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Groundwater mystery at Budlong Pool revealed during new pool construction. Splash pad opening.
City of Cranston Update Regarding Budlong Pool Complex Construction and New City Splash Pad Facility On April 3, 2025, the administration of Mayor Ken Hopkins issued the following statement regarding the Budlong pool project and construction of a new water splash pad facility: On July 16, 2024, after a public bidding process, the City of…
Read MoreBudlong Pool complex finally under way after “unnecessary rhetoric”: Cranston Mayor Hopkins
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Read MoreNew Budlong Pool: Cranston DPW sets public meeting on ways to recognize its history
The new Budlong Pool in Cranston will soon (but never soon enough) open (2025) with a tip of its hat to the past, to the work and workers of the WPA, to history, and to historic preservation. The Budlong Pool, located at 198 Aqueduct Road, off Reservoir Avenue is the city’s only outdoor public pool.…
Read MoreAfter community delays, meetings, Cranston’s new Budlong Pool plans 2025 opening. Summer plans.
Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins has announced an update on the Budlong Pool modernization as the city moves toward the receipt of formal bids to complete the planned upgrade and new pool experience for the community. Hopkins stated in the past week a pre-bid conference was held – at the site – with interested pool installers,…
Read MoreMayor Hopkins stays firm to reopen Budlong Pool, responds to “rebuke” of PAC, and City Councilor
Cranston’s partisan politics isn’t taking a break, even as the world explodes in concerns of World War, and people are fighting over religion and cultural divides. Cranston seems to be a microcosm of divide as any thought of compromise, working together, and agreeing to disagree has been lost – all over a dirty, mucky dead…
Read MoreMayor Hopkins steps out of partisan quagmire, moves forward to rebuild Cranston’s Budlong Pool
Photo, top: artist rendering, subject to changes After nearly more than 20 public meetings, Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins has announced that his administration is moving forward with final design and specifications to seek bids for the construction of a new Budlong Pool complex. “Following extensive review, considerations of options, public comments and community dialogue,…
Read MoreCranston’s Finance Committee says size matters for Budlong Pool – not “bells and whistles”
In another long meeting regarding the future of the Budlong Pool in Cranston, estimated to be the 19th or so, the City Council’s Finance Committee passed an amended resolution choosing size over features proposed by Mayor Hopkins and the aquatics professional’s proposed plan. The resolution was tweaked at last night’s meeting by Council Robert Ferri…
Read MoreBudlong Pool: Cranston plays political football while residents sweat out its future
(Updated) The renovation of the Budlong Pool was the subject of a special City Council meeting, one put together after Mayor Hopkins called for a public meeting to show newly designed plans to interested parties, and to take questions. He invited two aquatics specialists who have provided reports about the pool to also present. A…
Read MoreMayor Hopkins sets public meeting on Cranston Budlong Pool, releases report repairs not possible.
“I visited Budlong Pool, as large as two Olympic pools put together, some years after moving to Cranston from Newport. I had finally come to understand that swimming laps in the ocean would be harder and possibly less healthy here, and I have never liked the gym. I assumed I would develop a relationship with…
Read MoreIn the News… Quick recap of the news of the week, Sept. 20, 2025
A quick synopsis of a busy news week – catch up here, and follow up on items if you want more detailed information – or get in touch with us at news@rinewstoday.com RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY Media shakeup in RI as ABC6 is sold, sports report Nick Coit and meteorologist Kelly Bates, among others, eliminated. ProJo…
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