It may look beautiful, but the sacred lotus has been taking over Cranston’s Meshanticut Lake. When the plant native to East Asia (scientific name Nelumbo nucifera) sinks its roots into the lake bottom ...

Betty Walker, 88, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. She was born at South Baltimore General Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 27, 1937, to Gertrude Neilson Koehler and George ...