Posts Tagged ‘Garden City’
Fence height limits in Cranston now in alignment with other cities and towns. Over 6′ not allowed.
Fences are now regulated in the City of Cranston. While most cities have regulations regarding height limits of residential fences, Cranston, for some reason, was not one of them. That’s when a Garden City neighbor decided to begin building a 10-12 foot fence. Poles went up (see photo) and her neighbors cried foul – and…
Read MoreHow high can you go – when fences grow into “Spite fences”
too tall fence in Cranston called Spite Fence
Read MoreCranston’s Garden City in process to be named to National Register Historic Districts
Garden City has moved forward in receiving a grant to support its application to be named a National Register Historic Districts location. The award to support the application development comes after five years of advocacy to get to this point. A member of the Garden City Alliance, Elizabeth Salzillo, has made this a labor of…
Read MoreThe Deer in the Swimming Pool – short story by Michael Fine
By Michael Fine, contributing writer Copyright © 2022 Michael Fine This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. There were hawks…
Read MoreFore! Clearing the way for TopGolf Cranston
From Davol Medical Services – to Citizens Bank – to RI COVID testing and vaccinating – to…TopGolf. The large white building on Sockanosset Cross Roads is about to make a sporty transition. Land clearing has begun, after 2 to 3 years of hearings, meetings, and banter in the community, including a city council “meet the…
Read MoreIt’s Yappy Hour at Garden City
It’s Yappy Hour at Garden City Center on Sun, May 16th from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm. You and your pup deserve to pawty. Join us for our very first Yappy Hour with treats and fun times for humans and pups, outdoors on our spacious Gazebo green. The Deets: – Enjoy sweet treats for both…
Read MoreCranston redevelopment proposal leaves residents asking,”when is enough, enough?”
COSTCO is coming! COSTCO is coming! The long-rumored Cranston location for the big box store was “behind Shaws” at the Carpionato Corporation’s Chapel View development. That has been quiet for some time now, and between challenges at Chapel View, economic times, and neighborhood opposition, has been said to be “off the table”. But there is…
Read MoreCranston Citizens Guide to the Land Development Process benefits all
Cranston will be getting a new Citizens Guide to the Land Development Process if efforts are successful of mayoral candidate, and Cranston City Councilman, Kenneth J. Hopkins, and Ward 5 Councilman Christopher Paplauskas. They will be sponsoring an ordinance for introduction at the next Cranston City Council meeting to provide for the guide’s creation. In…
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