She grew up in Providence and graduated from Mount Pleasant High School. She shares a birth year with Jimmy Carter, Marlon Brando and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. When she was born, a …
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By RYAN DOHERTY/Special to the SunRise
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7/26/24
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It would be a difficult task to find another group of motorcyclists with the same passion, dedication and generosity for raising money to fight childhood cancer as Johnston’s Goodfellas …
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By GRETA SHUSTER/Special to the SunRise
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7/25/24
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Johnston resident Louis B. Ribezzo Jr. recently published his first novel “Roadkill,” a horror-suspense thriller following the haunting adventures of Daniel Lewis, a truck driver and …
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by ANISHA KUMAR/Special to the SunRise
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7/25/24
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Pursuant to the Rhode Island General Laws § 45-24-53 Public Notice is hereby given of a Public Hearing for the consideration of:
Ordinance 2024-10: An Ordinance amending Chapter 340 of the …
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7/25/24
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7/25/24
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To: Cassidy Cabral 56 Butternut Rd, Somerset, Mass., Santander Consumer USA 3000 Kellway Dr Suite 120, Carrollton, TX. A public auction will be held at 100 South st Johnston, RI on August 3, 2024 at …
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7/25/24
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Russo Law, coached by Gary Rianna, John Amaral and Joseph Lopez, won the 2024 Johnston Jr/Sr League Town Championship. In the best-of-3 championship series, Russo Law swept its opponent Johnston PD, …
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
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7/24/24
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Two of the 50 private rooms inside the new hospital across Hartford Avenue from Amazon will cater specifically to morbidly obese patients.
Inside the pair of specialized rooms await a …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/24/24
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Listen up!! This boy is all ears and ready to listen to the sounds of a happy forever home! Rambo is a playful pup, just over a year old so fun puppy energy. He likes other playful pups, no kitties …
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7/24/24
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It was great to hear Thursday that bonito had arrived. Jeff Sullivan of Lucky Bait & Tackle, Warren, said, “We now have bonito being caught off Newport and I understand they are pretty good …
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7/24/24
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7/24/24
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For the next two weekends, the seaside city of Newport is going to be a live music hub with the Newport Folk & Jazz Festivals taking place at Fort Adams. There’s an abundance of talented …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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7/24/24
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The bingo room at the Johnston Senior Center was at full capacity Wednesday for a performance by renowned illusionist Lyn Dillies. Each audience member was on the edge of their seat, unable to …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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7/24/24
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The Rhode Island Interscholastic League football schedules have been released for the upcoming season, and although I will be diving in much deeper as we get closer, I do have a few initial thoughts, …
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Modern-day public altercations tend to follow an increasingly familiar formula.
Tensions escalate. A circle forms. Cell phones, cameras lit, turn toward the drama.
The drama escalates …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/22/24
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A Greenville woman died from injuries suffered in a crash on Hartford Avenue during heavy rain on Thursday night.
Around midnight, Thursday, July 18, Johnston Police responded to the vicinity of …
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Johnston SunRise Staff Reports
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7/19/24
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Shun Pike single-family homeowners in Johnston square off against affordable housing condo developer
They learned to live with the solar fields and sky-scraping windmills.
But 32 condos — 16 restricted to low- and moderate-income households, and 16 market rate units —neighbors …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/18/24
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On Tuesday evening, around 6 p.m., the long row of registers at Stop & Shop in Johnston was empty. There were clearly more employees than customers in the store.
By early November, the …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/18/24
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At a recent meeting of The Johnston Town Council, the Council did adopt the following Ordinance effective immediately:
Ordinance 2024-7 An Ordinance ordering the assessment and collection of …
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7/18/24
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