Cranston News

BIRTHDAY GIRL: Dorothy Davidson LaPointe is surrounded by four generations of her family at Twin Oaks on Saturday as they celebrate the Warwick resident's 95th birthday, which was actually Mother's Day, May 13.

ABC6 - Providence, RI and New Bedford, MA News, WeatherRelief may be finally on the way for Perkins street Flood victims Mayor Allen Fung ,Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed will hold a press conference today to announce federal money will be available to purchase properties located in the flood prone area on Perkins Avenue.

Cranston Police are investigating a stabbing that happened early this morning, WPRI reported .

A year ago today: Uncle Sushi and Grill in Cranston has shut down after health inspectors found mouse droppings and evidence that a baby's diapers were being changed in the kitchen, among other violations.

Ross-Simons Jewelers launches innovative new video web series with celebrity stylist to the stars Phillip Bloch.

Matthew Ives and Richard Smith of West Warwick appear in district court in Warwick,They're accused of possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver , the street value- over a quarter of a million dollars.

The state Department of Corrections said Friday that a K-9 dog located a small quantity of heroin on a Park Avenue overpass Tuesday after a prison work crew had picked up litter there.

Home owners hurt by record floods in 2010 could get help soon, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said Friday.

Of the countless things to do during summer in Rhode Island, there's one place that offers summertime fun-and a dose of colonial New England history-by the heaping handfuls throughout the entire summer.A And it's all summed by by two words: Gaspee Days.

The dozens of police cars are gone but details about the Friday morning break in on Middle Road and subsequent manhunt are still emerging.

A Johnston resident Dave Kane is offering a different way for local nonprofit organizations - like The Autism Project of Johnston - to raise funds without all of the heavy lifting typically associated with generating revenue.

A 6-year-old girl was taken to Hasbro Children's Hospital on Thursday afternoon after she fell out of a third-story apartment window and hit a deck in Cranston, fire officials said.

A On May 22 at about 4:00 p.m., two males were arrested following an investigation conducted by detectives from Coventry and West Warwick police departments after information had been developed that Raul Lajara, 21 of 51 Alexander St., Cranston was routinely traveling into West Warwick and Coventry selling drugs.

Unless otherwise noted, information about the following incidents was supplied by the Narragansett Police Department.

In disputes over church-state separation, "ceremonial deism" has become a legal doctrine heavily relied upon by those who wish to defend governmental religiosity .

The Rhode Island Senate proclaimed May as "ALS Advocacy Month" in Rhode Island, announcing its appreciation for the Rhode Island Chapter of the ALS Association and support for the organization's public awareness efforts.

Together, Reps. Arthur Handy and Teresa Tanzi avoided about 80 miles of driving during Bike to Work Week last week.

A tip led Warwick Police to a house in Providence yesterday afternoon, where they found Marco A. Rivera, 34, who was wanted for robbing a bank in Cranston on Monday and one in Warwick on May 18.

Derek and Shelly Brown of Cranston, at the State House Wednesday with a photo of their three children.

PROVIDENCE -- Joseph Hulkow believed that people could change for the better, his friends say, and he was convinced of the courage it took to live a life of nonviolence.