Posts Tagged ‘Cranston City Council’
Yes, the Cranston pool will reopen. No, it won’t be this summer. And it won’t be the same.
Cranston Budlong Pool to be repaired
Read More“One Cranston” – a stretch goal for a city weary of hyper-partisan politics
A member of the Garden City Alliance perhaps expressed it best: “we’re sick of it”. Referring to the politics of getting almost anything done in the city of Cranston – “To know who will help you you first need to find out their party, and that will tell you everything.” With the majority of the…
Read MoreUpdate: Cranston vote against pallet shelters a tie. Governor must meet with all mayors. Other…
PHOTO: Sample Pallet Shelter village in western US The Cranston City Council considered a resolution to request Governor McKee not locate pallet housing on the grounds of the city-located, state-owned Pastore Center. Amid some passionate testimony, the vote came down 4-4 which requires a moot result and the resolution did not pass. This does not…
Read MoreGovernor: Commit to no tiny shelter village for homeless in Cranston now – and after – election
Photo: Sample of Pallet Shelters from Pallet Shelter company, Oregon At last night’s Cranston City Council meeting, Councilman Matt Reilly showed a letter he has sent to Governor McKee “demanding a straight answer” about his intent to locate a tiny home homeless village on the grounds of the state’s Pastore Center, located in Cranston and…
Read MoreCranston comes together on solutions to necessary “nuisance” of police gun range
Approximately a dozen residents spoke at the special meeting of the Cranston City Council last night about the disruptive noise from the firearm training at the Cranston Police Training Academy on Phenix Avenue, across from Cranston West High School. Neighbors gave 4-minute testimony and in some cases played audio from the cell phones into the…
Read MoreCranston communities rattled by “non-stop gunfire” from police training center (VIDEO)
Photo: RI State Police Chiefs Association Neighbors in the vicinity of the Cranston Police Academy Training Center are raising alarm at what has become, they say, nearly non-stop sounds of automatic weapons firing and echoing into their homes, and in constant earshot of the students at Cranston West. The Training Center has been doing weapons…
Read MoreWhat happened – and what’s happening at Cranston’s Knightsville gazebo
A few days ago pictures went around on social media of the taking down of the iconic Knightsville gazebo. The photo received over 245 comments, many of which were negative and questioning of what was happening. Cranston has announced what the plans were for the area, repeatedly, over the last two years. The rotting gazebo…
Read MoreUpdated: “Cannot keep piling raises on top of raises,” Cranston Mayor Hopkins to City Council on teacher contracts
Expressing serious concern for the status of two school employee contracts scheduled for review by the City Council Finance Committee on Monday. July 11, 2022, Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins has called on the Council not to ratify the contracts, but to send them back to the School Committee. Two ordinances are scheduled for hearing being…
Read MoreCranston Democrat Ferri responds to Cranston Republicans article: Dems are “more financially responsible”
Editor’s Note – Robert Ferri, Cranston City Councilman, submitted this article in response to the article that ran yesterday in RINewsToday.com – “Cranston Republicans to “bring people together & respect differing views” announce Council leadership, endorsements” (https://rinewstoday.com/cranston-republicans-take-steps-to-bring-people-together-respect-differing-views-move-cranston-forward/) ___ I would like the opportunity to respond to your news story today about the Republican Party in…
Read MoreCranston Republicans to “bring people together & respect differing views” announce Council leadership, endorsements
Photo: Nicole Renzulli What seems like the Cranston Republicans’ effort to get better organized and address serious budget issues exposed by Mayor Kenneth Hopkins last week, new leadership and endorsements have been made. City Wide Councilwoman Nicole Renzulli has been unanimously selected as the new leader of the City Council Republicans, as announced by Cranston…
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