Cranston Mayor Allan Fung is calling on Providence to halt plans to reroute traffic on a road near the Cranston border. Fung hosted a community forum on the proposed change Tuesday evening. At issue is the change from two-way to one-way traffic along F. C. Greene Memorial Boulevard, a road which loops along the outer edge of Roger Williams Park. The change is set to go into effect on Thursday. The road is open to traffic, but is also used by joggers and bikers. Providence of

CRANSTON, R.I. — The City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to approve a zone change that will allow the construction of a Dollar General store at Park Avenue and Dyer Street. The now-vacant site at 1315 Park Ave. is about two-thirds of an acre and was once occupied by a combination gas station and car wash, but that was torn down several years ago. Robert D. Murray, representing the zone change applicant, Omega Inc., said his client hoped to start work on the new stor

Whether working out together or on a date night to Dave & Buster’s, Fung and Fenton enjoy “a competitive marriage, with a lot of love.” As busy newlyweds, Mayor Allan Fung and Barbara Ann Fenton seek side-by-side elliptical machines when they go to LA Fitness. They are able to catch up, ask how each other’s day has been and comfort if necessary. Yet in a rare night home together, Cranston’s first couple revealed another “critical” reason for wanting to work out next to each o

With the prospect the city could close the 2016 fiscal year with a $10 million surplus and complete the current year with an additional $2 million, Mayor Scott Avedisian has proposed a $310.5 million city budget, an increase of $11.8 million for the next fiscal year. Avedisian would end years of basically level funding schools, giving them an additional $4.1 million in local funding that in part would be linked to a teachers contract. The School Committee has offered teachers