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Providence College Men's Basketball Coach Ed Cooley talks about the state of the Friars as they head into the 2017-2018 season.

It was almost ten years ago that I first started covering college basketball and recruiting in the state of Rhode Island. One of my first observations, candidly, was what I considered somewhat unrealistic expectations of the collective local fan base. Rhode Island won 20 or more games for four consecutive seasons and 19 or more...

Richard Jenkins has made a career of turning in award-worthy performances in both movies and television. The Visitor, Olive Kitteridge and Six Feet Under are just a few favorite projects of Jenkins fans. But what many folks may not know is that Jenkins first love was the theater. He started as a resident member of Trinity Repertory Company in Providence,...

Burgers are like people. There are loads of them out there and every one is at least a wee bit different. Like people, some burgers are overdone and a little crusty around the edges. Some piled so high with "extras" you forget whats at the core. Some a little greasy - make you feel like...

Maria Meza is an immigrant from Puebla, Mexico who came to this country in 1992 with a very ambitious dream and opened up her own restaurant with her son, Joaquin Meza Jr. on May 5, 2007. El Rancho Grande has become a local legend in the heart of the Silver Lake area of Providence, Rhode Island. September...

By Joseph D'Alfonso The author, Joseph D'Alfonso, is a sophomore at Bishop Hendricken High School. He played freshman football last season. Following a summer 2016 approval, Warwick's Bishop Hendricken High School has recently installed a new turf field, along with a state-of-the-art LED scoreboard. SPRINTURF, a leading manufacturer and installer of synthetic turf, began installation on...

Saturday September 2, 2017 was no ordinary day for Providence, Rhode Island's Kwity Paye. Talk about surreal; on that day, the 18 year old found himself at AT&T Stadium in Arlington Texas. He was dressed in a University of Michigan uniform playing Division 1 college football in the annual Advocare Classic game. That's got...

  Rhode Island native Cole Swider announced his verbal commitment to Villanova University on Thursday afternoon during a ceremony from the St. Andrew's School gymnasium. Villanova came out on top of a final four that also included Duke, Syracuse and Xavier while numerous others, including Providence, had already been eliminated from his list. His commitment culminated what...

The 2018 recruiting class is an absolutely pivotal one for Ed Cooley and Providence College as they are set to potentially lose not just four starters but also their four leading scorers and rebounders. The good news is that there are already some quality replacements in house with the likes of Makai Ashton-Langford, Alpha Diallo,...

By Walter Laskos Spin the “Wheel of Misfortune" and learn what fate has in store for you and your financial wellbeing. Will you be paying a hospital bill or winning a lottery? Narragansett High School students took the wheel out for a spin during a recent CU 4 Reality Fair, hosted by Westerly Community Credit Union....