Last week Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse introduced Senate Bill S. 4804, the Rhode Island Fishermen’s Fairness Act. The bill would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA), the fishing law of ...

Flour, water, and a little salt – along with some coaching from a master chef can result in some tasty homemade pasta.

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 ...

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Cranston Police overstepped their authority in 2015 when they seized two firearms from the home of a man who was viewed as a potential risk to his own safety, the U.S. Supreme Court found in a ...

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is scheduled to finish a preliminary design and environmental study by the end of this year to give Warwick with Amtrak service. Presently, the ...

The Ocean State Grand National Karate Championship returned for its 42nd tournament this past weekend at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick and hosted some of the world’s best practitioners in front of a ...

While there are several high schools located within the City of Cranston, not all Cranston students attend those schools. For the past nine years, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung has held a small, private ...

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 ...