The Park Theatre will reopen its main stage on Oct. 28 for the first time in six weeks since flooding from excessive rain burst through the theatre’s walls and ceiling. All postponed shows have … more

Last week Stop & Shop, a neighborhood grocer for more than 100 years, unveiled a newly remodeled store in Cranston, located at 200 Atwood Ave.  The new features at the Cranston store include … more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Within weeks, Rhode Island is set to see the most significant lifting of its pandemic-related restrictions since the COVID-19 crisis began more than a year ago. Gov. Dan McKee last week announced a two-phased plan to lift all current more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE For the first time in a year, Cranston's elementary and middle schools have welcomed all students back for five-day in-person instruction. The School Committee last week approved Superintendent Jeannine Nota-Masse's plan to reopen more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Nearly a year after the pandemic first forced the closure of school buildings and a move to distance learning, Cranston's school system is poised to welcome back all students in grades two through eight for five-day classroom more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE What began as a plan to move two Cranston schools to full distance learning last week became a district-wide shift based on the inability of administrators to guarantee needed staffing levels, Superintendent Jeannine Nota-Masse told more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE As the city's public schools began the second week of the new academic year, Superintendent Jeannine Nota-Masse on Monday told the School Committee that the reopening process has been "e;successful"e; thus far. "e;We only have a week under more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Cranston's School Committee last week voted to approve a three-phase return to in-person learning starting Sept. 14 - a plan in keeping with the approach Gov. Gina Raimondo outlined when she gave almost all of Rhode Island's school more

By HERALD STAFF The Cranston Public Library entered the third phase of its reopening plan on Monday, with a return to normal operating hours at the Central Library and expanded Thursday hours at the Auburn branch. Stacks have been reopened for browsing, more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Cranston students would split their time between classroom instruction and doing work at home under a school reopening plan unveiled during a meeting of the School Committee on Monday. All students and staff would be required to wear more