Editor’s note: Author of the Meeting with Mike column highlighting local personalities appearing in these pages turns his pen to a pet peeve as we prepare to celebrate Independence Day. … more

OFFICIALS AND OFFICIAL CELEBRANT: Former Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicillini, who served as parade grand co-marshals, at left, are joined by Don … more

By KELLY SULLIVAN Leonard Frederick Whitford only had the benefit of a fifth-grade education before signing on as a volunteer with the Rhode Island Militia in the summer of 1918, then becoming a United States Navy fireman as part of the Merchant Marines. more