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Aram Garabedian, a former state legislator and Cranston city councilman, died Oct.

31 (age 91) after a lifetime of civic work; he helped revive the family-owned Warwick Mall after the 2010 floods and was known for his colorful Aram-isms.

Aram Garabedian, longtime co-managing partner at Warwick Mall and former Cranston city councilman and state legislator, died Oct.

30 at age 91 (91).

The NEADS Prison Pup program pairs inmates at the John J.

Moran facility in Cranston with puppies to train service dogs and has trained about 300 dogs with more than 200 inmate handlers since 2005. NEADS says it relies on weekend volunteer puppy raisers and is seeking more volunteers from Rhode Island.

Hendricken placed first and second (Class A) while Barrington swept the top three (Class B) at the boys cross country Class Championships.

Pilgrim shut out Middletown, 7-0, on Oct.

30 in a high school football game.

Spirit Halloween opened three pop-up stores for fall 2026: North Kingstown (5946 Post Road) and two in Warwick (1500 Bald Hill Road, 1276 Bald Hill Road), with more locations across the border in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

A free Revolutionary War and Colonial Era display will be held Wednesday, Nov.

4 (5 to 7 p.m.) at the Sawtooth Annex Building, where residents can view artifacts and learn about local history.

Lou Umberto’s Italian Kitchen will open a second location in Pawtuxet Village in early 2027, bringing its made-from-scratch Italian menu from Knightsville to a new neighborhood spot.