With the start of school this week, parents might be breathing a big sigh of relief that they no longer need to juggle schedules or make expensive payments to daycare facilities and summer camps to … more

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 … more

The Plan Commission voted  April 4 for initial approval for development of the former Cranston Print Works building, which would bring 129 apartments and a new storage facility to the … more

For approximately a decade, the former Cranston Print Works facility on Cranston Street has sat empty. Trees have grown in the gutters and holes have pitted the roof. According to Planning … more

Cranston City Council unanimously voted for the appointment of Richard Bernardo for the city’s position of Director of Department of Public Works on Monday. Bernardo will start the new position … more

Members of the community are invited to attend Notable Works' 2021 Fall Concert and Poetry Reading, "Working Together," on Saturday, Oct. 16, at the North Providence Union Free Library. The presentation will feature poets included in two of Notable more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Situated at the intersection of Cranston Street and Dyer Avenue, on the east bank of the Pocasset River, the former Cranston Print Works property has shaped the surrounding area for generations. From inside the sprawling property, more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Cranston Print Works was once home to a thriving manufacturing operation - the oldest textile printing operation in the country, in fact, one founded in 1824 by William Sprague. Around it sprang a mill village that continues to define more

On Friday, Aug. 6, Wickford Art Association (WAA) launches "Small Works: Lil' Rhody Art Show & Sale" featuring diminutive works inspired by Rhode Island, our landscapes, culture, and uniqueness, at the association's Beach Street gallery. The exhibit and more

The Wickford Art Association will host "Small Works: 'Lil Rhody Art Show & Sale," featuring diminutive works inspired by Rhode Island's landscapes, culture and uniqueness, at its Beach Street gallery in North Kingstown from Aug. 6 through Sept. 5. All more

Notable Works Publication and Distribution Co. Inc., (notableworks.org), a Cranston-based nonprofit arts organization, will be celebrating Earth Day with a virtual Earth Day celebration, which will premiere via zoom on Thursday, April 22, at 7 p.m. This more