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Inaugural Lindsay award goes to Laurie O’Rourke

Benjamin Lindsay is not frequently associated with Gaspee Day events, but Laurie O’Rourke is known to Pawtuxet Village residents. On Tuesday, June 10, at Trinity Episcopal Church, O’Rourke …
Valedictorian Jennifer Vo.

To East grads: ‘The power to shape your own destiny’

After four years of high school, and nine years longer since that first step into kindergarten, Cranston High School East graduates walked the stage last week. Cranston East presented its 130 th …
West graduates await their time to walk across the stage.

To West grads: ‘Make a meaningful difference’

Saturday morning saw a new class of graduates take a step into the future. In their recognizable red gowns and gray stoles, the class celebrated the closure of four years in high school with family …

Bolts win title in historic upset

The Cranston East boys volleyball team upset top-seeded, undefeated North Kingstown in an epic match to win its first ever Division I state championship on Sunday at Rhode Island College. See story …
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Brownie

Puppies!! Have you been searching for a new pup to join your family? Well Brownie is just one of the adorable pups waiting for their forever home at the Heart of RI. They have several litters of …
City Council members and other dignitaries held small rainbow-colored flags in a show of unity.

Lifting spirits for Pride Month

Local and state officials gathered outside Cranston City Hall at the end of the day Monday, determined not to let a persistent mist dampen the city’s seventh annual flag raising in honor of …
Bam-Bam enjoys a pup treat from his friends at Dunkin. Submitted photo

At the animal shelter, treats for all

A heartwarming surprise came with toys, treats and huge smiles for animal lovers as New England-founded Dunkin came bearing gifts for the Cranston Animal Shelter’s most important guests …

Bolts, Hawks finish epic championship runs

The spring sports season is officially closed as the final championships took place last weekend.   Beacon Media had two of its teams clinch championships, as the Cranston East boys …
Gershkoff Top Notch Lightning Elite coach Ed Tavarez prepares the team before a game in the Memorial Day Firecracker Tournament.

Gershkoff continues to grow as season begins

SPECIAL TO THE HERALD David Schiappa enters his third decade of coaching American Legion baseball for Gershkoff Auto Body Auburn Post 20. He has established a futures program currently in the …
Good eating: Sherri Kanelos with bluefish and Marc Carvalho with a squeteague, both of Warwick, planned to bake and eat their catch whole Sunday night.

Atlantic bluefin tuna retention limits adjusted

NOAA Fisheries adjusted the Atlantic bluefin tuna daily retention limits for recreational fishermen. The adjusted limits took effect June 3, 2025 and extend through Dec. 31, 2025, unless modified by …
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Items from the Wanderground archive are currently on display at the Providence Public Library.

Branching out

In Sally Miller Gearhart’s 1978 novel The Wanderground, a group of psychic women known as the Hill Women live their lives completely free of men, communicating with plants and animals and …
Koo Koo

Koo Koo embraces its audience with interactive show

The best moments in a show are when there is a collaboration between the performer and the audience. A call-and-response moves to a whole new level when hundreds of people are taking part in it, and …
Ballerina

See it on the screen

WARWICK SHOWCASE BALLERINA  * * *  (Action-Packed Violence) This is not about the Bolshoi Ballet, folks! It is about a sweet young girl who watches her father be murdered, is …
Police Logs

Police log

WILLFUL TRESPASS On June 8 at 1:32 a.m., officers arrested a 44-year-old man of no known address on a charge of Willful Trespass. The arrest was the result of a trespassing complaint at Seasons …

Police log

DOMESTIC SIMPLE ASSAULT On June 2 at 5:36 p.m., officers arrested Dana Jackson, 28, of 947 Dyer Ave. Apt. 45, Cranston was arrested on charges of Domestic Simple Assault and Domestic Disorderly …

Police log

DOMESTIC ASSAULT On May 26 at 10:45 p.m., officers arrested Teresa Colombo, 55, of 24 Lindsay Lane, on charges of Domestic Assault on a Person Over 60, Domestic Disorderly Conduct and Resisting …
CRANSTON CHATTER

Cranston Chatter

June 13: Cranston Library Summer Reading Kick-off & Free Book Fair: On Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., the Cranston Public Library will be holding a book fair and have information on their …
Obituaries

Fox, Paul J. Jr.

Paul J. Fox, Jr., 73, of Cranston peacefully passed away at home surrounded by his family on May 21, 2025. PJ, as he was affectionately known, was the husband of Wendy (Baltzer) Fox for 49 wonderful …

Barbone, Joseph Francis

Joseph Francis Barbone "Joe" 93, of Warwick, passed away on April 9, 2025, at Sunny View Nursing Home. He retired after 29 years as an Inspector 4th Class from Electric Boat in Groton, CT where …
Editorial

A letter to 2025 high school grads

Hi there, young Rhode Islander. Congratulations on graduating high school and getting ready to enter the exciting world of adulthood. Although it might not be coming to you in your preferred …

Good public-school options fortify Class of ‘25

June is by far the most wonderful time of the year for those of us in education. And no, not just because summer is around the corner and the beautiful beaches of Rhode Island beckon us. …