Rhode Island’s Tony Award-winning Repertory Theatre, home of such classics as Shakespeare’s “Othello,” August Wilson’s “Fences” and Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming,” now gives us …
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By Don Fowler
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5/7/17
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The undefeated Cranston East Thunderbolts went into second-place East Greenwich High School and swept the Avengers, 3-0, on Monday evening while moving to 8-0 this season. It was only the second loss of the season for
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By Ryan D. Murray
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5/7/17
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A much-deserved ceremony to acknowledge some of Cranston East's most decorated student-athletes was held at the school on Tuesday morning, as faculty and coaches congratulated seven seniors that will be continuing their
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By Matt Metcalf
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5/6/17
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The game itself was forgettable. There weren't long stretches of championship-caliber volleyball. The passing was an on-again, off-again affair. There were big hits, but plenty of big misses and more unforced errors than
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By Eric Rueb
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5/6/17
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Golden anniversary Ireland's 32" Society celebrated their 50th anniversary Sunday at the RI Shrinerrs Imperial Room in Pawtuxet with 146 in attendance. The club that meets monthly from September to June at Patrick's Pub in Providence hosts annual St."
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5/6/17
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By MERI R. KENNEDY Warwick resident Gabriele Savard, a Pilgrim High senior, first approached Paul Carpentier, co-owner of TinTown Studio in Cranston, last September and asked him to be her mentor for her senior project. The studio is also co-owned by
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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5/4/17
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Grade 7 High Honors Abigail Ainley, Sanjana Ananthula, Kaitlyn Antonucci, Olivia Castelli, Alexandra Coia, Marisa Conti, Gabriella Cunha, Amanda Degnan, Nicholas DiFazio, David DiLanna, Robert DiScuillo, Domenic Eacuello, Nicholas Ferrara, Maya Fraenza,
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5/4/17
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Grade 8 High Honors Aislinn Baxter, Kalyse Brown, Nabil Chaudhry, Grace Cordeiro, Lily Cox, Sophia DePardo, Kendra Dionizio, Jeffifer Dominguez, Ava Esposito, Mina Grady, Vladimir Hakobyan, William Hardy, Chloe Lau, Damien Lee, Christy Mak, Lauren
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5/4/17
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In 2013 Brianne DeRosa became part of something special: the inaugural cast of the nationwide show, “Listen To Your Mother.” The show, whose tagline is “Giving Motherhood a Microphone,” …
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By Jen Cowart
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5/4/17
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By JEN COWART During the summer of 2015 our family embarked on a large-scale trip: a five-week, cross-country adventure in a camper we had owned for just three months. We were two adults, two tweens, one teen, a Shih Tzu and a frog, and we were new to
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By Jen Cowart
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5/4/17
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By JACOB MARROCCO The Cranston City Council Finance Committee unanimously passed a resolution Monday night in support of renovations to the Cranston High School West auditorium, asking the administration to supplement" the funds and efforts of the"
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By Jacob Marrocco
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5/3/17
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Grade 8 High Honors Jared Ainley, Samah Alam, Carmela Andreozzi, Adam Bourque, Lindsey Bratter, Elayna Brown, Hannah Buerman, Yath Bunn, Marc Cabral, Christina Charie, Annie Chen, Cheyenne Chin, Myles Chung, Kara Chy, Lina Chy, Corinne Cifelli,
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5/3/17
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On May 1, the Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church held their 150th May Breakfast. Many of the volunteers were dressed in period costumes. The Oak Lawn Community Baptist Church held the Original May Breakfast in 1867 to raise funds for a new church
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5/3/17
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Washington Trust has donated $25,000 to Saint Elizabeth Community in support of its capital campaign for the building of Green House Homes at Saint Elizabeth Home in East Greenwich. Saint Elizabeth Community president and CEO Steven Horowitz, Washington
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5/3/17
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By PAM SCHIFF Religion is one of those topics that polite people do not discuss in public. Along with sex and politics, it is considered taboo. However, in today's ever-changing world, the issue of religion and how it impacts our daily lives is
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By Pam Schiff
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5/3/17
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By JEN COWART Evan Perry, Chief Operating Officer at Advanced Production and Design (AP&D), an event management company, spoke to the students at Park View Middle School's Career Day about his job as a technical event coordinator. Perry explored how he
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By Jen Cowart
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5/3/17
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To the Editor: A recent article in the Cranston Herald and the Warwick Beacon dealing with Cranston Mayor Alan Fung's proposal to accommodate a futbol organization with renovations of Doric Avenue Field led to a widely read Facebook posting that had a
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5/3/17
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DISORDERLY On April 30 at 1:16 p.m., Officer McIntyre arrested Esther Pacheco, 25, of 22 Depot Ave. in Cranston, for domestic disorderly conduct. Her arrest was the result of a call for service at the aforementioned address, and she was held for
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5/3/17
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By PAM SCHIFF and JACOB MARROCCO An estimated 200 people, many unhappy with Mayor Allan Fung's proposed school budget, showed up at City Council Chambers Thursday. By the time the evening came to a close they had moved to the Cranston East auditorium
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By Pam Schiff and Jacob Marrocco
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5/3/17
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By JEN COWART On Tuesday morning, Gov. Gina Raimondo arrived at Glen Hills Elementary School to visit the two kindergarten classrooms there. In addition to the governor, several representatives from the Rhode Island Department of Education and from
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By Jen Cowart
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5/3/17
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By JOHN HOWELL What Dave Cesario started as a fruit stand 48 years ago at Wilde's Corner in Warwick added its 10th store as a wholly locally owned supermarket last Friday with the opening of Dave's Marketplace on Pontiac Avenue in Cranston. That is
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By John Howell
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5/3/17
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“Crisis level.”
Those were the words spoken on Monday night at the May Cranston Education Advisory Board meeting, held at Cranston High School West.
“I’d say that the school budget is …
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By Jen Cowart
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5/3/17
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Marking history Mayor Allan W. Fung and Ward 5 Councilman Christopher Paplauskas were on hand at the Sprague Mansion for the unveiling of the first marker on the Cranston Discovery Network last Wednesday. The walking tour would begin at Sprague and
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5/3/17
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To the Editor:
I am writing to ask that all parents and residents of Cranston who care about the city’s children and their future attend the Cranston City Council meeting on Wednesday, May 3 at …
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5/3/17
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The Cranston West Lady Falcons edged out the Cranston East Thunderbolts, 4-2, last Tuesday afternoon at Aqueduct Field. West senior Alyssa Ragosta broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the fifth inning when she knocked in the
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By Ryan D. Murray
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5/2/17
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