Aug 26, 2026 Aug 26, 2026 The following applications will be heard in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 869 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI 02910 on ...

Residents and staff of West Shore Health Center, along with family and friends of Mary Grace Yemma, gathered at the center for her 101 st birthday on Monday. Yemma grew up in Rhode Island, then moved ...

The offer is aimed primarily at low-income persons and those who are elderly or handicapped. While the city provides free smoke detectors to those individuals every year, officials are also pushing to ...

Mayor Ken Hopkins brought greetings from the City of Cranston this past Monday night at the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting. (Herald photos by Steve Popiel) Details of the contract between the City ...

The Warwick Beacon’s Athlete of the Week is Bishop Hendricken basketball player Mike Paquette. Paquette saved some of his best work of the winter for the state championship game on Sunday, where he ...

Rhodes Elementary School’s PTA hosted a back to school bash. The school has a new principal this year, named Heather Breton. Breton is a veteran teacher in the Cranston schools, as well as a PTA ...

The AAA Northeast office formerly located on Centerville Road near the Route 95 overpass relocated last week to recently renovated space in the former Apponaug Mills saw tooth building near Apponaug ...

An osprey keeps a firm grip on a captured menhaden in this photo by Beacon Media production designer Jason Major.

Those who have fond memories of Rocky Point as an amusement park and enjoy it today as a public park can now get plates to show off their attachment. The first 185 of the plates, which had been ...

West Bay Residential Services, which serves 137 individuals, held its second annual Strides for Independence Walkathon Sunday at Goddard Park. The 1K/5K walkathon saw more than 400 people turn out to ...

A preponderance of empty shelves at Durfee Hardware, a Rolfe Square landmark, had customers worried recently that a much-loved local store might be going out of business. But fear not. The … ...

The Warwick Beacon’s Athlete of the Week is Pilgrim track standout Brandon Wolfenden. Wolfenden completed a stellar spring season as a thrower, winning the shot put state title last week at Mt.