Cranston News

The Rhode Island State Police have identified the 19-year-old Coventry woman who was killed in an early morning crash in Cranston and have charged a 19-year-old man from Foxboro, Mass., with driving under the influence, death resulting.

The draft copy is about 100 pages and it looks at everything from course offerings to special education to building conditions.

AT GROUND BREAKING: Andrew Sholes, left, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Rabbi Amy Levin and Temple Torat Yisrael president Susan Smoller chat prior to Sundays' groundbreaking ceremony.

In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 Ashley Anderson, front, receives a free haircut from Hair Stylist Jonathan Williams, top right, both of Cranston, R.I., at the Wil.O Design Studio, in Cranston.

By traditional measures such as reading scores and math scores, the city's schools are generally doing well.

28, 2009 at the richly refurbished RI Center for Performing Arts at the Historic Park Theater , Rolfe Square, Cranston.

On November 13, 2009, at approximately 12:30 p.m., the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Michael J. Pappas, age 37, of 1890 Broad Street, Apartment 220, Cranston, Rhode Island, for Possession of Child Pornography.

Students will gather at 8:30 a.m. Monday for Mass at the new Immaculate Conception Catholic Regional School .

One man is dead after he crashed his car into a sign on Route 95 north early Monday morning, ran from his car up an embankment to the Route 10 overpass and leaped onto the highway, according to the Rhode Island State Police.

A Cranston, R.I., man is about to finish a prison sentence for the 10 bags of heroin police found in his car during a traffic stop at Foxwoods Resort Casino.

WINNERS CIRCLE: Laura Perfetto's senior health class takes a break from their catered luncheon courtesy of the Cranston Applebees for their fundraising efforts toward breast cancer research and awareness.

New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, evidence the job market is slowly healing as the economy recovers.

In the battle over the latest proposed cell tower to meet resistance from the locals, the U.S. Court of Appeals is siding with T-Mobile. The Washington state-based company prevailed against the city on Nov.

Officers from the Woonsocket and Cranston police departments arrested two brothers this week and charged them with drug offenses.

A 22-foot sailboat with four people aboard overturned in the Providence River early Sunday afternoon but fortunately the warm sunny weather caused several boaters to be on the water at the same time and they rushed to help.

A dog from Iraq has been placed in temporary foster care in North Providence. Barbara Lakeberg was working for a nonprofit in Iraq when she found Lucy in bad shape and pregnant.

Lucy, the dog from Iraq that was up for adoption because her owner must return to Iraq, has been placed in foster care in North Providence temporarily, Linda Monahan of ADOPT, or Animals Depend on People Too, said Thursday night.

District Court Judge Frank J. Cenerini on Friday ordered Michael J. Patino, 27, accused of fatally injuring 6-year-old Marco Nieves of Cranston, held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions pending trial, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch said in a news release.

The complaint was received by U.S. District Court for Rhode Island on Wednesday, according to Kim Keough, the convention center's public relations director.

A 16-year-old girl found unconscious in a Cranston home was taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital Tuesday, according to the Providence Journal.