On Tuesday, Rhode Island State Police announced the arrest Joseph L. Giudici, 40, of 7 Canonchet Trail, Johnston, for Driving Under the Influence after he struck two marked Rhode Island State Police …
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Sun Rise Staff Reports
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1/25/24
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Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced last week that a Johnston man has been found guilty by a Providence County Superior Court jury of the murder of Mario Diaz, stemming from a …
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Sun Rise Staff Reports
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1/25/24
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UPDATED: There’s a special place at the bottom of Oak Swamp Pond for someone with a bow and quiver full of black arrows with blue and white fletching.
Rhode Island Environmental Police searched the …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/24/24
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Easter Bunny hops into Johnston
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Photos by Melissa Worthy
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4/12/12
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Rising Sun Jiu-Jitsu and Karate performs at Over the Rainbow
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Last week, Sensei Dean Watts …
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10/4/12
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Johnston trio beautify neighborhood
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(Photos courtesy of Tami Jacques)
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3/29/12
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Santa makes his rounds at ECC
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Sun Rise photos by Steve Popiel
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12/27/12
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Walk with Cops emerges in winter
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While the Johnston Walk with Cops program takes a hiatus from the track at Memorial Park during the winter, the group still got together last Thursday for the annual Christmas Party at the Johnston …
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12/27/12
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Barnes turns pink to support Carnevale
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the S.D. Barnes Elementary School community is joining the fight against the disease. Over the past two years, Barnes has raised more than …
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10/4/12
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Recreation office demolished
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The Recreation Office was torn down...
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12/27/12
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Cherry-Hill pre-schoolers spread their wings
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Submitted photos
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6/28/12
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Three forms of respiratory illness, including a new variant of COVID-19 are increasing in prominence since the Christmas holiday prompting Kent Hospital to require all visitors to mask as of Friday …
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By JOHN HOWELL and ADAM ZANGARI
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1/11/24
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It was 5 o’clock Monday evening and Jeremy Bousquet had just finished climbing a ladder and began hammering nails into a corner of two pieces of long lumber when someone asked: “What are …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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8/13/21
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The Johnston School Committee voted unanimously to approve a proposal by the Johnston Police Department to equip officers in schools with body-worn cameras.
“A Memorandum of Understanding …
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By RORY SCHULER
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12/14/23
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Our Lady of Grace Church’s annual feast and festival, which is named in honor of La Madonna della DiFesa, was a fun and food-filled event that featured many MVPs (Most Valuable Parishioners) …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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9/17/21
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It was a rare, stinging rebuke of state officials by an enforcement wing of the federal government.
Then the Ocean State’s Attorney General weighed in, reddening the handprint left behind …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/27/24
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Johnston Mayor Joseph M. Polisena Jr.’s office announced more than $5 million in funding for home buyouts on Belfield Drive, the site of “persistent flooding issues.”
Now …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/22/24
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Matthew Newell was playing on the St. Rocco School playground on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.
The carefree 9-year-old heard a teacher calling his name. The fourth-grader, wearing his …
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By RORY SCHULER
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9/17/21
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On Nov. 16, the Rhode Island Airport Corporation renewed a three-year agreement valued at $575,791 annually with president and CEO Iftikhar Ahmad, making him one of the highest-paid state employees, yet a far cry from URI men's basketball coach Ryan "Archie" Miller, who is paid $1,405,000.05 according to a Channel 12 report
Under the agreement approved by the board …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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1/11/24
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Although plans have fluctuated since voters approved a $215 million school construction bond, Johnston should have two brand new schools by 2027.
On Tuesday night, during a special joint …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/7/24
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