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Team Johnston Dems is ready for the Nov. 8 General Election.
That surfaced last Wednesday night inside the famed Maria SS DeFisa Della DiFesa Society when the Johnston Democratic Town Committee …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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7/8/22
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It was vintage Mayor Joseph Polisena on a recent Thursday morning at 1307 Hartford Ave. in Johnston.
Although rain was coming down in buckets, as the old adage goes, Polisena declared “this …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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7/7/22
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following police log information has been taken from public record police incident and arrest reports provided by the Johnston Police Department.
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7/7/22
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Police say they found 30-year-old Aramis Segura hiding under his girlfriend’s bed following the fatal New Year’s Eve crash that claimed the life of an East Greenwich …
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RORY SCHULER
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6/29/22
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Johnston Senior High School is hosting its annual summer blood drive on June 28, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. The blood drive will take place in the school’s cafeteria. Our region is currently in a …
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By Talia Laflamme/Special to the Sun Rise
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6/24/22
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Johnston expects to receive nearly $9 million in federal funding following the pandemic.
How will the town spend the money? The short answer: three large garages and athletics field …
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/24/22
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The youngsters took turn breakdancing.
They fed a hungry caterpillar.
They used their little diplomas as telescopes.
The Johnston State Pre-K classroom at Over the Rainbow Learning Center …
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/23/22
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Something super special happened last Thursday morning on Theresa Street in Johnston.
When the nearly 400 students who attend Winsor Hill Elementary School — which was recently honored for …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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6/23/22
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The new locations — at 993 Oaklawn Ave. in Cranston and 629 Killingly St. in Johnston — provide a convenient place for local residents and community members to drop off their gently-used …
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6/23/22
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Many people will tell you that Johnston’s Winsor Hill Elementary School may have written “The Best Public School Story of the 2021-22 Academic Year.”
As proof, Dr. Amy Burns …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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6/17/22
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There was a time when a small mess of dandelions possessed the same potential as a patch of blooming roses.
As a little Winsor Hill Elementary School pupil, Glorianna Crichlow sat in the grass …
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/17/22
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Never before — at least not in recent memory — has an annual Ocean State Vintage Haulers event been filled with as much love, respect and memorials as there were during Sunday’s …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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6/9/22
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