Cranston Herald

06/18/2025

Check out this week's paper for Gaspee Days parade and 5k photos. Until next year!

While Colonial forefathers wielded rifles with bayonets, parade spectators last weekend defended their revolutionary fire with umbrellas and ponchos. Under a steely gray sky, Narragansett Parkway in …

06/13/2025

The Bolts silenced the doubters, when they pulled off the shocking 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 22-25, 15-25, 16-14) win over top-seeded NK to bring home their first Division I title to prove that they truly were the state’s premier program. Cranston East

The Cranston East boys volleyball team always considered itself the best club in the state, even if no one else did. The Bolts silenced the doubters on Sunday at Rhode Island College, when they …

06/11/2025

Best of luck for a great parade. See you there! Gaspee Days

Ray Morgan has seen a lot of Gaspee Day parades – in fact, all of them, going back 60 years. But Morgan, now 88, won’t be watching this year’s parade, which steps off from the …

06/11/2025

Attention Cranston East, West, and AES graduates! Check out this week's Herald - print and online - for complete coverage. Cranston East Cranston West

06/11/2025

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06/06/2025

Receiving no signals, they rejoined the rest of the group at the head of the causeway where everyone began to ponder the possibility of the tag having fallen silent or gotten lost. Marine Biological Laboratory

Last week, a team of researchers and nature enthusiasts joined together at Salter Grove in Warwick to hunt for a high-tech satellite tracking tag that had fallen off a striped bass—a fish …

06/05/2025

Hey kids! Check out page 6 of this week's Herald to learn more about our 'Draw Your Dad' contest for a chance to win 4-pack of tickets to the zoo OR a 4-pack of tickets for the Block Island Ferry.

DEADLINE TO ENTER IS FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH

06/05/2025

A rarity in today’s age of mass-market shopping, Ruth’s Lingerie, in the heart of Rolfe’s Square, keeps to the essence of its roots, providing one-on-one service for customers looking for the perfect bra.

“The best of what the past was” is a great way to describe one of Cranston’s preserved gems. It is what owner Carol Schwebel calls her store, which has been serving generations of …

06/04/2025

Shirl Shirl is a spunky senior who wants nothing more than to be loved! She hasn't had the best start in life, she was a victim of neglect but we have assured her that better days are ahead! Shirl Shirl wants to be your one and only girl, after all she deserves all of your love and attention! If you'd like to be the one who gives Shirl Shirl her best golden years, please contact the Heart of RI at 401-467-3670 now!

06/01/2025

In 1991, Martinez started Nuestras Raíces: The Latino Oral History Project of Rhode Island. Since then, the organization, has grown into a diverse collection of personal stories, photographs, and documents that capture the history of Rhode Island’s Spanish-speaking community, according to its website. Rhode Island Latino Arts
https://cranstononline.com/stories/history-is-her-story,292028?

By MATTHEW LAWRENCE At a recent ceremony at the Quonset O’ Club, Warwick resident Marta Martinez was inducted into the Rhode Island Press Association Hall of Fame. Martinez is founder of …

05/30/2025

But more importantly, he said, “You will do something that a lot of other people can’t do: Protect our nation.” Check out this week's print edition for the list of graduates. General Dynamics Electric Boat Cranston EastCranston West

Welcome aboard. That was the message at an upbeat and decidedly patriotic ceremony held on May 22 to celebrate more than 200 graduating high school students from across the state who are …