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By JOHN HOWELL What started out as an inquiry about the Cranston Cultural Arts Council more than a year ago is leading to the recognition of the late John V. Pagliarini, his widow Florence and their profound love of the arts. He believed that everything"
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By John Howell
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1/17/18
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ASSAULT Jason Williams, 27, of 352 Smith St. #1 in Cranston was arrested on January 13 at 2:40 a.m. by Officer Medeiros for domestic simple assault/battery and domestic disorderly Conduct. His arrest was the result of a disturbance at the above address.
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1/17/18
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Early penguins Since the Jan. 1 Penguin Plunge was cancelled due to frigid temperatures, both Robin A. Muksian, PhD, who serves as the Director of Administration for the City of Cranston, and fellow Penguin Paul Harrington did not want to take a chance
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1/17/18
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By JEN COWART Sixteen years after Rebecca White lost her mother, Marcia Bowman, and her best friend, Katie Decubellis, as victims of a 1999 drunk driving accident, White brought her newest presentation, Five Keys to a Happier Life, to Cranston High
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By Jen Cowart
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1/17/18
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By JEN COWART It is a known fact women make up a great deal less of the engineering workforce than men. In 2015 only 14 percent of engineers were women, according to a 2017 report from the Global Policy Institute. The push to introduce young female
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By Jen Cowart
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1/17/18
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By PAM SCHIFF The pipe burst from the water main outside of Edgewood Highland Elementary School not only forced an emergency evacuation from the building, but it also caused the school to be closed indefinitely. At one point, there was four feet of water
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By Pam Schiff
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1/17/18
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Mrs. Bernadette Puniello passed away on Jan. 10, 2018, surrounded by her family in Aruba, her home away from home. She was the beloved wife of Carmine J. Puniello. They were married for 54 …
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1/17/18
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Johnston and North Providence went down to the wire in a Division II boys’ basketball tilt on Monday night. The Cougars held an 11-point lead at halftime, before a 40-point second half helped …
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By Matt Metcalf
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1/17/18
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Anthony Soscia, 100, of Cranston, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 8th, 2018 at Roberts Health Center, North Kingstown. He was the beloved husband of the late Anna (Martinelli) Soscia, and …
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1/17/18
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Carmine Frank Ripa, 72, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., passed away December 30, 2017, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer with his wife and daughters by his side.
Born on January 4, 1945, …
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1/17/18
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Ema da Conceicao (Alves) Medeiros, of Michael Drive, passed away on Jan. 6, 2018, at Silver Creek Manor. She was the wife of the late Manuel Carreiro Medeiros.
Born in Pico da …
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1/17/18
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Jose de Matos Couto, 77, of Wood Street, passed away on Jan. 6, 2018, at Rhode Island Hospital. He was the husband of Maria G. (Cordeiro) Couto.
Born in Mosteiros, Sao Miguel, Acores, he was the …
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1/17/18
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PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth High School boys’ varsity indoor track team had a good day at the Providence Career & Technical Academy, sweeping its dual meet against Rogers and …
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1/17/18
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There was a rather unique holiday happening for the ages inside the Pell Manor Community Room that’s located off Plainfield Pike in Johnston.
There was music and merriment during the annual Pell …
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By Pete Fontaine
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1/17/18
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To the Editor: The budget for the City of Warwick is about $300,000,000. More than half of that goes to the School Committee. Now, let's be clear. It doesn't go to the schools. It doesn't go to education." It doesn't go to the "students" and it"
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1/17/18
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The construction of a new Barrington Middle School will move one step closer to reality on Friday.
At 10 a.m. on Friday morning, Barrington school officials will open contractors' bids for the …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/16/18
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Thomas J. Allin, III, 62, passed away Monday, January 8, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Tina M. (Thornton) Allin.
He was a son of Frances (Iannetta) and the late Thomas J. Allin, Jr. He was …
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1/16/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The house could not withstand the fireball which engulfed it on Monday morning, which Warwick fire officials are officially investigating as an arson.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/16/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- Superintendent Philip Thornton revealed last week a list of potential line items on the chopping block in order to free up money to pay retroactive pay raises for the teachers.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/16/18
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FOLLOWING HIS “UPS”On January 1 at approximately 3:25 a.m. Warwick Police were notified of a silver vehicle possibly traveling the wrong way on Bald Hill Road. Shortly thereafter, …
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1/16/18
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By JOHN HOWELL It was the new - if a heating system installed in the early 1990s is new - that failed during the recent cold snap, bursting a sprinkler pipe and closing Toll Gate High School on Jan. 8. And, ironically, it was the failure of that new""
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By John Howell
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1/16/18
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By THOMAS GREENBERG -- Keep smiling in the face of "number twos." That's what Reverend Justin Lester told the crowd at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet on the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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By Thomas Greenberg
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1/16/18
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By ETHAN HARTLEY -- A presentation attended by many local hotel workers and managers, in accordance with the FBI, sought to shine light on an often overlooked but unfortunately prevalent issue: human trafficking.
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By Ethan Hartley
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1/16/18
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By JOHN HOWELL -- Rhode Islanders would be the losers if Brown University and Prospect Medical Holdings based in California were to acquire Care New England Health System, says the man who ran Kent Hospital for the past five years.
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By John Howell
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1/16/18
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Pilgrim senior Sophia Kate Carter and Taliq Tillman of Providence were selected from among the state’s top student leaders to participate in the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) 56th annual Washington Week.
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1/16/18
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