By MERI R. KENNEDY St. Mary's Feast kickoff event The St. Mary's Feast Society will host a kick-off to this year's festival on Wednesday, July 14, from 6 to 10 p.m. The event, which will be free, will be held at the Feast Society's building at 15 Phenix more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Should Rolfe Square be made a northbound one-way street? An ordinance amendment seeking to institute that change was continued, pending completion of a traffic study, during last week's meeting of the City Council's Ordinance more

For a class that saw its junior and senior years disrupted profoundly, the bright skies over Cranston Stadium on Saturday afternoon set the stage for a deservedly pleasant, celebratory … more

By STEPHANIE BERNABA Perseverance through adversity was the overarching theme at Cranston High School West's 59th annual commencement exercises, held outdoors for the first time ever on June 12 at Cranston Stebbins Stadium. A total of 345 seniors more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Alleging "political interference and favoritism" on the part of both the current mayor and his immediate predecessor, the developer behind the proposed Costco-anchored Cranston Crossing project at the current Mulligan's Island Golf & more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE The future of Providence's troubled pension system has drawn attention across Rhode Island in recent weeks, but a recent report from the general treasurer's office and a subsequent news story have sparked new debate over Cranston's more

By RORY SCHULER Rhode Island businesses have received approximately 17,282 federal Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, loans totaling more than $1 billion, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Gov. Dan McKee has proposed taxing loans more

By ALEX SPONSELLER The Cranston West softball team had lofty expectations heading into the 2021 spring and has lived up to them as it heads into a pivotal regular season finale on Friday. The Falcons, who boast a roster filled college-committed players, more

By JOHN HOWELL Kellsie King, a graduate of Cranston High School West who's now a junior at University of Rhode Island, would have probably attended college regardless of the Rhode Island Promise. But it wouldn't have been easy for her or her family. King more

By DANIEL KITTREDGE Members of the City Council last week cleared the way for a June 19 boxing event to be held at Cranston Stadium, although the granting of licenses necessary for the promotion to proceed was not without debate. The council's Safety more

By RORY SCHULER The Rhode Island Business Coalition (RIBC) held a press conference last week to argue against proposed personal income tax increases for high-income earners and taxes on the federal Paycheck Protection Program loans in the state. "This is more

By MERI R. KENNEDY Cranston East banner auction Cranston High School East is thrilled to announce a silent auction to benefit the East athletic programs. In an unprecedented move, the school will be auctioning off the original individual banners for both more