A Westerly father visited the Cranston School Committee on July 15. As he accused the school district of discriminating against the vast majority of city students, the seventh-ranked student from Cranston High School East’s Top 10 quietly held a rainbow-colored sign, no bigger than a medium-sized pizza box lid. The sign said simply: “We love our kids.” more

Modern-day public altercations tend to follow an increasingly familiar formula. Tensions escalate. A circle forms. Cell phones, cameras lit, turn toward the drama. The drama escalates … more

When it comes to repaving city streets, Eric Earls doesn’t make promises. The Warwick Director of Public Works has learned there are too many variables from the funding, what utilities may … more

Pegee Malcolm knows all too well that postponements don’t always work out and that can be said also of George Sears Greene, a largely unsung hero of the Battle of Gettysburg. Malcolm, … more

Warwick City Councilwoman Donna Travis pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges that she filed a false document connected to the illicit acquisition of a next-door slice of Oakland Beach Real Estate … more

“It’s a strong catch,” Mike McGiveney says of the nearly 2 million quahogs harvested in the first seven days that the lower Providence River area has been open to commercial … more

Warwick City Councilwoman Donna Travis pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges that she filed a false document connected to the illicit acquisition of a next-door slice of Oakland Beach … more

Tarts, sweet and juicy blueberries are ready for picking at The Rocky Point Blueberry Farm. The farm that held a soft opening for the Warwick Neck neighborhood last week has become a community staple … more

The megalithic building is crawling with little blue robots. The creatures roam, coasting smoothly behind red warning tape strung between steel girders and heavy machinery. Human overseers watch … more

The holiday ended tragically following a large brawl in Cranston which resulted in a teenager with a stab wound and another man run over and killed. Shortly after midnight July Fourth, around … more

Former Ward 6 Cranston City Councilman Matthew Reilly has been indicted on multiple child molestation counts, according to the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office. more

On Saturday, Johnston native Nick Raposo was called up to make his major league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals against the San Francisco Giants at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Raposo was … more

Being closest to the Pawtuxet Bridge and the division between Cranston and Warwick , Aspray Boat House was chosen as the site for the Comprehensive Community Action Program (CCAP) to officially … more

There was a lack of eye contact. The small infant also wasn’t rolling over. Carter Almeida, who was six months old in early 2020, couldn’t make that indescribable connection with … more

City residential and commercial real estate and tangible tax bills went online recently and are now expected to arrive in the mail by early next week, City Tax Assessor Neal Dupuis said Tuesday. … more

Yesterday was the deadline for people to declare as candidates to run in this fall’s elections. It turns out that Mayor Frank Picozzi will face a challenger for re-election this year, … more

UPDATED The Cranston police officer ran to the suspects’ car. She opened the door and ordered a man and a woman out of the vehicle. Instead, they sped away, allegedly running over the officer's foot, and the officer fired at the vehicle. Cranston Police have released the name of the officer involved in a shooting last Sunday evening, as well as her body-worn camera footage from the incident. more

The city’s mayor and city council may settle their dispute over the use of federal pandemic-era funding in court. On Friday, June 21, Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins announced that the … more

Johnston’s own Joe Mazzulla made history on Monday night as he led the Boston Celtics to their league-leading 18th championship when they beat the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals … more

The planned $100 million South Cargo Facility at TF Green International Airport is continuing towards takeoff, as the Rhode Island Airport Corporation approved last Thursday a 30-year ground lease … more