparent response regarding his involvement with the …
more
1/3/18
|
|
|
To the editor:
One of the foundational ethical principles of traditional yoga practice is compassion. Kindness is more to yoga than pants or the considerably less covering garments worn a few …
more
10/20/16
|
|
To the editor:
In the lead story of the September 21 edition, "Council okays hire of five new officers," the police chief justifies the expenditure because of "increases in police activity in many …
more
9/26/17
|
|
By JEN COWART At the age of 10, Coventry High School senior Jason Hoskins saw extreme poverty for the first time and was forever changed by it. Now, as college interviews and applications loom ahead, he's about to be able to do something about it. We"
more
By Jen Cowart
|
10/6/16
|
|
|
To the editor:
I know that duck season hasn’t yet started for November, but apparently it's time once again to listen to Mister Sorrentino rant and rave about something.
And this …
more
10/20/16
|