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Cranston ranked 36th on the list of "America's 50 Best Cities to Live" in a 2014 survey done by 247wallst.com. [7] The Town of Cranston was created in 1754 from a portion of Providence north of the Pawtuxet River. After losing much of its territory to neighboring towns and the city of Providence, Cranston itself became a city on March 10, 1910.
CRANSTON – This summer, for the fifth year in a row, the Budlong Pool will remain closed. And the image of one of the largest public pools in America sitting empty, unused and filled with murky ...
CRANSTON — The 12-acre Oakland Cemetery on Broad Street in Cranston, a perennial source of city consternation for a lack of upkeep, is now in the hands of a lawyer appointed by the Cranston ...
The Cranston Public Library is the public library system serving Cranston, the second largest city in Rhode Island. [4] The first library in Cranston was formed in 1797, while the library system was formed in 1966 by the Cranston City Council. The present day library system formed in 1968 when six independent neighborhood libraries came ...
The city's financial woes, which have now led to layoffs, could emerge as an issue in the 2nd Congressional District race. Cranston mayor eliminates 21 city positions amid estimated $12 million ...
The origins of Route 37 date back to 1956, when the Rhode Island Department of Public Works (RIDPW) included the Route 37 Expressway on its list of proposed freeways for the state of Rhode Island. The freeway was originally proposed to begin at Route 116 in Hope, a village of Scituate, and extend east through Cranston to Route 117 in Warwick ...
CRANSTON − A former mayor with union ties – and a pivotal position on his home city's School Committee – is leading a quiet push for Cranston to buy and renovate the privately owned building ...
March 2, 1989 (Hope Rd., Burlingame Rd., and Lippett Ave. Cranston: 12: Norwood Avenue Historic District: Norwood Avenue Historic District: April 26, 2002