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STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode …
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2/21/24
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MAE Organization for the Homeless held a giveaway on December 22 for local families in need, giving toys and holiday essentials to over 60 children from 30 different families. Carolers as well as …
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1/3/24
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The Cranston boys hockey team was busy helping others on Monday night when it volunteered with Adopt-a-Family, a local non-profit organization that collects and donates charity toward families …
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12/13/23
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Growing up in LA (not that one. The real one – the Lower Arctic section of West Warwick), I instinctively knew who the “cool kids” were. They were the ones …
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9/6/23
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Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins announced this week that Cranston has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the top 50 communities in the country for families to live in 2023.
Cranston ranked …
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6/21/23
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Families gathered for a few hours of fun at OneCranston Health Equity Zone’s Huddle Center on Saturday for a family game day. (Photos by Steve Popiel)
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1/24/23
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The Rhode Island Indian Council recently announced its Indian Parent and Child Services, IPCS. IPCS serves off-reservation Native Families in RI and nearby CT and MA through parenting education, …
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8/16/22
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By JOHN HILL
You’re forgiven if you never noticed the Stone Family Burying Ground; it is nestled on a 40-by-40 foot lot on Frankfort Street, not far from Speck Field. What was a busy …
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7/12/22
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John and Beverly Caparco each had strong ties both to the city of Cranston and to Cranston High School East. Beverly, who passed away last summer, was born in Cranston and not only attended Cranston …
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5/17/22
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By EMMA BARTLETT
Stepping into OneCranston Health Equity Zone’s (HEZ) new family support center is like walking into a friend’s home; it’s an inviting space and the people there …
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5/3/22
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The Alzheimer’s Association Rhode Island Chapter will host its 11th annual Caregivers’ Journey Conference to help personal and professional caregivers develop the understanding and skills …
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4/26/22
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By PAM SCHIFF
This year, the holiday of Passover starts on Friday, April 15.
Passover is one of the major holidays for Jewish people, and it retells the story of the Exodus of the Jewish slaves …
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4/13/22
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A bill recently introduced to the Rhode Island legislature by advocates for more affordable and less institutionally problematic housing throughout the state’s most populated communities …
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3/30/22
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By STEPHANIE BERNABA This December marks the 25th holiday season since Cranston High School West began its Adopt-a-Family Holiday Giving Tree, which helps provide holiday gifts for West students and their families in need. The tradition was started in
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By STEPHANIE BERNABA
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12/15/21
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By KELLY SULLIVAN Stansfield Albert Fuller, his wife, Elizabeth, and their two children, Stansfield Jr. and Norman, sailed from Liverpool, England, to America aboard the Ivernia. They arrived at Boston on April 25, 1907. Stansfield Sr. was a dentist. The
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10/20/21
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My family moved to Cranston in March 2008. The following week while we were putting things together in our new home, I went to the school department building on Park Avenue looking for …
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By LUIS L. PERALTA
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9/22/21
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A new school year brings with it a renewed sense of hope, and, of course, that familiar first-day-of-school excitement. As students prepare to head back to the classroom after more than a year of challenges, Family Service of Rhode Island (FSRI) is once
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8/18/21
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By JULIE A. CASIMIRO, MICHAEL W. CHIPPENDALE, ANASTASIA WILLIAMS and THOMAS NORET Since 2016 the House Oversight Committee has been reviewing operations of the Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF.) The result of these reviews exposed
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6/23/21
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