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IN JOHNSTON: The State House lawn “Rhode Island Remembers: COVID -19 Memorial” was eventually dismantled and dispersed throughout the state. Towns like Johnston received a proportionate share of the flags, and were encouraged to display them at a local site of their choice. In Johnston, the local memorial can be found in front of Town Hall, at the intersection of Atwood and Hartford avenues.
‘Johnston Remembers’ COVID casualties
Each flag represents a lost life. And like the pain society felt throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, each Ocean State city and town has its proportionate share. “It has been a very busy … more
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DELAYED: The Johnston School Committee had planned to vote Thursday night (Feb. 17) on a school-wide mask mandate, but the meeting has been postponed to Monday, Feb. 28.
UPDATE: School Committee vote on mask mandate postponed to Monday, Feb. 28
The Johnston School Committee had planned to vote Thursday night (Feb. 17) on a school-wide mask mandate, but the meeting has been postponed to Monday, Feb. 28. “The special School Committee … more
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FAREWELL FACE-COVERINGS? A pair of masks were tossed to the ground outside Ferri Middle School last week, the same day Gov. Dan McKee announced a shift in statewide masking policy. The Johnston School Committee will vote Feb. 17 on whether to make masks mandatory in Johnston schools after March 4.
Johnston School Committee will vote on mask mandate Feb. 17
The Johnston School Committee is set to vote Thursday, Feb. 17, on a revised mask policy for staff and students. A special meeting of the committee was announced Tuesday, calling for an … more
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DISTRIBUTION: Test kits will be distributed to Johnston residents, especially to parents and guardians with school aged children, from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 12 at Johnston High School.
Johnston passes out more free at-home COVID-19 test kits
Johnston Mayor Joseph M. Polisena has announced the distribution of more at-home COVID-19 test kits, according to Johnston Police. Test kits will be distributed to Johnston residents, especially … more
FREE TESTS: Left to right, Johnston Mayor Joseph M. Polisena, Town Council Vice-President Joseph Polisena Jr., and Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee passed out free take-home Covid test kits at Johnston High last Saturday.
Thousands of free test kits distributed to Johnston residents
Johnston’s COVID-19 take home test supply has finally matched the town’s recently soaring demand. Town officials gathered Saturday morning in the Johnston High School parking lot to … more
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HOPKINS ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION OF AT-HOME COVID TESTS
CRANSTON, RI – January 20th, 2022 – Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins announced the distribution of free athome COVID-19 test kits to Cranston residents. Drive-through distribution will take place … more
Johnston Sr. High School
Johnston High School to close early Monday due to staff shortages
Johnston High School will dismiss students at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, due to staffing shortages. Johnston Schools Superintendent Dr. Bernard DiLullo Jr. said “23 educators” called off … more
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PUBLIC INPUT: Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee addressed the crowd gathered to give public input on his administration’s RI 2030 plan.
Gov. McKee orders Rhode Island flags lowered in memory of 3,000 Ocean State lives lost to COVID-19
On Tuesday, Dec. 21, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee issued the following statement marking the 3,000th Rhode Island death from COVID-19. “Today, Rhode Island is witnessing a heartbreaking … more
BUSES CURBED: School buses lined up on a winter day in 2011. During the pandemic, however, the district has had a hard time keeping buses on the road to transport students to school. On Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, the Johnston School District announced there would be no bus service because so many drivers were in quarantine following substantial COVID-19 virus outbreaks in Johnston schools.
COVID curbs school bus transportation in Johnston; student transport service now restored
UPDATED: Many members of Johnston’s already depleted pool of eligible and willing school bus drivers are now isolated in quarantine.  This week, suddenly, parents who rely on school bus transportation in Johnston to get their kids to school had to scramble to find another option. Then, on Wednesday evening, the district announced the problem was rectified and bus service would return Thursday. more
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IMMUNITY BOOSTER: Zahan Akbar, owner of the Atwood Pharmacy, has watched demand for COVID-19 tests, vaccines and booster shots climb quickly over the past few weeks. Akbar holds a Phizer booster shot, moments before delivering it.
Need a booster or a swab? Independent Johnston pharmacy may be your quickest option
Zahan Akbar filled the syringe with a booster dose of Phizer COVID-19 vaccine. Delivering jabs and testing customers for the virus consumes larger and larger portions of regular business hours … more
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Rhode Island transitioning to 'community located COVID-19 vaccination sites'
Saturday, Dec. 18, will the last day to get a jab at Sockanosset Cross Road in Cranston, as COVID-19 rates surge in the Ocean State, and Rhode Island transitions to new strategies for fighting the … more
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GIMME SHELTER: Members of the Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project carried life-size cutouts representing “unsheltered” Ocean State residents, during a RI 2030 public forum Tuesday night. 
As temperatures drop, RI homeless advocates demand state help for the ‘unsheltered’
Advocates for the state’s homeless carried life-size powder blue cutouts representing the men, women and children without shelter in the Ocean State. As Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee asked the … more
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Around 30 total cases of COVID-19 have been reported at one Johnston elementary school.
Johnston superintendent delivers COVID-19 school data update
After an initial outbreak at Winsor Hill Elementary, Johnston Schools are reporting low rates of COVID-19 infection among students and staff. “This evening I’m going to present a … more
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As federal health officials continue their review of Pfizer’s request for an emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old, Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today outlined plans to get Rhode Island kids in this age group vaccinated once authorization is announced.
Governor, RI Department of Health outline plans for COVID-19 vaccination for 5 to 11-year-olds
As federal health officials continue their review of Pfizer’s request for an emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old, Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode … more
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Approximately 14 cases of COVID-19 have been reported at one Johnston elementary school. The district’s top administrator shut the school down for one day, and the Winsor Hill School reopened last Wednesday. School officials have been trying to limit virus exposure with 40 students learning at home after it was determined they were in "close contact" with positive cases.
COVID case count climbs at Johnston’s Winsor Hill School
The number of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 23 at Johnston’s Winsor Hill School. There are “four additional cases” Johnston Schools Superintendent Dr. Bernard DiLullo Jr. said … more
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LEADING THE WAY: Gov. Dan McKee makes a statement at Johnston High School on Wednesday.
Gov. McKee makes vaccine pitch in Johnston
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, along with Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos made the trip to Johnston High School to provide the state with its weekly COVID-19 update on Wednesday afternoon. In collaboration … more
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JOHNSTON SUN RISE EDITORIAL: Twisting the mask debate
School Committees aren’t public health officials. So their public health decisions are bound to be far from perfect.One theme united two very different sides of the heated debate over mask … more
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Send letters to the Johnston Sun Rise Editor, Rory Schuler, at rorys@rhodybeat.com.
LETTER TO THE JOHNSTON SUN RISE EDITOR: 'They are sending these kids off to the wolves with no mask'
Hello. It is very concerning that RI schools are not protecting those that are vulnerable to the virus, children that can not be vaccinated along with the immunocompromised.  They are sending … more
Town of Johnston, Rhode Island
Johnston COVID-19 vaccination clinic canceled
Due to the potential forecast of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Henri, the COVID-19 vaccination clinic scheduled at the Johnston Indoor Recreation Center, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. for Monday, Aug. 23, has … more
PARENTAL CHOICE: Several Johnston parents, including Jennifer Hall, helped convince the Johnston School Committee to vote unanimously to make masks optional for students when the new school year begins.
Big jump in RI kids’ COVID cases spurs another mask policy revision in Johnston
More kids in Rhode Island are getting sick. The newest COVID-19 data for children, and an emerging statewide public school mask mandate, will require Johnston to revisit last week’s … more
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