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FED UP: Residents photographed the flashing lights responding to a crash outside Market Basket on Hartford Avenue. Confusing road arrows and a backway shortcut have led to countless near-collisions and neighboring residents are fed up with the situation.
Accidents waiting to happen: Johnston Market Basket traffic frustrates neighbors
As residents prepared to leave their Hargreaves Street homes for the Jan. 8 Town Council meeting, they heard the familiar crunch of metal, plastic and reflector glass. Then, the sirens got louder … more
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JOHNSTON'S COACHES: Rhode Island Academic Decathlon coaches for Johnston, Debby Smyth and Kerry Murphy, pose for a photo last year.
Rhode Island Academic Decathlon is about coaching, motivation
Johnston High School students are not likely to know the name Frank Lenox, but rest assured that teachers Debby Smyth and Kerry Murphy have been in contact with him since the beginning of the … more
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CLEAR THE WAY: Construction crews have started to clear land behind Johnston High School where the new Johnston Elementary Center will be built. Town officials expect the school will open for the start of the 2026-27 school year.
Land cleared for new Johnston Elementary Center
Construction crews have begun clearing land at the future site of the new Johnston Elementary Center. “With the land clearing now taking place, the new elementary school is becoming a … more
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LEGISLATOR LOST: Sen. Frank Lombardo III, 65, passed away early Wednesday morning, Feb. 21. The Democrat representing District 25 (Johnston) in the Rhode Island State Senate, was first elected to the seat in November 2010.
Johnston state Senate seat to remain vacant through November
Johnston’s primary seat in the state Senate will stay empty until after the November election. Sen. Frank Lombardo III, a Democrat representing District 25 (Johnston) since 2010, died … more
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BACK IN CUSTODY: U.S. Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston announced the Feb. 6 arrest of a Guatemalan national charged with child molestation in Rhode Island. The suspect was released from custody last year despite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer.
Accused immigrant’s case a political hot potato in RI
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 … more
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TWO IF BY SEA: Phou Vongkhamdy, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and U.S. Rep. James Langevin stand near a poster, featuring a photo of Johnston Mayor Joseph M. Polisena in a boat.
Johnston voters may face $40 million flood bond in the fall
Johnston voters may decide on a $40 million flood bond to fund stormwater management and sewer upgrades in the wake of four major flood events over the past year. On Feb. 12, Johnston Town … more
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TAKING A STAND: School Committee Chairman Robert LaFazia and member Susan Mansolillo confer during one of last year's charged meetings.
Johnston Charter Review Commission proposes expansion of school committee by four appointed seats
Is your school committee big enough? Johnston voters will likely decide whether to nearly double the current school committee, from 5 to 9 members, should that question make the ballot in … more
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‘ONE OF THE KINDEST’ Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio shared this photo of late Sen. Frank Lombardo III, who passed away early Wednesday morning, Feb. 21 at the age of 65.
RI Sen. Frank Lombardo III, of Johnston, dies overnight at age 65 after battle with cancer
Sen. Frank Lombardo III dropped from helicopters to ski inaccessible moguls. Somehow, he balanced business, community service, law-making and family. “Our Senate family is heartbroken with … more
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BACK IN CUSTODY: U.S. Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston announced the Feb. 6 arrest of a Guatemalan national charged with child sexual assault in Rhode Island. The suspect was released from custody last year and remained on the lam, despite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer.
Feds scold state over undocumented immigrant’s release
UPDATED: The defendant has been identified by prosecutors as Manuel Garcia Dela Cruz. more
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RISKY Q’S: The Johnston School Committee voted to remove these two questions regarding student sexuality from the 2024 Rhode Island Student Survey.
Johnston School Committee removes student sexuality questions from risk survey
Tasked with approving the latest annual student risk survey, the Johnston School Committee unanimously decided to remove two questions that ask about student sexual identity. “We went … more
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READY TO SEE YOU NOW: Chief Resident Daniel Boateng and Dental Assistant Sheila Fernandez readied the exam room for their next patient inside the dental practice at Tri-County Community Action Agency’s (CAA) Hartford Avenue headquarters. The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recently approved the agency’s acquisition of CharterCARE’s former St. Joseph Pediatric Dental Center in Providence. Tri-County plans to expand the practice to North Providence by next month.
Filling a vital RI need
Chief Resident Daniel Boateng and Dental Assistant Sheila Fernandez readied the exam room for their next patient. They try to turn the chair over quick. They’ve got patients waiting. For … more
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OCEAN STATE COYOTES: A coyote similar to this animal attacked a hiker in Johnston last Friday, and possibly a dog walker in Scituate the previous day. According to RI DEM, the animal involved in the Johnston attack tested positive for rabies.
Rabid coyote attacks Johnston hiker; he strangles it
A rabid coyote attacked a hiker in Johnston. He strangled the sick animal. According to Johnston Police Chief Mark A. Vieira, shortly after noon Friday, a 58-year-old man was hiking in the … more
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NEW JHS: On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Cathie Ellithorpe, Principal of the SLAM Collaborative, unveiled the newest renderings of a planned newly constructed Johnston High School during a joint meeting of the school committee and school building committee. The project planners estimate the school may open by 2027, located between the current building and the athletic complex.
Two new Johnston schools expected by 2027
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 … more
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ACQUIRED TASTE: Eric Palmieri, of D. Palmieri’s Bakery in Johnston, holds a box of the shop’s famous pizza strips. Although one famous pizza reviewer said they’re not “his thing,” if you grew up in the Ocean State, chances are you’ve got strong opinions regarding which bakery serves the best little rectangles. (Beacon Communications photo by Rory Schuler)
Portnoy, pizza portraiture and D. Palmieri’s signature RI pizza strips
Beautiful pizza, like art, is subjective. Take Rhode Island’s Italian bakery specialty — pizza strips (or party pizza or party strips … or bakery pizza or red strips or … more
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SOLAR ECLIPSED: Residents gathered for Thursday’s Johnston Zoning Board meeting delivered a standing ovation to the board once it voted to deny Cranston-based Green Development’s application to build a solar farm.
Johnston Zoning Board flips the switch on solar project
A shadow has been cast on Green Development’s solar project plans in Johnston. The opposition was nervous. A rumor had circulated through the ranks of Stop Johnston Solar (SJS) that the … more
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WHEN THEY GROW UP: Students in Sister Daisy Kollamparampil’s second-grade class were dressed as their possible future vocations during Career Day on Monday. Sr. Daisy returned to the job on Jan. 10, more than two months after she was seriously injured in the crosswalk outside the school.
The prayers worked; Sister Daisy’s back in the classroom
The prayers worked. Sister Daisy’s still healing but she’s back in her St. Rocco School classroom. “It’s a miracle,” said the nun and second-grade teacher. … more
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FEMA ARRIVES: Above, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has opened a disaster recovery center (DRC) in the Johnston Senior Center at 1291 Hartford Ave. The Johnston DRC hours of operation: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and closed on Sunday.
FEMA disaster center opens in Johnston
Too little too late or better late than never? Four months later and at least two subsequent significant flood events since September’s soaking storms, the Federal Emergency Management … more
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FROM THE AIR: These images of the vicinity surrounding Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation’s (RIRRC) Central Landfill and Material Recycling Facility in Johnston were captured last year by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
J.R. Vinagro paid RIRRC $37.3 million during ex-landfill boss’s tenure, then hired him as CEO
A Johnston hauling company paid Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) more than $37 million since 2017, under the landfill’s former boss, according to financial data released … more
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HELP’S COMING: Construction crews started construction on an access road to Belfield Drive off the shoulder of I-295 early Wednesday morning, Jan. 17, 2024.
Johnston's Belfield Drive residents thrown a life-line (via interstate access road)
The water’s still waist deep and starting to freeze along Belfield Drive, cutting 10 Johnston homes — and around 30 residents — off from civilization, emergency services, fuel and … more
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FROM THE AIR: These images of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) Central Landfill and Material Recycling Facility in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Rhode Island's Central Landfill says 'pay first, read later'
The Central Landfill wants the Johnston Sun Rise to pay $900, in advance, to search for documents that may (or may not) exist, detailing the past business relationship between Rhode Island Resource … more
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