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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 blood emergency and the Rhode Island Blood Center (RIBC) is in need of people willing to donate.
Johnston High students: 'Let’s save lives!'
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 … more
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NEW GARAGE: Johnston plans to build new garages for DPW, police and fire vehicles with the bulk of nearly $9 million in ARPA funds.
How will Johnston spend nearly $9 million in ARPA funds?
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 … more
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CUT A RUG: The Johnston State Pre-K classroom at Over the Rainbow Learning Center celebrated the end of the school year during a show for family and friends on June 17. Youngsters took turn break-dancing.
LITTLE DIPLOMAS: Johnston's Over the Rainbow Pre-K class celebrates graduation with break-dancing
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 … more
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SUPER STAFF: Among the many teachers and staff that made the last day of Winsor Hill School’s 2021-2022 year special was: Susan Parillo, Judy Centracchio, Donna Pingitore, Margy Aiello, Nicole Moccia, Melinda Izzo, Dina Needham and Doreen Hudson.
A special last day of school at Winsor Hill in Johnston
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 … more
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RIBBON SNIPPED: BBBSRI Chief Financial Officer Jack Blatchford, Johnston state Rep. Deborah Fellela, and Johnston Town Councilwoman Lauren Garzone attended the ribbon-cutting for a new donation center at 629 Killingly St. in Johnston.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island opens new donation centers in Johnston and Cranston
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 … more
KIND KIDS: Winsor Hill students Owen Botelho (left), took second place in the school’s Friendship Poster Contest while Finley Shavlier was first and Noah Guimmaraes placed third.
Johnston's Winsor Hill becomes ‘Kindness Certified School’
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 … more
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SENIORS NO MORE: Around 147 Johnston graduates flipped their tassels last Friday night. The Johnston Senior High School Class of 2022 celebrated commencement during a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence.
JOHNSTON SENIOR HIGH CLASS OF 2022: Dandelions and Terminators … Embracing the future
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 … more
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BANNERS UNITED: Members of Warwick’s Tri-City Elks Lodge held flags from throughout the American experience. From the original “Stars & Stripes” to an “MIA/POW” flag, patriotism was on full display during the Flag Day ceremony held at the Johnston Senior Center.
‘Cause I’m mighty proud of that ragged old flag’
Perhaps the “Man in Black” summed it up best, when he sang his 1974 ballad “That Ragged Old Flag.” “So we raise her up every morning,” sang … more
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Cam Salois
Chargers upset Panthers
The visiting No. 6 Chariho baseball team held off No. 2 Johnston 3-1 in the Division II Quarterfinals last Saturday at War Memorial Park to end the Panthers’ season. Down 3-1, the Panthers … more
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TOO SOON: Joseph Pingitore III passed away suddenly last October at the tender age of 60 years.
Vintage Haulers remember late leader at Johnston truck show
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 … more
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LAW DAY: Rhode Island Superior Court Associate Justice Joseph A. Montalbano, Johnston Town Council Vice President and mayoral candidate Joseph Polisena Jr., and Johnston Police Chief Joseph P. Razza stood in the Nicholas A. Ferri Middle School Library, facing a large group of civics students on Law Day last month. 
Guns, cannabis discussed during Law Day event at Johnston middle school
Earlier this year, Johnston Police heard rumors circulating around the school system, regarding possible drug use among high school students. On Law Day, Johnston Police Chief Joseph P. Razza … more
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CHALLENGE COIN: Col. Ron Barnes, Commander of the Pawtuxet Rangers, holds a challenge coin. Barnes presented a similar coin to Britain’s Consul General for New England Dr. Peter Abbott OBE, during an announcement event for an underwater search for the Gaspee’s remains. If Barnes challenges Abbott to show the coin while out for drinks, and Abbott can’t produce it, the tab’s on the Brits. If he challenges and Abbott produces the coin, drinks are on the Pawtuxet Rangers.
Johnston man serves as Gaspee Days Parade Grand Marshal
When Ron Barnes was a high school student at Cranston East, he marched in the Gaspee Day Parade as a member of the band. Since then, he has marched in the parade almost every year as a member of the … more
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