Johnston Sun Rise
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By PETE FONTAINE DJ Anderson, a 17-year-old senior honor student and athlete at Johnston High School, knows just how grueling a campaign can be. For the past seven weeks, Anderson, who also skilled in martial arts, has hosted multiple fundraisers as
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By PETE FONTAINE
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2/22/19
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Richard Therrien is spending this holiday season dressed as Santa and making appearances at the Artists’ Exchange in Cranston, the Trudeau Center in Warwick, and private homes.
He’s spent the …
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By Thomas Greenberg
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12/11/17
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The Police Log is a digest of reports provided by the Johnston Police, Rhode Island State Police and other departments.
POSSESSION
While in the area of Serrel Sweet Road and Taunton Street on …
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1/18/18
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By JOHN HOWELL They can't weigh more than 5 ounces, and some look like they have come off the set of a science fiction movie. Others could be the cars of the future, yet still others are not much more than a block of brightly colored wood with stickers
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/6/21
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Johnston Planning Board
November 7, 2017
Agenda
The Johnston Planning Board regular monthly meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, at the Johnston Senior Center …
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11/2/17
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Like most events that were scheduled for Friday, Jan. 5, a rather unique court case that was to be heard beginning at 12:30 p.m. inside the Johnston Municipal Court House was postponed because of a …
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By Pete Fontaine
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1/18/18
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The Wilbury Theatre Group proudly announces a limited run of "Krapp's Last Tape," Samuel Beckett's lauded one-act play about the effects of time and loneliness, and the longing for past glories. Performances run for limited audiences in the Main Hall at
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5/6/21
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Angelo Michele and Ernesto Rocco Capobianco may just be the most unique set of identical twins in Rhode Island.
“Even at age 85, their faces are still the same,” Louisa Capobianco Iannotti, …
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By Pete Fontaine
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11/24/16
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WaterFire highlights sculptor's work WaterFire Providence presents "Down to Earth: Robert Rohm Sculpture, 1963-2013," an exhibition spanning 50 years of work by sculptor Robert Rohm. This exhibition at the WaterFire Arts Center will run through Sunday,
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5/6/21
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By PETE FONTAINE Few Rhode Island unions have enjoyed as much success as Johnston Association of Fire Fighters Local 1950. As proof, the union recently completed its annual Muscular Dystrophy Association drive by raising a record-shattering $17,250.
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By Pete Fontaine
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9/30/16
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When Kyle Nelson walked off the stage at the Providence Performing Arts Center Friday night, he not only took his Johnston High School diploma, he left with a reputation of being “one of the best …
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By Pete Fontaine
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6/16/17
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By ROB DUGUAY Some local records have a knack for flying under the radar and then astounding the senses after being given a listen. Often this comes from an act that's still cutting its teeth, but in this particular case it's a bunch of Providence music
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By ROB DUGUAY
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5/6/21
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By PETE FONTAINE What was once going to be a lacrosse field at the entrance to the Johnston Soccer Complex off Atwood Avenue will now be a state-of-the-art indoor recreation facility, for which Mayor Joseph Polisena and town officials ceremonially broke
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By Pete Fontaine
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10/5/16
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By PETE FONTAINE Last month, Peter A. Goneconte, president of the Young Pannese Social Club, an Italian-American organization founded in 1912, joined Administrator Gerry Coulliard and Johnston residents Elly and Vinny Palumbo to present Donna Russillo,
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By Pete Fontaine
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1/12/17
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To the Editor: The mayor's announcement that a third utility-scale solar project has been proposed for Western Cranston adds to the growing impact of these projects. In 2003 Cranston gained ownership of 240 acres of the woods, wetlands, corn fields and
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6/7/17
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The Rhode Island State Police Museum Foundation will host its second annual Vintage Cruiser Show on Sunday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rhode Island State Police Headquarters, 311 Danielson …
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9/24/17
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Johnston’s $18 million agreement with Invenergy to resell water from the Providence Water Supply Board to the company’s proposed Burrillville power plant has hit another legal …
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By Tim Forsberg
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1/18/18
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Thanks to President Biden's massive $1.9 trillion stimulus package, Rhode Island will find itself in the unusual place of having an influx of money. So keep in mind this observation from RIPEC President/CEO Michael DiBiase, a former director of the state
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5/6/21
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By MERI R. KENNEDY Park View Veterans Day 5K Run/Walk The fourth annual Park View Veterans Day 5K Run/Walk to benefit Park View and Operation Stand Down RI will be held on Nov. 11 from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Roger Williams Park (starting at the entrance
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By Meri R. Kennedy
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11/12/16
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Santa Claus is coming to town, but jolly old Saint Nick won’t be the only headliner at Saturday’s Johnston High School Parent Teacher Student Organization’s 5th annual Holly Fair on Saturday, …
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By Pete Fontaine
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11/25/16
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By PETE FONTAINE They are professionals personified. They are legends who have written their own chapter of Rhode Island's tradition-rich history book. They have motivated many others and epitomize the meaning of the extraordinary female athlete""
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By Pete Fontaine
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1/12/17
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Students at Johnston High School recently experienced a trip through time as they explored the world of Japanese raku pottery.
“We’re celebrating tradition with raku pottery, it goes back to …
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By Tim Forsberg
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5/20/17
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By JOE RUSSO
For the Sun Rise
The Johnston boys’ basketball team needed a win on Tuesday night, and it would come up with a 63-59 victory over Portsmouth at Johnston High School, as the …
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By Joe Russo
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1/18/18
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Last spring, when the pandemic began ripping through Rhode Island's economy, painful budget cuts to social programs seemed not just possible, but likely. Progressives warned about the long-term fallout from an "austerity budget," even as joblessness
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5/6/21
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Saturday’s snowstorm dumped 9½ inches of powdery snow on Johnston.
“As usual, the DPW was on top of its game and did an excellent job,” Mayor Joseph Polisena assessed. “For us, this was …
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By Pete Fontaine
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1/12/17
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