Cumberland News

Mount St. Charles will hold its commencement ceremony June 3, 1 p.m., for 196 graduates, the largest graduating class in the school's history.

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The town expanded its holdings off Old Albion Road this month when it settled with an Attleboro developer and purchased his 12 acres abutting the former town dump for $325,000. For now, the agreement puts a period on a legal dispute that town Solicitor Thomas Hefner describes the most time-consuming single case of his tenure with the town.

Town officials are finishing up a dramatic reworking of the five Town Council and school districts, shifting around political boundaries for the first time in years.

The Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce is holding a beer- and wine-tasting event and silent auction on Thursday, May 24, at Kirkbrae Country Club, 197 Old River Road, Lincoln.

Rep. James McLaughlin, a Democrat who represents Cumberland and Central Falls, filed a bill last week, H-8143, that seeks to protect community monuments with religious symbols by classifying them as having "secular traditional, cultural or community recognition and value." The legislation comes amid controversy over a white cross displayed in front ... (more)

An online, statewide news agency, GoLocalProv.com, has mixed together test scores, local tax numbers, student-teacher ratios and graduation rates to rank Cumberland High School in the bottom tier of the state, one step above The Met career center in Providence.

The proposed 2012-13 budget plan, designed with recession-weary taxpayers in mind, would nudge taxes up only slightly, town officials said this week.

Less than 18 months after joining the family business with a music studio of their own, twin sisters Rebekah and Esther Zabinksi have already expanded inside the Hope Artiste Village, 999 Main St.

A 169 Sixth Ave. MLS# 1013077. This 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath home has recently been remodeled from top to bottom.

Responding to the Woonsocket war memorial controversy, state Rep. James N. McLaughlin, a Democrat who represents Cumberland and Central Falls, introduced a bill this week that could allow for the Woonsocket memorial and others to be classified as secular property.

Valley Affordable Housing Corp. has acquired 10 of the brick multi-family houses in the historically prized Ashton Mill village from long-time owner and Cumberland resident William King.

Founders of what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind international secondary education exchange academy, with students based at the former Weeden Manor mansion, received a warm welcome last week from many of their future neighbors on Quality Hill.

Sure, it's worn by a two-toned cartoon fellow jumping excitedly on the package under a name synonymous for happy, but for Glee Gum founder Deborah Schimberg, selling candy isn't just about being sugary sweet.

Cumberland police officers are accruing more toward their retirement benefits each week than they earn in their weekly paychecks, Mayor Daniel McKee told the Senate Finance Committee last Thursday.

Robert Mitchell, who has logged 22 years as a teacher and principal at Chariho Regional High School, has been named new assistant superintendent of the Cumberland School District, filling a vacancy left by Susan Carney.

The town was in shock last June 17 when Kathleen Carpenter, 54, was struck and killed by a car while walking down Mendon Road with a friend.

Technology requires an elaborate construct of special wires and cables. From the littlest gadget to the most massive of networks, the cables need to be of top quality to ensure that the product works properly and safely.

The local arts organization Because Art Always Matters will sponsor its first community arts showcase titled "Discover the Creative Side of Cumberland," at Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St., on Saturday, May 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The number of home-schooled students in northern Rhode Island districts as of February of this year, compared with figures from 2002, are as follows: It's 2 p.m. on Monday and Aisha Manzoor is sitting on the floor of her Cumberland living room, simultaneously helping 5-year-old son Ammar, at left, with addition, and 8-year-old son Huzaifah with ... (more)