The 36th Annual Apple Festival will be held on Sat., Sept. 21, and Sun., Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Johnston Memorial Park. Artisans, food vendors, entertainment and more. For …
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9/20/24
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9/18/24
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Sept. 19 & 20,Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI) Outreach is set to kick off on Thurs., Sept. 19, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Fri. Sept. 20, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at OSDRI’s …
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9/18/24
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Sept. 20, 21 & 22, Johnston High School Class of 1974 Reunion will be a three-day event. Fri., Sept. 20, will be a Meet & Greet at the Johnston Senior Center, 1291 Hartford Ave., …
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9/18/24
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Rhode Island FC lost its second-straight road match on Saturday, falling 1-0 in a narrow defeat to Orange County SC. Despite a 17-10 total shots advantage, the Ocean State club was unable to find the …
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9/18/24
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Sophomore outside hitter Sarina Marines (Cranston R.I.) notched a double-double, matching her career-high with 22 digs to go along with 14 digs, to cap off a five-set match win at Dean College on …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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9/18/24
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The Rhode Island Community Food Bank sounded the alarm last week that because of a dramatic incraease in the number of people served monthly — 82,000 or a 50% increase from pre-pandemic levels …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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9/18/24
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Liz Duggan of Warwick had a number in mind and it had nothing to do with Friday the 13th and yet it had an awful lot to do with the date which often is equated with being scary or bad luck.
The …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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9/18/24
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Gas prices across Rhode Island have dropped below $3 a gallon for the first time since the pandemic days of 2021.
A survey of service stations in Warwick this week found the cheapest price for …
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By CHRISTIAN SILVIA
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9/18/24
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The passing of Alan Shawn Feinstein at the age of 93 has once again raised a thorny but important question regarding the long-time Cranston resident’s undeniable legacy, which essentially …
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9/18/24
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9/18/24
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Cranston Public Schools extends its deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Alan Shawn Feinstein. As a valued community partner, Cranston resident, Cranston Public Schools parent and grandparent, …
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9/18/24
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It’s happened again. American politics has once again been assaulted by an act of violence upon one of our leaders. The shocking news of someone attempting to kill Donald Trump, again, a former …
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By RICHARD R. FASCIA
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9/18/24
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With Ken Hopkins the declared winner of the Republican Mayoral Primary, Councilman Robert Ferri, the endorsed Democratic nominee for Mayor of Cranston welcomes Ken to the general election, and had …
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By ROBERT FERRI
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9/18/24
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On Sunday, Sept. 15, Women & Infants Hospital hosted our annual NICU Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic Reunion to celebrate children who were born in 2020 and cared for in the NICU and followed in the …
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9/18/24
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Last Wednesday, the weather was achingly similar to what it was exactly 23 years earlier — a warm September day with bright blue skies.
And it was on Sept. 11, 2001, that the peace of the …
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By BARBARA POLICHETTI
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9/18/24
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Comprehensive Community Action Program (CCAP), one of the largest community action programs in Rhode Island, has announced the appointment of Chris Mansfield as its new Chief Executive Officer, …
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By RORY SCHULER
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9/18/24
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Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced last week that a Massachusetts man has been sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to serve 19 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions …
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9/18/24
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DOMESTIC FELONY ASSAULT
At 4:56 p.m., Sept. 16, Cranston Police Officers arrested Alvaro Vasquez, 28, of 160 Whitehall St., Providence, for two counts of Domestic Felony Assault, Domestic …
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9/18/24
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