07/24/2008

Cranston City Council members have a full schedule
Cranston

Cranston officials, schools trade charges in court
SOUTH KINGSTOWN –– Testimony in the courtroom clash between the City of Cranston and the Cranston public schools over millions in local education aid came to a close yesterday.

07/23/2008

Cranston’s Caruolo lawsuit turns to mandates
SOUTH KINGSTOWN –– A letter from a Cranston public school official shows the district has spent money on unnecessary programs, a lawyer for the city of Cranston argued yesterday as the two sides continued to spar in court here over millions in local education aid.

Fourth Quarter Honor Rolls
East Greenwich High School

07/22/2008

Cranston Digest
Concert: The Nightlife Orchestra will perform tomorrow, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Gazebo at Garden City Center as part of the Citizens Bank summer concert series. Those attending should bring a lawn chair or blanket. There will also be a collection of peanut butter and canned tuna fish for the Rhode Island Food Bank.

Cranston school officials face tough questions in Caruolo suit
SOUTH KINGSTOWN –– The Cranston public schools’ top brass defended their fiscal management yesterday as a courtroom clash with City Hall over millions in local education aid stretched into a third day.

West Bay People
Eric Simonian, head of the mathematics department at Warwick Veterans Memorial High School, represented Rhode Island when several hundred National Board Certified Teachers from around the country recently met with members of Congress to discuss education reform.

07/18/2008

Pan-Massachusetts Challenge: A bike ride that’s all about caring
BARRINGTON

What’s Going On
Weekend

Veteran Cranston legislator faces tough primary
CRANSTON –– There will be only two primary fights in city elections this fall.

Pan-Massachusetts Challenge: A bike ride that’s all about caring
BARRINGTON

Meetings

07/17/2008

Cranston schools’ lawsuit against city goes to trial
SOUTH KINGSTOWN –– A lawyer for the City of Cranston took jabs at the Cranston public schools’ fiscal management yesterday as a long-awaited trial over millions in local education aid kicked off in Superior Court here.

We’re well versed in recommendations for good reads
Ode to the Darkside

West Bay honor roll
Fourth quarter

07/16/2008

Cranston Digest
Concert: As part of Citizens Bank’s free summer concert series, Abbey Rhode, a Beatles tribute band, will play today, July 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the gazebo in the Garden City Shopping Center. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Donations of peanut butter and canned tuna will be collected for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.

Council meeting absences common
CRANSTON –– It was a key vote.

Missed Meetings
Missed Meetings

Club News
The Knightsville Seniors Club will hold a Recognition Day luncheon at the Cranston Senior Center, 1070 Cranston St., at noon today, July 16.

07/15/2008

Attorney general sues Cranston over records
Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch sued the City of Cranston yesterday for “willfully and knowingly” violating the state’s public records law.

IMAGINATIONS BUSILY AT WORK
Some members of La Salle Academy’s Arts Alive summer theater program portray birds, above, and Victoria Szlashta, at right, is a crab, during the group’s performance last week before youngsters 5 and older at Cranston’s William Hall Library.

Week’s sail a voyage of discovery for teen writers
Good writers make good sailors.

Arts Alive and well
Matthew Kilduff, in the cocked hat, is the captain of the ship in one of three skits — collectively titled Skupper Duppers — about sailors that a dozen La Salle Academy students performed for youngsters last week at Cranston’s William Hall Library. Above are Maeve Kennedy and Tyler Micheletti. The troupe came to the library as part of La Salle’s Arts Alive summer theater program. The students rehearse for two weeks and then go “on the road” for two more. The program is in its sixth year. More photos, D6.

Attorney general sues Cranston over records
Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch sued the City of Cranston yesterday for “willfully and knowingly” violating the state’s public records law.

07/12/2008

2 men sentenced for bank robbery in Cranston
PROVIDENCE — Two men have been sentenced to federal prison for robbing a Cranston bank.

07/11/2008

Hearings set on city plan
CRANSTON –– The Planning Department will host a series of public workshops on a prospective overhaul of the city’s Comprehensive Plan in the coming weeks.

Municipal Meetings
COVENTRY

Council, again, says no to deal
CRANSTON –– A nasty city-schools fight over $4.9 million is headed to court.

07/10/2008

A HAPPY 68TH ANNIVERSARY!
Maury and Lucia (Lancellotti) Caito, both 97, formerly of Cranston and Providence, recently celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary with a party at Scalabrini Villa, in North Kingstown. Lucia Caito, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in Bologna, Italy, is an accomplished pianist who gave her last public performance in May 2007. Maury Caito, a 1934 graduate of Brown University — where he was a football All-American — founded the Bruins Paper Box Company, in Providence. Last year, he was the oldest Brown alumnus participating in the university’s commencement procession. The Caitos, both active in a number of civil organizations over the years, have two children, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Cranston gives taxpayers more time to make first-quarter tax payments
CRANSTON –– Residents will have until the end of the month to make quarterly property tax payments because the city was late in sending out bills, officials said yesterday.

Cranston man indicted in January holdup
A Providence County grand jury has indicted a Cranston man for the holdup of a tanning parlor in North Providence last winter.

Veteran schoolboy coach still going strong at 69 CRANSTON –– For Richard “Dick” Ernst, even breakfast with his young sons was a coaching moment.

Your Turn
CRANSTON

07/09/2008

Cranston City Council to take 2nd vote on suit settlement
CRANSTON –– Despite renewed calls for a settlement, the City Council seems poised to fight the School Department’s $4.9-million lawsuit.

Ranks of Cranston’s finest grow
Cranston officer Matthew Kite, his new sergeant’s stripes on his sleeve, takes the oath of promotion from Mayor Michael T. Napolitano during last week’s ceremony in the City Council chamber.

07/08/2008

A Summer Series: Putting summer on ice
Theresa Fox is a mother of two, a middle school English teacher and a rat. A happy, self-admitted rink rat, that is, an endearing term reserved for aficionados of ice.

Rosenberg column: As he nears the finish line, Mancuso is a winner in many ways
I’d heard from mutual acquaintances that Tony Mancuso wasn’t doing well. And I knew I should give him a call.

Illness takes toll, but inner strength buoys Mancuso
I’d heard from mutual acquaintances that Tony Mancuso wasn’t doing well. And I knew I should give him a call.

Cemetery won’t get lost again
CRANSTON — Although the remains that were recovered from a long-forgotten pauper’s cemetery off Sockanosset Cross Road were reinterred last month at a different location, more steps must be taken to prevent a repeat of the oversights from the past.