Sports Community and Family Join Together to Launch Art Martone Scholarship Fund
Thursday, January 26, 2023
In February of 2022, Art Martone — one of New England’s most talented sports writers — died of a rare brain disease.
Now, his peers in sports journalism, along with family and friends, are establishing a college scholarship in his honor.
Martone was a 1973 graduate of Cranston High School West. He wrote for The West Wind, the school’s newspaper and then went to Providence College. He went on to write at the Providence Journal from 1972 to 2009, rising to the sports editor’s post.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTHis writing earned him accolades and awards, including being named Best Sports Columnist (1998) by Boston Magazine.
He understood the market trends and was instrumental in the development of the Journal’s initial online presence, in addition to hosting one of the first online sports blogs in New England.
Martone then left to become editor of Comcast New England (now NBC Boston Digital Sports) in MA and retired from there in 2019.
Inducted into the Cranston Hall of Fame in 2015, he also served on the board of the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame and was a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
A fundraising dinner has been scheduled for April for the scholarship in his honor.
Dinner Details
The event will take place at 6 PM on Friday, April 14, at the Cranston Country Club at 69 Burlingame Road.
Featured speakers include:
Sean McAdam, Boston Red Sox Beat Writer, Boston Sports Journal
Tom E. Curran, New England Patriots Beat Writer, NBC Sports Boston
All proceeds are to benefit a new Arthur D. Martone college scholarship (in conjunction with the Cranston Hall of Fame) for students at one of the Cranston public high schools who are interested in journalism and/or multimedia communications.
Tickets are $75.00 each. Register and pay via Evenbrite here: https://tinyurl.com/ArtMartoneScholarshipDinner
If you prefer to pay by check, make it out to the Cranston Hall of Fame Foundation.
(Write “Martone Scholarship” on the note line.)
Please purchase tickets no later than Wednesday, April 5.
Checks should be mailed to Richard Santamaria, 20 Burr Street, Cranston, RI 02920.
Those who wish to advertise in the program or donate a raffle prize should contact Richard Santamaria (401-569-0007) or Linda Martone Reilly (401-464-1815)
