The Cranston Herald

Centreville Bank welcomed to Rolfe Square

Centerville Bank welcomed to Rolfe Square During a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week, Mayor Ken Hopkins officially welcomed Centreville Bank to 56 Rolfe Square. Centreville has nine branches in Rhode Island and eight in Connecticut, and the bank's more

3/17/21

Hope Highlands Middle School announces second quarter honor roll

Grade 8 High Honors: Amelia Albino, Chad Antonelli, Stalia Biosse, Cameron Bobek, Olivia Borders-Oliver, Ava Cappuccilli, Aidan Carter, Dylan Cicchitelli, Cole Curran, Nicholas DiRaimo, Juliana Fernandes, Devon Fraenza, Hayden Karas, Grace Kogut, more

3/17/21

Luxury Deathtrap gives a glimpse at a possible future with 'Technogrip'

By ROB DUGUAY Over the past 20 years, the amount of space technology has taken up in our everyday lives has grown immensely. Cell phones have become handheld information hub centers, computer programs can do anything from studying viruses to streaming more

By ROB DUGUAY | 3/17/21

Try your hand navigating in a wind farm

Ever think about what it would be like to pilot your vessel through an offshore wind farm. Well you can now give … more

By CAPTAIN DAVE MONTI | 3/17/21

Cities form task force to tackle ATVs, dirt bikes

By DANIEL KITTREDGE On the heels of the latest high-profile incident involving ATVs operating on local roadways, officials from Cranston and Providence on Tuesday announced a new partnership aimed at addressing activity they described as endangering more

By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE | 3/17/21

401Gives returns April 1 with ambitious $1.5M goal

Rhode Islanders will have the opportunity to support any of more than 300 local nonprofits when 401Gives, the state's largest single day of giving, returns on April 1. After exceeding the $1 million mark for the effort's first-ever year, United Way of more

3/10/21

How to make housing more affordable in RI

By BRIAN C. NEWBERRY Speaker Shekarchi recently held a press conference in which he correctly made affordable housing a top legislative priority. Whether the legislature has a grasp of the real issues remains to be seen. The principle problem with more

By BRIAN C. NEWBERRY | 3/10/21

Social Enterprise Greenhouse's Ideator program to help people test ideas for starting a business

Social Enterprise Greenhouse (SEG) has added a new program to its portfolio of services designed to help entrepreneurs launch and grow businesses. The SEG Ideator is an eight-week program created specifically for people who are thinking about starting a more

3/10/21

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse photo and art contest

Pomham Rocks Lighthouse photo and art contest As part of a year-long celebration of the 150th Jubilee of East Providence's historic landmark, the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse is sponsoring a photography and art contest. Entry is free. Entrants can more

3/10/21

Wilbury adds new performances of 'The Race'

Back by popular demand, The Wilbury Theatre Group has added performances of "The Race" by Mark Binder, directed by Brien Lang, from March 13-28. This challenging new play, done on Zoom - an emerging new performance medium - examines the common, and more

3/10/21

Taking on a historic home

When Deb and John Walsh first saw Rose Cottage, it had been on the market for two years. Even though the 19th century Italianate building needed lots of basic upgrades, they fell in love with the glassed-in cupola, the high ceilings and its potential. more

3/10/21

Fish managers seek angler input

These are unprecedented times. We as fishers on the east coast have three fishing Amendments to Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) that will eventually be applied to regulations on striped bass, bluefish, as well as summer flounder, scup and black sea more

By CAPTAIN DAVE MONTI | 3/10/21

Trinity Rep presents 'The Catastrophist'

Trinity Rep is one of ten theaters throughout the country that will be presenting the new, highly acclaimed, cinematic digital theater production "The Catastrophist." Written by Lauren M. Gunderson and co-produced by Marin Theatre Company and Round House more

3/10/21

Local arts community mourns loss of Thomas

By DON FOWLER Whether it was in her Edgewood neighborhood, the University of Rhode Island campus, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra program, or on stage at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Susan Thomas brightened the world of everyone she more

By DON FOWLER | 3/10/21

'We will not tolerate it': Through executive order, planned ordinance, officials target off-road vehicles on city stree

By DANIEL KITTREDGE In the wake of a New Year's Day incident on Atwood Avenue that left an officer injured and led to nine arrests, Cranston Police and Mayor Ken Hopkins have put the use of ATVs, dirt bikes and other illegal vehicles on city roadways in more

By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE | 3/10/21

Through Plates with Purpose, community steps up to boost restaurants, feed neighbors in need

By DANIEL KITTREDGE An effort to address food insecurity in Rhode Island while providing a boost to independent local restaurants during the pandemic continues to grow. Plates with Purpose began when two women - one from North Providence, one from more

By DANIEL A. KITTREDGE | 3/10/21

Shore City shreds the outdoor stage at Dusk

By ROB DUGUAY Live music has slowly been making its way back into existence around Rhode Island since phase three of the state's reopening process began. A few establishments have been putting on outdoor shows in a socially distanced setting since the more

By ROB DUGUAY | 8/26/20

Rich Polseno works with locals for opus 'The Pews Are Ajar'

By ROB DUGUAY The average length of a song is between three and five minutes. Sometimes music can extend longer than that, and those pieces are often formulated in the classical, progressive or jazz styles. With the 17-minute epic, "e;The Pews Are Ajar,"e; more

By ROB DUGUAY | 8/12/20

TAKING WORDS TO HEART: Dr. Luke Messac, seen here geared up for work at Rhode Island Hospital, recently shared a 13-year-old email response from NIH Director Dr. Anthony Fauci. Fauci praised Messac’s thesis and said he was confident he would go on to have a successful career. (Submitted photo courtesy Luke Messac)

‘Best regards, Tony’

Dr. Luke Messac thought it was going to be like every other Tweet he sent.Messac, of Warwick, had just a few hundred followers as recently as July 16, and he took the opportunity to send out a … more

By JACOB MARROCCO | 7/30/20

Connecting the dots

As Father Brian Shanley reflects on his 15-year tenure as president of Providence College, he remembers what his parents told him when he was applying to colleges himself.As a senior at Toll Gate … more

By LAURA WEICK | 6/25/20

by CHARLIE HALL | 6/10/20

Racial justice, RI's budget and political moves

The challenge facing any social movement is converting activism into change. So it will take time to assess the impact of the mass movement that formed in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police almost two weeks ago. Yet more

By IAN DONNIS | 6/10/20

RI's state poet receives award from American Academy of Poets

The Academy of American Poets has announced that Tina Cane, State Poet of Rhode Island, has been named one of its 2020 Poets Laureate Fellows. Cane, a resident of East Providence, will receive $50,000 to support community-based poetry projects throughout more

6/10/20

Recently at the General Assembly

Committee approves bill to permanently enact telemedicine insurance requirement The Senate Health and Human Services Committee recently voted to approve legislation that would permanently require health insurers to comprehensively cover telemedicine more

6/10/20

Passion Project: Author William Geoghegan poses with his new book “Summer Baseball Nation.”

Connecting to the game

Summer baseball has always been a part of Will Geoghegan’s life, going back to his childhood when his family used to watch Cape Cod League games while vacationing in Massachusetts. They … more

By JACOB MARROCCO | 6/4/20