Tag: Ken Hopkins
6 R.I. legislative races to watch on Election Day
Presidential race aside, Tuesday’s election isn’t likely to make waves in Rhode Island. All the state’s general officeholders have two more years in their...
Hopkins wins Republican primary for Cranston mayor
CRANSTON – Incumbent Kenneth J. Hopkins won the Republican mayoral primary and will face Democratic City Councilor Robert Ferri in November to remain the...
Friends, now rivals, face off in Cranston mayoral primary
They say familiarity breeds contempt. To wit: Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins and Rep. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung – once political allies and friends, but now...
Do you agree with Cranston’s clampdown on homeless encampments?
Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins has signed an executive order allowing police to remove homeless encampments.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on Aug....
$48.5M flood project for Cranston, Johnston federally authorized
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has been authorized to implement the Pocasset River Flood Damage Reduction Project, the...
Topgolf Rhode Island will open Oct. 6
CRANSTON – It’s official, Topgolf Rhode Island will be accepting tee times later this week.
The modern golf entertainer announced Monday that the long-awaited facility...
Costco store planned at former medium-security prison site in Cranston
PROVIDENCE – Costco may be finally arriving in Rhode Island.
The popular membership wholesale club is set to be built on the former Adult Correctional...
Cranston mayor shows why state lags in business friendliness
Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins scored one for the locals by persuading the owners of a large golfing complex under construction in the city...
R.I. is ‘stuck in local… mini-battles’
Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins got what he wanted after voicing his anger this month over the proposed name of a massive golfing complex...