He points to performance artist and perennial candidate Vermin Supreme as an inspiration, and he acknowledges not everyone will appreciate, or be in on, the joke. But he says he is serious about shaking things up in City Hall. more

For many Rhode Island students, the end of the year was full of lost chances and broken traditions. In hopes of making her son's fifth-grade graduation special, Monica Mays wanted to continue the tradition of giving a class gift to more

By MERI R. KENNEDY CCAP launches new online benefits application platform As part of its continuous effort to provide the best possible service, the Comprehensive Community Action Program, or CCAP, has announced the launch of its new online application more

By JOHN HOWELL They come with different experiences and perspectives but a common goal to improve state health care services. Therefore, it wasn't surprising that two former presidents of Kent Hospital, John Hynes and Dr. Robert Baute, should question more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE The Cranston Republican Party has been largely united behind its top elected official and standard-bearer, Mayor Allan Fung, for more than a decade. Now, with Fung leaving office due to term limits and a hotly contested GOP primary to more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Debate at times grew tense Monday as the City Council's Finance Committee debated a proposal that would provide incentives aimed at diversifying the roster of businesses with which the city contracts for products and services, more

While many of us feel we're only now coming out of a three-month lockdown, Ryan Roche has been across the state almost daily and well beyond since COVID-19 arrived in New England. His is not a job to be done with Zoom meetings or at a more

The New England Laborers'/Cranston Public Schools Construction & Career Academy's class of 2020, the 15th in the charter school's history, has "e;distinguished itself in so many ways,"e; Executive Director Dennis Curran said during his more

Isabella Corso, Cranston High School West's class of 2020 valedictorian, took some "e;artistic license"e; when delivering her remarks as part of this year's virtual graduation ceremony. She read an "e;epic poem"e; - one that "e;tells the story more

Global events have upended all facets of life this year, but Genesis Aldana Pineda, president of Cranston High School East's class of 2020, said her classmates have "found a way to brighten the dark days of those around us and leave a more

A debate over the use of, and connotations behind, a familiar campaign slogan has become the subject of often intensely personal sparring between the two Republican candidates for mayor. The spat stems from a June 18 tweet by City more

Although American Legion Baseball cancelled its summer tournament due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, local legion clubs in Rhode Island will be suiting up for their own competition, as teams and league directors established a new, more