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A letter to 2025 high school grads

Hi there, young Rhode Islander. Congratulations on graduating high school and getting ready to enter the exciting world of adulthood. Although it might not be coming to you in your preferred …

Sports

Bolts, Hawks finish epic championship runs

The spring sports season is officially closed as the final championships took place last weekend.   Beacon Media had two of its teams clinch championships, as the Cranston East boys …

Bolts win title in historic upset

The Cranston East boys volleyball team upset top-seeded, undefeated North Kingstown in an epic match to win its first ever Division I state championship on Sunday at Rhode Island College. See story …

Gershkoff continues to grow as season begins

SPECIAL TO THE HERALD David Schiappa enters his third decade of coaching American Legion baseball for Gershkoff Auto Body Auburn Post 20. He has established a futures program currently in the …

Atlantic bluefin tuna retention limits adjusted

NOAA Fisheries adjusted the Atlantic bluefin tuna daily retention limits for recreational fishermen. The adjusted limits took effect June 3, 2025 and extend through Dec. 31, 2025, unless modified by …

Cobras fall to Barrington at states

The Western Hills Middle School softball team saw its season come to an end in the state championship game last week at Rhode Island College, where it fell to Barrington 10-9 in a thriller. The …
Lifestyles

Branching out

In Sally Miller Gearhart’s 1978 novel The Wanderground, a group of psychic women known as the Hill Women live their lives completely free of men, communicating with plants and animals and …

Police/Crime
WILLFUL TRESPASS On June 8 at 1:32 a.m., officers arrested a 44-year-old man of no known address on a charge of Willful Trespass. The arrest was the result of a trespassing complaint at Seasons …
DOMESTIC SIMPLE ASSAULT On June 2 at 5:36 p.m., officers arrested Dana Jackson, 28, of 947 Dyer Ave. Apt. 45, Cranston was arrested on charges of Domestic Simple Assault and Domestic Disorderly …
DOMESTIC ASSAULT On May 26 at 10:45 p.m., officers arrested Teresa Colombo, 55, of 24 Lindsay Lane, on charges of Domestic Assault on a Person Over 60, Domestic Disorderly Conduct and Resisting …
The YMCA is a hub for families to find community support and resources. It is there that a Cranston resident and one of this year’s honorees of the Y Heroes awards finds himself dedicated to …
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE On May 19 at 2:32 p.m., officers arrested Robert Hayward, 43, of 201 West 14th St., Bronx, New York, as a Fugitive From Justice. The arrest was the result of a call for …
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Summer prelude

Text and photos By JOHN HOWELL Veterans Memorial Junior High School Principal David Tober was dunked at least 10 times Monday morning. He didn't mind it. In fact, he said it was refreshing. No wonder. With temperatures climbing into the high 80s, a

Pet of the Week

Animal Talk Pet of the Week: Mona

Mona needs a new home after her owner passed away unexpectedly. She

Mona's loving owner passed away unexpectedly, and now she needs a new home. She's hoping you could be the one, and she's available in North Scituate today.