The bingo room at the Johnston Senior Center was at full capacity Wednesday for a performance by renowned illusionist Lyn Dillies. Each audience member was on the edge of their seat, unable to …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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7/24/24
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Do you ever wonder where your food comes from? Or how the cabbage in the premade coleslaw gets from the farmer to the supermarket? Cranston’s Eastland Foods is the local linchpin of the produce …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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7/17/24
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s the summer weather takes over, it’s important to know that fishing in Rhode Island is not quite as easy as casting off …
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This year marks the 500th Anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s historic New World voyage and a European’s first documented visit to Rhode Island. This fact should not go unnoticed! …
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By DR. PATRICK T. CONLEY
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7/3/24
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He’s been a champion for the Ocean State’s Special Olympians for years.
It was finally their turn to let Cranston Police Detective Eric LeClerc know how much they truly valued the …
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/26/24
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Everyone is aware that the internet can have its negative impact on cybersurfers. Just log in and you’ll see a widespread distribution of fake news, cyber-bullying, on-line threats, …
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By HERB WEISS
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6/19/24
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By late November 2022, Tommy Hardiman’s diseased heart was failing so badly that his medical team at Tufts Medical Center in Boston feared he could soon die. For months, Hardiman, a Foster …
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By G. WAYNE MILLER
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6/12/24
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In March I stood in front of the old mill and listened to the Pawtuxet River churning just beyond the brick building. Then I reached for the door with the sign, “Throat Punch Nation.” …
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By ERIN O’BRIEN
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6/5/24
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Mark-Anthony Thompson loves to play Fortnite, like most modern day teens.
Some evenings you can hear him warning fellow players to watch out for snipers, legendary back bling and the impending …
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By RORY SCHULER
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5/29/24
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He’s a successful businessman.
He’s highly opinionated.
And he’s someone that has had a very unique pathway to achieving his goals.
As a freshman at Central …
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5/22/24
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When Landon Vazquez takes the soccer field, it’s hard for his mom, Erin, not to get emotional.
It’s not because of the cute-factor of a bunch of 5-year-old kids running around in …
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By CHRISTOPHER GAVIN
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5/15/24
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Once he saw him play, Jamal Gomes decided pretty quickly that he wanted 14- year old Joe Mazzulla on his team.
“It didn’t take long to figure out what type of person and what type of …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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5/8/24
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Jessie Jacavone wants to spark a Frog City resurgence.
He walked around the second floor of his bare Johnston mill and imagined the 17 luxury apartments he plans to build within the next year.
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By RORY SCHULER
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5/1/24
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It’s the folksy, popular slogan that is just part of the rich history of the Narragansett Brewing Company. Founded in 1890, the brewery was once one of Cranston’s largest employers …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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4/24/24
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I went for a walk in our magnificent Roger Williams Park Zoo.
It was a bright sunny day and the marvelous elephants and monkeys were out, alongside magnificent dragons and mythical marvels from …
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By DON FOWLER
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4/17/24
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The circus is coming! The circus is coming!
I still remember when I was a young boy hounding my parents with those words every year when the circus came to town.
I remember the circus train …
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By DON FOWLER
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4/17/24
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GWM: Mike, let’s start with today. You live in Rhode Island and are a journalism professor at the University of Connecticut. Tell us about your responsibilities and the courses you …
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By G. WAYNE MILLER
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4/10/24
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Alex Snow loomed large in the prison yard. On a recent Friday morning, he looked even bigger in the Johnston High School auditorium.
In prison, Snow cultivated the friends he needed to watch his …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/3/24
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Helen O. Larson scrawled her first poem on the schoolhouse chalkboard as the building was dismantled.
About a century ago, someone bought Rockland’s school for $12, Larson told her son. It …
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By RORY SCHULER
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3/27/24
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I’ve been funny my whole life,” said Warwick native Bill Silas.
For Silas, who has been a comedian for 16 years, March 23 will be a “huge night:” a sold out celebration …
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By DANA RITCHIE
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3/20/24
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