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The Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation will be kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with the coming weekend's Flames of Hope: A Celebration of Life." The event will take place Oct. 1-2 in downtown Providence. The"
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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9/30/16
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By PETE FONTAINE Johnston High School's football Panthers honored the nation's veterans in a huge way last Friday night inside Mayor Joseph M. Polisena Stadium. Score-wise, head coach Joe Acciardo's football force didn't come out on top against the
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By Pete Fontaine
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10/5/16
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Junior Jordan Moretti is the Girls’ Basketball Athlete of the Year, as well as the Softball Athlete of the Year.
Moretti was arguably the top point guard in the state over the winter season, …
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7/22/17
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Last Friday, Governor Gina Raimondo and Janet Coit, director of the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), kicked off Bay Day at the new Goddard Park Boat Ramp in Warwick. The ramp has a new deeper water launch point, as well
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By Captain Dave Monti
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8/4/17
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Ocean State Theatre Company (OSTC) has announced the opening of their fifth season in their comfortable stadium-style theatre in Warwick. The company's 2016-17 season begins with the Rhode Island Professional Premiere of the 10-time Tony Award-winning
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10/5/16
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With the regular season nearing its end, all three Warwick schools are once again in action this week. After a big win at Portsmouth last week, Hendricken will look to keep its unbeaten season rolling, while Pilgrim and Toll
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By Matt Metcalf
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10/28/16
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SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU * * * (Michelle & Barack's first date) Tika Sumptner plays Michelle Robinson and Parker Sawyers plays Barack Obama in this charming, talky little movie that imagines what their first date was like. Michelle is Barack's supervisor in a
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By Joyce and Don Fowler
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11/10/16
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The Police Log is a digest of reports provided by the Johnston and Rhode Island State Police Departments. MEMORIAL DAY BREAKDOWN Rhode Island State Police arrested 46 people and issued 364 citations for a variety of motor vehicle violations over the
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By JESSICA BOTELHO
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6/2/17
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Johnston’s disabled veterans could soon find themselves exempt from property taxes if a local veterans group’s efforts on their behalf are successful.
During Monday night’s Town Council …
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By Tim Forsberg
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9/30/16
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Johnston Planning Board
September 6, 2016
Agenda
The Johnston Planning Board regular monthly meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at the Johnston Senior Center …
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10/5/16
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“Oh what a night”– indeed!
Those are the opening words to “December 1963,” one of many hits recorded by music legends Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. However, the line also best …
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By Pete Fontaine
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7/9/17
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Senior shooting guard Ryan Yankee was one of the top offensive boys’ basketball players in the state over the winter season.
No one in the state averaged more points per game than Yankee this …
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7/22/17
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By JOHN HOWELL The last days of December and the first days of the New Year were painfully cold, with temperatures hovering around zero. At least for the foreseeable future, such temperatures aren't in the forecast. But that doesn't mean natural gas
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By John Howell
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2/8/18
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With September marking the kick-off of School One and Goat Hill's inaugural Write Rhode Island short fiction competition for Rhode Island students in grades eight to 12, the group is hoping to get local youth excited and spur entries by hosting free
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10/5/16
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE Police are crediting the use of social media and assistance from the public with helping to quickly identify and apprehend three suspects in the theft of thousands of dollars worth of sunglasses from OPTX Rhode Island late last month.
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By Daniel A. Kittredge
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11/10/16
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Dreams can become reality with the right kinds of financial tools, and Citizens Bank is showing consumers how through its new Fund Your Dreams" Giveaway. Consumers who submit a 30-second video or a 150-word essay (with photo) describing a dream that"
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4/28/17
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Man charged in illegal retail scheme A Johnston man has been charged in connection with an organized retail crime operation following a month-long investigation, according to Rhode Island State Police. Richard Tiberi, 73, of 12
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By Daniel Kittredge
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10/5/16
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By PETE FONTAINE Who needs Hallmark or other greeting card makers?" a lady mused inside Cherry Hill Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's main dining room last Friday morning. "Especially when we've got Joe Golomboski's great works right here." Each"
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By Pete Fontaine
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10/28/16
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While the Greenville Avenue Big Dig takes place in town, students in Johnston High’s Chem Club have taken big steps to ensure their school offers a clean and environmentally-friendly water supply. …
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By Tim Forsberg
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4/28/17
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Steve Mallane is well known as the longtime owner and operator of Sheik Hair Designs located on intersection of Atwood and Simmonsville avenues in Johnston. But what some people don't know about Mallane, who doubles as Johnston's town
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By Pete Fontaine
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10/19/16
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“It’s not going too bad,” said Jamie Samons, public affairs manager with the Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC), of the current work being done on the Greenville Avenue sewer and water line …
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7/23/17
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The No. 20 ranked (NJCAA D-II Volleyball poll) CCRI Lady Knights volleyball team traveled to Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York, to play a quad-match with Ulster County Community …
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9/5/17
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HIT AND RUN On November 9 at approximately 5 p.m., Officer Arthur Petteruti responded to the Hurd Buick GMC on Hartford Avenue in
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11/17/17
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By THOMAS GREENBERG All 39 cities and towns in the state are now recognized as storm ready" by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA). Rhode Island becomes the first state in the country to have all"
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By Thomas Greenberg
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2/9/18
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A Warwick resident and certified public accountant versed in the tax benefits of sustainable energy is advancing a plan for two Warwick solar parks that could reduce the city’s electric costs while …
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By John Howell
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10/19/16
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