Cranston

11/06/2009

Cranston mayor vetoes mortgage measures
Ordinances setting new guidelines on foreclosures had been passed by City Council unanimously

11/04/2009

DEM OKs cleanup; Cranston to buy property with half-built plant
The work, to remove contaminated soil, is a precursor to the city buying the property

11/03/2009

Flu fight gets under way
JOHNSTON –– Wearing their school uniforms, gym sweats or after-school clothes, students at St. Rocco School made history Monday when they lined up for swine flu vaccinations.

11/02/2009

Paying traffic tickets in R.I., while not painless, at least is now efficient

Sale of buildings, property seen netting city $810,000
To pay down the city’s debt or be applied to capital improvements

10/30/2009

Cranston CYO center banks on Haunted Labyrinth to raise money
Haunted Labyrinth, sponsored by CYO Center in Cranston, is still building community

Cranston CYO center banks on Haunted Labyrinth to raise money
Haunted Labyrinth, sponsored by CYO Center in Cranston, is still building community

Police, fire unions to challenge pension change
Police, firefighters argue city’s proposed ordinance a matter for negotiation

10/29/2009

Woman to serve 20 years for murder of 76-year-old
Heather M. Catterall is sentenced to 40 years for killing Albert Dubois, of Newport, in July 2007

Cranston City Council approves 2 foreclosure ordinances
The two ordinances OK’d by the City Council could be illegal, says the deputy city solicitor

10/28/2009

Firefighters douse apartment fire in Cranston
CRANSTON — The 12th-floor residents of the Knightsville Manor were evacuated to another wing for about an hour after a stove fire in one apartment caused smoke and moderate fire damage just before 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Panel to study possibility of Cranston dog park
Park proposal back on table after city councilors defeated the idea last month

10/27/2009

Gallop apace you fiery-footed steed
Kyle Walsh, 3, of Cranston, is transported by the Roger Williams Park Carousel in Providence Monday. He was at the ride, which is open daily from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with his mother and cousin.

10/24/2009

Second life for Park Cinema
Owner Payesh Patel reopens the transformed cinema that now features a restaurant, a lounge, a cybercafé and theater.

10/22/2009

Toddler’s murderer denied parole
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Lawrence Perry Sr. will tell you, it’s the wait that is always the hardest.

10/21/2009

Cranston City Council considers rules aimed to slow foreclosures
“My goal is to keep people in their house,” says Councilman Mario Aceto.