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Judge Francis “Frank” X. Flaherty carried a pair of huge sealed cardboard boxes into Warwick City Hall’s subterranean conference room.
Flaherty, a former Warwick Mayor and …
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By JOHN HOWELL & RORY SCHULER
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3/7/24
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We are in the thick of the playoffs and with so many events on the table and now off the table, here are some thoughts of mine as we grind through the postseason.
First off, the wrestling state …
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2/28/24
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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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With a Cranston collaboration, the Sprague Mansion played host to the inaugural event of the Cranston Public Library and The Cranston Family Center’s night of Historic Cranston.
Led by …
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By PAM SCHIFF
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2/7/24
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20 Years Ago
2004 opened the movie season with “Meet the Fockers”, a profane comedy with few good moments, starring Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand.
The latest version of …
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By Don Fowler
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1/3/24
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As humans and particularly as journalists, we often try to look for slivers of light in the darkest of times to insulate ourselves against the negative emotions that can result from observing and …
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10/18/23
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Producers of the Knightsville documentary and the city’s connection to Itri, Italy, whose trailer was shown at the opening of Cranston’s new Itri Park on July 7, are now looking for funds …
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By ED KDONIAN
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9/6/23
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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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There were so many fire apparatus at the Crowne Plaza last week that one would have thought it was a 50 alarm fire. The good thing: there was no smoke and no fire.
But there was lots of …
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7/19/23
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Representative Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung (R-Dist. 15, Cranston) and Senator Sandra Cano (D-Dist. 8, Pawtucket) joined Governor Dan McKee and community leaders Saturday as McKee ceremonially …
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9/6/22
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From time to time I am asked to visit local historical societies to help them identify artifacts in their collections. It’s always fun seeing what’s out there and learning from it. I have …
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12/1/21
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By KELLY SULLIVAN On Oct. 20, 1916, 13-year-old Dorothy Hughes told her mother she didn't feel well enough to practice the piano that day. Her mother, Florence (Gardner) Connolly, asked her what was wrong. Dorothy hadn't been acting normally for weeks.
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11/3/21
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By KELLY SULLIVAN Despite her parents' opinion of him, Eliza Howes loved Edwin Otis Dow. She was 18 and he was 21 when they got married in Maine in 1854. Two years later, their daughter Helen was born. Now the Howes began to really hammer on their
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10/6/21
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By DON FOWLER 20 years ago The Rhythm and Roots Festival was in its fourth year at Ninigret Park. Host Steve Riley introduced Donna the Buffalo, Asleep at the Wheel, Marcia Ball, Natalie McMaster and a host of great Cajun, Zydeco and roots bands. Dave
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9/8/21
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I normally talk about cool early items in my blog, but the other day one of the most amazing artifacts with just as amazing a story came along.
Chief Petty Officer Thomas J. Evans, United States …
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By Joel Bohy Historic Arms & Militaria
Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers Cranston, RI
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8/12/21
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Tending to history The Cranston Historical Cemeteries Commission held a Spring cleanup on Saturday at CR108, the Zuriel Potter Lot, at the Garden Village Apartments on Pontiac Avenue. The oldest grave participants found at the site went back to the
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5/5/21
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By KELLY SULLIVAN Her aged body hunched over as she scuffed across the floor of the Rhode Island Insane Asylum in Cranston. Her youth long gone, her gift of life long extinguished, her human rights ripped away from her decades earlier. Suddenly, the
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3/24/21
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The 35th Rhode Island Historic Preservation Conference, "Come Back to the Future," will take place virtually Wednesday, April 21, through Friday, April 23. The three-day program includes two keynote speakers, more than 15 breakout sessions, and numerous
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3/17/21
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By KELLY SULLIVAN It was a humiliating experience. Newspaper headlines across the country were screaming out that 153 American companies had become complete failures in 1886. "Among those reported embarrassed were the Turkey Red Dyeing Company in
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3/17/21
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By the end of this week, barring some unforeseen surprise (and we can't rule anything out these days), Rhode Island will have a new governor for the first time in over six years. Much print will be dedicated in the coming weeks to try and calculate
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3/3/21
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