By JEN COWART On Dec. 5, the Cranston High School West community, as well as artists and supporters of art education from around the state, helped to celebrate one of their own, as Valerie Bruzzi-Krsulic was named Secondary Art Educator of the Year by more

By JEN COWART A controversial campaign to collect nearly $46,000 in unpaid lunch balances accrued this year has caused a stir in the city. On Dec. 5, families of all students in the Cranston Public Schools received a message, which stated the following: more

By PAM SCHIFF For the past 10 years Mayor Fung has invited Chabad Rabbi, Yossi Laufer and the Jewish community to join in the lighting of the menorah at City Hall. What has been a traditionally happy celebration throughout history; Chanukah tells the more

ASSAULT As a result of a call for service at 26 Hemlock Ave. on December 4 at 10:50 a.m., officers arrested Matthew Edward Cunha, 30, of 26 Hemlock Ave. for felony assault with a dangerous weapon. He was then arraigned by the Justice of the Peace. more

By JEN COWART More than 70 cast and crew members will come together this weekend to present the timeless musical classic, Fiddler on the Roof" at Cranston High School West. Director Nancy Vitulli has been working with her cast and crew since the start" more

By JEN COWART Last spring, the students in grades 3-8 took the newest standardized test, the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS), re-branded from the Massachusetts state test, MCAS. The assessment replaced the PARCC assessments and more

By JEN COWART On Sunday, December 2, the parish community at Saint David's on-the-Hill formally dedicated their newest community resource, a Blessing Box. A Blessing Box allows a passerby to either take an item from the box or to leave a blessing for more

By JEN COWART This is the fourth article in an ongoing series, which seeks to showcase some of our schools' unsung heroes. In my ten years as an education reporter and as a former educator, and in my almost 19 years as a parent, I have seen many amazing more

By PAM SCHIFF It's not often that a dignitary from another country visits Cranston. But, it is truly special, when that visitor is the Mayor of Cranston's sister city in Italy, Itri. Over the weekend, Mayor Antonio Fargiorgio visited relatives in the more

By JEN COWART There was a day during the summer of 2015 when Ana Maynard was told that her son Theron would not be able to start Cranston West as a freshman with the rest of his peers from Western Hills Middle School. This coming June, he's set to more