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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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/18/24
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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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/18/24
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As we are becoming more acclimated to severe weather these days, it is always worse when the weather becomes damaging and dangerous.
On Wednesday, June 26, a tiny part of the neighborhood on …
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By PAM SCHIFF/Special to the Herald
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7/12/24
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Former Ward 6 Cranston City Councilman Matthew Reilly has been indicted on multiple child molestation counts, according to the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office.
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/28/24
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Last week, Cranston city and Rhode Island state officials gathered at Cranston City Hall for the city’s annual Pride Flag Raising event organized by Councilwoman Lammis Vargas. The event …
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6/19/24
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Future elementary school students in Johnston will be shown how to climb to new heights at their new school, when it’s finished.
The Johnston School Building Committee recently approved …
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/6/24
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The Little Shepherd Preschool recently celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week; a great opportunity to spotlight Cranston’s learning centers where great teachers do their critically important …
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By EMMETT HARE/Special to the Herald
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5/31/24
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Rhode Island’s average gas price is the same as last week, averaging $3.52 per gallon. Monday’s price is 1 cent higher than a month ago, and $1.30 lower than July 3, 2022. Rhode …
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7/5/23
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According to the Atlantic Shark Institute (ASI), the first request to make their popular Shark Plate available for motorcycles was two hours after the plates were announced in late April – and …
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7/5/23
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“Hello, Don. Johnny Mathis here.”
That smooth, sublime voice I so vividly remember from all the way back to the seventies was calling from California to talk about his September 23 …
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By Don Fowler
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7/5/23
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Theatre By The Sea owner and producer Bill Hanney is thrilled to announce the opening of the box office for single tickets sales for the 2023 Summer Season, celebrating 90 Years of Theatre By The …
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4/26/23
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Do you know what the Garden City center was before the stores were built? Well, Sandra Moyer, the Cranston Historical Society (CHS) President, can tell you the answer.
“It was a coal …
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By EMMA BARTLETT
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3/24/22
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Warwick Neck Elementary School Principal Frank Galligan wanted to be a meteorologist growing up.
That was until he was a senior at Bishop Hendricken High School. That year he helped out at …
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By ALEX MALM
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2/9/22
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By EMMA BARTLETT Warwick's Clouds Hill Museum captured the attention of the producer and director of HBO's new series "The Gilded Age"; it is the only Rhode Island site outside of Newport that used for the series. In this nine-episode season, Clouds
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By EMMA BARTLETT
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2/2/22
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In Rhode Island, we strongly believe that every young child should get off to the right start in life—a start where children and families are supported during the early years of development, a …
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by Joseph Robitaille
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1/26/22
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The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra met a major challenge last weekend when Maestro Bramwell Tovey came down with Covid while visiting family in Sweden.
Two days before the concert, Nathaniel …
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By DON FOWLER
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1/26/22
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Pizza hunt RI Pizza Fans visit more than 100 pizzerias By EMMA BARTLETT Since the start of the pandemic, Knightsville resident Brian Sclama, 46, and his family have tried over 100 pizzerias across Rhode Island. Two or three nights a week, the family of
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By EMMA BARTLETT
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1/26/22
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Pet Walk with Blessing of the Animals and Costume Contest Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter will host its 14th annual Pet Walk with Blessing of the Animals and Costume Contest on Saturday Oct. 2, at the beach in Warwick City Park, Asylum Avenue,
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9/15/21
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By ROB DUGUAY Typically, when it comes to making anything, the more time it takes the better the result. It's usually noticeable when something is hastily created versus being done deliberately. For the Providence pop rock trio The Dust Ruffles, this is
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By ROB DUGUAY
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9/15/21
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The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) is accepting applications for artists for 2022 exhibitions at the Block Island Airport Gallery and GREEN SPACE Gallery at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. The galleries are a partnership
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9/8/21
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By MERI R. KENNEDY Defenders of Animals Inc., which began a 43-year journey of caring for and defending the rights of animals in April of 1978, held its 27th annual Homeless Animals Day/Candlelight Vigil award ceremony and raffle at the Governor Sprague
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By MERI R. KENNEDY
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9/1/21
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A night with Cranston Police at Garden City Concert Last week, during the Garden City Evening Summer Concert, the Cranston Police Department joined thousands of other cities and towns across the United States in promoting safety and wellness while
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By JOHN HOWELL
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8/18/21
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Defenders of Animals Inc., which began a 43-year journey of caring for and defending the rights of animals in April of 1978, will hold its 27th annual Homeless Animals Day/Candlelight Vigil/Award …
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By MERI R. KENNEDY
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8/18/21
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Optis converge at Edgewood Yacht Club They look no bigger than a bathtub and about as seaworthy as a teacup. They are called Optimists, or Optis for short. Optis are great for training young sailors and as they learn how to sail Optis it's not long
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8/4/21
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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is asking the public to report sightings of wild turkey hens - both with a brood of baby turkeys and without - and tom turkeys to help with research efforts. Information gathered from the
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7/21/21
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