By JEN COWART Students from Cranston High School West and the Cranston Area Career and Technical Center were among the nearly 2000 students from all over Rhode Island who had the opportunity to attend the third annual Computer Science For Rhode Island more

By JOHN HOWELL Drake Patten takes offense to the word farm" when it is preceded by the word "solar." Patten knows what it's like to raise produce and feed livestock. She is the "head farmer" at Cluck Farm on Natick Avenue. But the prospect of a 29-acre" more

On Monday at 10:30 a.m. a kickoff ceremony and ceremonial “wall-breaking” was held at 1725 Broad Street in Cranston, where a new renovation and expansion project will be taking place to create a … more

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