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HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE: Police from multiple departments converged on a shooting suspect’s car along Plainfield Pike, on the Johnston/Cranston border, early Wednesday morning.
Police shoot, kill Johnston triple shooting suspect
UPDATED: Police shot and killed a man wanted for a triple shooting on Ligian Court in Johnston. more
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NEW WORLD: Volunteers helped relocate the historic statue of Christopher Columbus, from storage in Providence to storage in Johnston, where it will eventually be erected in Memorial Park.
Johnston adopts Christopher Columbus
Scrap metal or monument? Johnston picks the latter. Removed from its Providence pedestal in 2020 and locked away in storage, a 130-year-old statue depicting Christopher Columbus will be … more
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GO BACK THE WAY YOU CAME: Orange barricades, erected by RI DOT, block both sides of the Greystone Sluiceway Bridge on the border of Johnston and North Providence.
RIDOT: Greystone Bridge — linking Johnston and North Providence — to be demolished
Bright orange barricades spray-painted with five dripping, black letters — RI DOT — block both sides of the Greystone Sluiceway Bridge on the border of Johnston and North Providence. … more
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NEW JHS: Cathie Ellithorpe, Principal of the SLAM Collaborative, unveils the earliest renderings of a planned new Johnston High School.
Johnston eighth-graders will move to newly constructed high school in 2027
They literally went “back to the drawing board.” Johnston’s grand plan to upgrade all the town’s public school buildings changed radically Tuesday night. While the … more
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NOT LATER: Grandfather and retired Warwick Police Capt. Tim Colgan has founded School Safety Now, a growing organization that aims to put an armed police officer in every Rhode Island school.
School Safety Now, not later
He can imagine what it would be like hiding in a classroom as gunshots echo through school hallways. “I’m in a classroom and I hear a guy walking down the corridor and he’s shooting … What do I want between me and him?” asked grandfather and retired Warwick Police Capt. Tim Colgan. “I don’t want a social worker; I don’t want a psychiatrist; I don’t want the principal. I want a cop between me and him. And I think most people feel that way. I think they do.” more
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OPEN FOR PLAY? Johnston has been locking most of the town’s ballfields. One town councilman would like to see that policy change. The town’s director of buildings and grounds, however, says the locks keep out pooping dogs and their irresponsible owners.
Padlocks or poop?
There’s nothing quite like walking out onto a freshly raked ball diamond on a crisp spring afternoon — squinting up at the sunlight and blindly walking into the freshly clipped outfield grass. Nothing sours that moment faster than sinking your sole into a steaming pile of poop. more
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HEZ DISPENSER: Tri-County Community Action Agency snipped the ribbon on a new Health Equity Zone (HEZ) Community Center at 104 Greenville Ave. in Johnston. From left to right, Tri-County President and CEO Joseph DeSantis, Johnston Town Council member Alfred T. Carnevale, Nadine Tavares, lead HEZ initiative project officer with the Rhode Island Department of Health, HEZ Director Lisa Kennedy, and Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. helped cut the ribbon on the new center.
Tri-County opens HEZ Community Center on Greenville Avenue in Johnston
Johnston, North Providence and Smithfield residents in need of community services have a new beacon of hope shining on Greenville Avenue. The Tri-County Community Action Agency snipped the … more
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LOST: Dillon Viens, 16, a Johnston resident and student at William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School, died following a shooting in a Cedar Street home on Feb. 12, 2022.
Dillon Viens' shooting death ruled homicide
Following more than a year-long investigation, Johnston Police arrested a juvenile last week and charged him with manslaughter in the 2022 shooting death of Dillon Viens. Viens’ death, first … more
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FAMILY SUPPORT: Matt Velino, center, is surrounded by his family after Tuesday night’s Johnston School Committee meeting, where he was officially named new JHS principal. From left to right: Stacy Andreozzi, Dave Andreozzi, Luca Andreozzi (a Brown Avenue Elementary student), Matt Velino, Mason Andreozzi (also a Brown Ave. student), Lori Velino and Paul Velino.
Matthew Velino promoted to Johnston High School principal
Johnston born and bred, the high school’s new principal hugged his entire family following Tuesday night’s unanimous School Committee vote. Matt Velino’s rise to one of … more
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CAPTURE THE SUN: Applicant Revity Energy LLC wants to build solar fields on seven Central Avenue lots at 1252-1262 Central Ave. The land is zoned R-40.
Solar energy without clearing Rhode Island's forests?
Legislation has passed the Rhode Island State Senate aimed at helping developers build solar fields without clearing carbon-eating trees. On Tuesday, the Senate unanimously passed what a press … more
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FROM THE DARK SKY: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston, following the sunset, were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on Sept. 21. The illuminated project has been taking shape on the Hartford Avenue hill overlooking Johnston. 
Will Johnston’s Amazon deliver?
While empty Amazon warehouses litter the nation, the online mega retailer insists their Johnston distribution center will open as planned. And the company plans to hire “more than 1,500” local job-seekers. more
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POLITICAL ACCESS: On March 17, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. announced on Twitter that he had toured the Amazon construction site with US Sen. Jack Reed. He released four photos from the tour. (Photos courtesy Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr.)
No public tours or answers on Johnston Amazon opening
Johnston’s local newspaper has been trying to land a tour of the Amazon construction site for more than a year. The Sun Rise received its first official rejection from Amazon on Jan. 18, … more
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WATER WORKS: An employee at Town Hall lanes said the bowling alley will be without water for months as they construct a new bank branch building along Atwood Avenue. Because of the utility work, the bowling alley will shut its doors forever in a few weeks.
Town Hall Lanes’ time is up
Johnston’s lane time has expired. The town’s lone bowling alley will soon close. Although an exact date has not been released, Town Hall Lanes will cease operation in several … more
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BEYOND CONCEPTUAL: Mark Rhoades, Principal at the SLAM Collaborative, updates Johnston’s School Building Committee on elementary school project plans. In the foreground, new committee member Helena Buonanno Foulkes listens with JSBC Chairman Joseph Rotella and Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr.
Soaring costs haunt Johnston's new school plans
Soaring building costs and interest rates have thrown school planners a curve ball.  According to updated projections,  four school projects estimated at $215 million last spring could now … more
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THE CATALYTIC AVENGER: Daniel S. Walser III, owner of Walser Mobile Refrigeration, refused to be a victim. He tracked down the suspect who swiped catalytic converters from his Warwick business. Earlier this week, Walser showed the partially mended hole the suspect cut in the fence surrounding the property.
Adventures of the Catalytic Avenger
They crawl under your vehicle and hack away at its tender underbelly. Then they sell the severed parts. It’s a good living if you don’t get caught. And most catalytic converter thieves … more
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ALL FIXED UP: Eagle Scout Aidan Paplauskas posed for a photo with the freshly scrubbed outdoor classroom sign at St. Mary’s School. He built the classroom and erected the sign. The sign was vandalized, but Paplauskas went to work immediately cleaning up the site.
Cranston Police arrest teens from Johnston and Cranston for St. Mary’s School vandalism
Cranston Police have made two arrests in a school vandalism case — a Johnston man and a Cranston minor. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, Cranston Police Chief Col. Michael J. Winquist announced the … more
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OFF SCREEN: Dominique Turner, a former ABC6 news reporter, announced her new job on Twitter last week. She will serve as Deputy Chief-of-Staff for Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr.
Johnston Mayor hires Deputy Chief-of-Staff
Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. has hired a former TV news reporter to fill a new position in his office. The position —Deputy Chief-of-Staff — includes an $80,000 annual salary. … more
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FRISKIE FOOD TRUCK: Rob Parrish works as food truck manager for Friskie Fries, a venture that began as a small fleet of food trucks and blossomed into a brick-and-mortar business with locations in Providence and Johnston. He welcomes the opportunity to bring Friskie Fries to more Johnston customers, via food truck.
Ordinance opens Johnston to food trucks
The “crispiest friskiest fries in town” may be a little easier to sample if Johnston changes local laws governing mobile food trucks. Town Council held its first reading of an amended … more
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TOO BIG TO STAY: AA Wrecking & Asbestos has been operating at 1307 Hartford Ave. since 1986. The business has outgrown the site, nestled in the heart of Johnston’s business district, next to the Johnston Senior Center and across the street from Market Basket. The business may be moving and a new business may be moving in.
State program tapped to transform Hartford Avenue site in Johnston
A long driveway snakes back behind the Johnston Senior Center and leads to a hidden industrial property. Old railroad remnants and demolition debris populate the site, currently occupied by AA … more
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MOBILE METAL LITTER: Abandoned electric scooters and bikes will likely soon be impounded by police if left overnight on the public ways of Johnston. The company owners may face $500 fines for each confiscated vehicle. 
Law pitched to fine, impound scattered e-bike and scooter rentals in Johnston
The last rental riders left their pair of electric bikes under a Hartford Avenue business sign days ago. By Tuesday afternoon, the bikes had fallen over. Town Council has taken aim at bulky … more
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