STORY OF THE WEEK: Back in the day, the approach of the end of February would signal the time for the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies – the bygone annual satiric sendup of the year in Rhode … more

Rhode Island Playwright David W. Christner’s “A Tree Falls in Brookline” is getting its world premiere at Pawtucket’s Community Players 100th season. The two-act comedy is … more

The Community Players' 100th anniversary season opens with a special presentation of A.R Gurney's "Love Letters." Performed by three different casts, this unique, touching, funny and imaginative theatre piece is comprised of letters exchanged over a more

By ROB DUGUAY Horror films are a niche with a dedicated community of followers. There are folks who love nothing more than to sit back and watch something terrifying while either being compelled, shocked or even amused. Around these parts, there's a more

The Johnston Police Department is gearing up for their Citizens Police Academy, with recruitment set to begin on Aug. 4. The academy is part of the department’s ongoing efforts to strengthen … more

One of Johnston’s most meaningful and memorable memorial events will be held on Saturday morning Aug. 14, at the Graniteville Veterans Monuments located next to the Johnston Fire … more

The Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce & the Rhode Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will host a Community Job Fair on Friday, August 6 from 10 am to noon at the Blackstone Valley … more

By PAM SCHIFF When word gets out that there is a sick child in the community, people spring to action. That is exactly what happened on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the Thirsty Beaver in Cranston. When City Council President Michael Farina heard that his friend more

Warwick Veterans Memorial High School's class of 1960 has scheduled its 60th reunion for Sept. 12 at the Shriner's Imperial Room, 1 Rhodes Place, Cranston. A social hour will be held from 12-1 p.m. and a lunch buffet will run from 1-4 p.m. The cost is more

Beacon Communications, which publishes the Warwick Beacon, Cranston Herald and Johnston Sun Rise newspapers, has acquired the Coventry-based Reminder, a buyer's guide publication of classifieds and adverts that publishes 28,000 copies weekly. more

By PETE FONTAINE Two popular Johnston Housing Authority Tenants Associations -the Aime J. Forand Complex and Claiborne Pell Manor - celebrated their annual May Breakfasts in unique and different styles. With JHA Director David aRusso serving as host, more

First Baptist Church, Corner of Peirce & Montrose Street East Greenwich, will host its 47th Annual May Breakfast May 6 from 6:30-10 a.m. Enjoy scrambled eggs, ham, bacon, home fries, baked beans, jonnycakes, homemade muffins, yummy pies and coffee. more

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Welcome back at St. Rocco’s St. Rocco School will hold its “Welcome Back” Family BBQ Aug. 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. under the tent behind St. Rocco’s. Parking is located across … more