Gloria Coppola never stops looking for connections that will answer questions. In this case it is the disappearance of Frank Hanson Jr., 16 who lived in Cranston and was soon to move to Warwick … more

STORY OF THE WEEK: In 1997, when Jack Reed first joined the U.S. Senate, the Cold War had ended and 9/11 had not yet happened. A quarter-century later, the world is a very different place, with a … more

I’m a big guy. As with most people of my size, I put out a lot of heat. I’m sure you’ve heard people say that they would sweat peeling an orange. While that isn’t, … more

By EMMA BARTLETT Cranston Public Schools announced during the week of Jan. 10, that the district's food service, Aramark, decided to omit the cold lunch option from the elementary schools' menus due to labor shortages. "We chose the elementary schools more