Can you operate with “significant autonomy and discretion,” “work all shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays” and “some overnight shifts as necessary”?
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/17/24
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Have you seen the Johnston Fire Department’s newest investment?
A new Ladder 1 started responding to calls in town last month.
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/15/24
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Sun-gazers gathered at the Marion J. Mohr Public Library and Johnston Senior Center Monday afternoon to cover their eyes with cardboard and stare at a slowly shrinking orange sphere.
Backyard …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/15/24
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Since Amazon has not yet opened for business in Johnston, the mega-retailer has invoked a costly construction clause in its contract with the town.
Over the past few months, the company …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/10/24
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The Johnston School Building Committee has so far awarded more than $40 million in contracts to Rhode Island firms for the construction the town’s new elementary center.
“This …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/5/24
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Alex Snow loomed large in the prison yard. On a recent Friday morning, he looked even bigger in the Johnston High School auditorium.
In prison, Snow cultivated the friends he needed to watch his …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/4/24
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Pete Fontaine died an hour after deadline last week.
Although he had submitted his final byline several weeks earlier, the Johnston Sun Rise’s faithful freelancer held on until the last pages of the paper were on the presses. The man had ink in his veins.
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/4/24
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Scott Avedisian, Warwick’s longest-serving mayor, entered a not-guilty plea Wednesday morning at Kent County Court to charges he left the scene of a car crash.
The fender-bender occurred …
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By ADAM ZANGARI
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4/3/24
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Dear Fellow Johnston Residents and Neighbors,
On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, the Johnston Planning Board will consider extending the timeline on their decision from March 3, 2022, relative to …
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Stop Johnston Solar (SJS)
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4/1/24
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Sad news to report. Our longtime freelancer Pete Fontaine died Wednesday afternoon.
For decades, you've been reading his upbeat stories highlighting community giving. His bylines have regularly …
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3/29/24
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UPDATED:
Warwick Police have identified the victim in Thursday's tragic shooting.
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By RORY SCHULER
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3/21/24
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The residents got sick of all the road rage and head-on collision close-calls.
So they got together and started attending Johnston Town Council meetings. Then their local newspaper finally wrote …
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By RORY SCHULER
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3/21/24
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Have you driven on Hartford Avenue recently?
If so, your license plate was likely one of 162,180 vehicles detected in the last 30 days by one of three Flock Safety cameras monitoring traffic in …
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By RORY SCHULER
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3/21/24
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Last call for cookies.
Johnston Girl Scout Troop 171 will host its final cookie booth on Sunday, March 30 at the Burger King on Putnam Pike, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
According to troop leader …
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By RORY SCHULER
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3/15/24
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Amazon’s looking to re-negotiate their tax deal with Johnston.
The estimated opening date of Johnston’s Amazon has been bumped back several times. While the company says …
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By RORY SCHULER
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3/14/24
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Students from 15 Ocean State high schools struck gold, silver and bronze in the 41st annual Rhode Island Academic Decathlon held Sunday at Bryant University.
“We ran out of medals,” …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/8/24
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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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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3/7/24
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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 …
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By JOHN HOWELL
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3/1/24
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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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/29/24
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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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/28/24
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