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Consumer sciences scrapped at CHS

CUMBERLAND - Culinary arts II students were making English muffin pizz ...  continue

School board tackles budget again, schedules four workshops

CUMBERLAND - A series of four School Committee budget workshops begins tonight as board members attempt to resolve a $2.25 million gap between expense ...  continue

Deficits, staff shortage tax Finance Department

CUMBERLAND - Just weeks away from a budget season that will start with setting the 2009-2010 tax rate and con ...  continue

Anchor buys Nissan dealership; will hire 50

NORTH SMITHFIELD - Anchor Subaru on Route 146 has hired almost 50 employees to work at its newly acquire ...  continue

Piece together a family history

WOONSOCKET - Kathy Petersen of Smithfield laughs when she says everyone on her side of the family is of Frenc ...  continue

Town selling two house lots on Highland Avenue

CUMBERLAND - Town Council members were expected this week to approve advertising the first two town properties on a list of land and buildings Mayor D ...  continue

Letoile, Kusinitz awarded CHS Crystal Apples

CUMBERLAND - Amanda Letoile and Melissa Kusinitz are Cumberland High School's January and February Crystal Apple Awards recipients.

Letoile, a s ...  continue

Kids' Klub annual event April 10

PAWTUCKET - Kids Klub's 5th Annual Fool's Night Out will be held on Saturday evening, April 10, at the West Valley Inn in West Warwick. The evening fe ...  continue

Art show, sale at Arnold Mills House

CUMBERLAND - The Arnold Mills Community House, 75 Hillside Road, will hold its 20th annual Art Show and Sale on Friday, March 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. and ...  continue

Cumberland's Easter Egg Hunt March 27

CUMBERLAND - The town's Parks and Recreation Department will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt at Diamond Hill Park on Saturday, March 27, at 11 a.m.

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St. Thomas Council to hold anniversary Mass

CUMBERLAND - St. Thomas Knights of Columbus Council No. 1472 will hold a Mass on Saturday, March 20, at 4 p.m. at St. Patrick Church, Broad Street, in ...  continue

Conservation Commission seeks member

CUMBERLAND - The Cumberland Conservation Commission has one opening with a term expiring on Jan. 31, 2011, due to Frank Geary's resignation.

The bo ...  continue

Library hosts 'The History of the Monastery'

CUMBERLAND - The Cumberland Public Library will host "The History of the Monastery" on Wednesday, March 24, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

David Balfour, a Cum ...  continue

Sign up now for spring storytime in Cumberland

CUMBERLAND - The Children's Room of the Cumberland Public Library has announced its spring 2010 storytime schedule.

Registration for the following s ...  continue

Disney movie in Cumberland

CUMBERLAND - March's Showtime movie at the Cumberland Public Library will be held Saturday, March 20 at 10:30 a.m.

In this Walt Disney family film, ...  continue

Get clamcakes Friday at St. Joan of Arc

CUMBERLAND - St. Joan of Arc Knights of Columbus will hold a Clam Cake and Chowder Supper prepared by Mickey G's Travelin' Clamshack this Friday, Marc ...  continue

St. Ann's hosting Easter egg hunt

WOONSOCKET - Firm Foundation Christian Church will be holding an Easter egg hunt on Sunday, March 28, at noon. The event is free and is open to the pu ...  continue

Palm 'Saturday' breakfast March 27

ATTLEBORO, Mass. - The South Attleboro Lions Club will be hosting its annual Palm "Saturday" breakfast at Bethany Village Fellowship, 516 Newport Ave. ...  continue

Emerald Bay's McGee named 'Executive Director of the Year'

TAMPA, Fla. - Chris McGee, executive director of Emerald Bay Manor retirement community in Cumberland, has been named Horizon Bay Retirement Living's ...  continue

Alliance means more buses for Conway

CUMBERLAND - Conway Tours of Cumberland Hill and DATTCO Inc. of New Britain, Conn., have announced an alliance between the two to provide motorcoach t ...  continue

Citizens promotes Cumberland man to VP

PROVIDENCE - Roy Vicente, of Cumberland, has been promoted to vice president at Citizens Bank.

Vicente works in the Operational Risk Management Dep ...  continue

March 25 'Slam' opens Poetry Month

PAWTUCKET - April's Poetry Month will get a head start at the Pawtucket Public Library next Thursday, March 25. The library's first open mike night po ...  continue

DMV still closed Wednesdays

PAWTUCKET - The Division of Motor Vehicles will extend its Wednesday closings to complete cleanup of DMV data and to provide training for DMV staff an ...  continue

Vaudreuil named deputy majority leader

PROVIDENCE - State Rep. Kenneth A. Vaudreuil has been named a deputy majority leader in the House of Representatives. Vaudreuil, a Democrat who repres ...  continue

Chafee to visit The Cakery March 24

WOONSOCKET - Come to The Cakery, 91 Main St., on Wednesday, March 24, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. to meet former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who is running ...  continue