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Cranston council legal counsel Stephen Angel and Council President Jessica Marino submit resignations

5692079 · August 28, 2025
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City Council legal counsel Stephen Angel announced his resignation effective Sept. 30, 2025; Council President Jessica Marino resigned her council seat effective at the end of the Aug. 27 meeting.

Stephen Angel, the Cranston City Council’s legal counsel, announced his resignation effective Sept. 30, 2025, and asked that his resignation letter be entered into the record. Angel spoke at the Aug. 27 special council meeting and criticized the Hopkins administration and others for what he described as personal attacks, saying his work advising the council had been performed “at the highest level” and that accusations against him were driven by a political vendetta.

Angel told the council he had served the city in multiple roles, citing past work in 2003 and more than five years as the council’s legal…

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