On a cold, blustery late fall Sunday afternoon , with a raucous crowd, the Johnston Youth Panther JV football team won the 2022 state championship 8-0 over perennial powerhouse North …
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SPECIAL TO THE SUN RISE
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11/28/22
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It’s important, interesting and impressive.
It supports the students and faculty at Johnston High School.
It’s called the Holly Fair and the Dec. 3 event is one of two major …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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11/28/22
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Johnston Police are looking for a trio of alleged shade thieves.
Around 1:15 p.m., Nov. 8, Johnston Police responded to a local business to investigate a reported designer sunglasses …
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/28/22
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The words — “Johnston Memorial Cancer Events” — are prominently printed at several locations inside Hasbro Children’s Hospital, which recently completed a full …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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11/28/22
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A Pawtucket man has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars in connection to a 2021 violent home invasion in Johnston. His alleged accomplice has never been identified.
Rhode Island Attorney …
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/23/22
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St. Rocco School held its Veterans Day Prayer Service Wednesday, Nov. 9 at St. Rocco Church, 931 Atwood Ave., Johnston. Students from St. Rocco School read poems that they wrote, …
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11/21/22
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The committee’s much bigger now. The plans are more detailed.
And Johnston’s nearing the late stages of design and planning for the town’s new huge elementary school and …
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/21/22
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To say that Glocester Country Club hosted a super special star-spangled salute to veterans last Friday would indeed by an understatement.The historic and picturesque 9-hole layout, which was founded …
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By PETE FONTAINE
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11/17/22
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The mayor doesn’t like to cry in front of a crowd.
Joseph M. Polisena is more likely to drop F-bombs than drip tears on the lectern.
Tuesday evening, General Election night, was …
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/10/22
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Most of the shelf space was bare. A few scattered year-old cans of green beans and corn niblets dotted the metal shelving.
Tyrone “Ty” Smith walked into the food pantry and surveyed …
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/8/22
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The Johnston football team fell to visiting Narragansett 38-8 in its regular season finale last Saturday, finishing with a 1-8 record this fall. Johnston was led this season by quarterback Neari …
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11/4/22
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The Johnston Sun Rise invited Johnston’s three candidates for mayor to our newsroom for a forum on local issues.
Two of the three candidates accepted the invitation. One failed to …
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/3/22
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