Cranston YMCA held a surprise 101st birthday party for Frank Mancini, 101, on May 3. His grandkids told him they were dropping him off and leaving, but they stayed. Mancini was given a … more

Rita Garceau celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday April 13 at Alpine Country Club, where she has been a member for more than 50 years. She spent the day with family and friends including her … more

Beatrice Notarianni is one-hundred years old, and going strong! She celebrated her birthday at Alpine Country Club on February 10 with her four children, six grandkids, and ten great-grandchildren in … more

WWII Navy veteran Don Mellor will turn 102 on Feb. 22 this year. And if you talk to him today, those war years seem very fresh. He signed up because it was the right thing to do. Aboard the USS … more

Johnston born and bred, Josephine “Josie” Celentano turned 100 years old in the same Binghampton Avenue home where she was born. “I’m an old bag,” she laughed, seated … more

At 103 years old, Antoinette McGovern is a huge Red Socks fan. Mayor Ken Hopkins discovered this when he visited her at Cra-Mar Meadows on Seven Mile Road for her birthday and saw the baseball poster … more

Don Mellor celebrated his 101st birthday and received a citation from Mayor Ken Hopkins on March 3. Hopkins thanked Mellor for his service with the U.S. Navy and 35 years of delivering books for the … more

By JACOB MARROCCO When Marie Pennacchia saw a couple of Cranston fire engines head down her street on Sunday, she had figured there must be an emergency nearby. Naturally, her concern went to others before realizing what had been orchestrated behind the more

By CHIEF PETTY OFFICER JOSHUA WAHL Navy Talent Acquisition Group New England Sailors from Navy Talent Acquisition Group New England honored World War II Navy veteran Donald Mellor during a birthday celebration drive-by on Feb. 20. Mellor joined the Navy more

By LAURA WEICK A COVID-19 survivor recently celebrated her 105th birthday in style by virtually spending time with her family - as well as being crowned the "Valentine's Day Queen" at her nursing home. On Feb. 15, three days before her actual birthday on more

Lately, I have been struck by how often a scenario in real life models one from a scary movie. I stood atop the winding staircase in an older home in East Greenwich. As I put my hand on the curled, wooden banister, a slight shudder came over me. The more