With temperatures dipping into the single digits, National Grid customers are using about 60 percent more natural gas than they would if the thermometer was reading in the 30s.
Based on the …
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By John Howell
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1/4/18
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Johnston High School’s “Suds Challenge” will continue – weather permitting – this Saturday, Oct. 22, in the 7-Eleven parking lot off Hartford Avenue (Route) 6 near the entrance to War …
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10/22/16
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Foreign tourists are landing daily at T.F. Green Airport now that Norwegian Airlines has bridged Warwick and Europe, offering low-cost, wicked cheap" international flights. Among the travelers are people like Stacey Sayers. Seven"
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By Jacquelyn Moorehead
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8/10/17
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FIFTY SHADES FREED * * (Last of the pornographic trilogy) The hour and 45-minute movie opens with Ana (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Jamie (Dornan) getting married and whisking away in his private jet for their honeymoon, coming home to all sorts of
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By Joyce & Don Fowler
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2/23/18
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What will have 37 vendors, Rhode Island’s “Top Cop,” a native and popular television news anchor, a smorgasbord of food and more enthusiasm than a rookie about to start his first Major League …
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By Pete Fontaine
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4/20/18
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To the Editor: The month of October brings many traditions to Rhode Island: hay rides, pumpkin carving and apple picking, among others. It also marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, honoring the 1 in 8 women who will develop the illness in their
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10/13/16
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By PETE FONTAINE It's a time-honored tradition that ladies like Elli Panichas are hoping will attract a record crowd this Saturday to Neutaconkanut Hill. This is an outstanding opportunity for children and adults to have a unique experience in the only"
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By Pete Fontaine
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10/22/16
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STOLEN TRUCK SUSPECTS ARRESTED
On July 31 around 10:30 p.m., several members of the Johnston Police Department responded to the Indoor Recreation Center on Atwood Avenue in reference to a stolen …
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8/10/17
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The Tony “Triple Crown†musical, “Avenue Q†that beat out “Wicked†for top honors, taking Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book, also earns my award for Best Way To Enjoy the Rest of …
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By Don Fowler
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10/2/16
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The promise that Governor Gina Raimondo had continuously made to provide free college tuition for Rhode Islanders became a reality last week when the state Senate finally approved the FY18 budget more than a month into the new fiscal
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By Ethan Hartley
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8/10/17
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At last, an intelligent teenage “coming of age” movie that teens and their parents can relate to!
Hailee Steinfeld plays Nadine, a high school loner with only one friend, Krista (Hayley Lu …
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By Joyce and Don Fowler
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11/27/16
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The Police Log is a digest of reports provided by the Johnston and Rhode Island State Police Departments.
POSSESSION
While on patrol in the area of Plainfield Street on April 24 around 2:05 …
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5/5/17
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The celebration continues for the Johnston Little League Senior State Champions, who advanced to the Eastern Regional Tournament in New Jersey.
Manager Gary Rianna – and his fine coaches Robert …
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8/26/17
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By mid-afternoon Saturday, it was snowing everywhere in Johnston and that set off an alarm of sorts for Lt. Jon Pistacchio, who serves as Vice President of the Association of Firefighters Local …
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By Pete Fontaine
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12/14/17
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Not since 1929 has there been such an innovative golf go-round at picturesque Glocester Country Club as there was Monday at the private and snow-covered nine-hole layout.
The New Year’s Day …
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By Pete Fontaine
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1/5/18
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To the Editor: This is to inform the citizens and taxpayers of Johnston of an amendment to Town Council Rules 2015-2017 term that was passed at a special meeting on Sept. 26, 2016. They are only going to allow six topics per meeting and three minutes of
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10/6/16
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Providence Children's Museum introduces a playfully reimagined version of its popular Coming to Rhode Island exhibit, which offers an interactive, time-traveling exploration of stories of the state's history of immigration. The exhibit opens to the
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11/15/16
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The Johnston Senior League All-Stars won their first state tournament game on Saturday, beating Darlington Senior Little League, 8-1.
Johnston then faced off against South Kingstown Senior League …
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7/15/17
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“The Johnston Police Department has been elevated to a new level,” said Chief Richard S. Tamburini said with a wide smile on his face. “Our officers are taking pride as being among the best in …
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By Pete Fontaine
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8/11/17
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The Rhode Island Mobile Maker Lab pulled into Johnston High School last Wednesday and for two days, eight to ten students at a time had the opportunity to visit the lab and participate in a variety …
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Jen Cowart
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12/14/17
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Newly established author Tom Kiernan has always been a “kid at heart.” Embracing his youthful mentality, Kiernan made the life-changing decision to leave the corporate world last year to try his …
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By Kelcy Dolan
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10/13/16
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On Friday, April 28, the Class of 2019 at Johnston High hosted their annual Sophomore Semi-Formal. It was held at the Crystal Lake Country Club. The theme of the night was Midnight In the Garden, a kind of majestic
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By Emily Raposo, Student Contributor
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5/5/17
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The ATI (Above The Influence) members at Ferri Middle School were recently treated to a K-9 presentation at the school by the Rhode Island State Police.
The ATI Club recently asked their …
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6/19/17
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Not that anyone is anxious to get them or in a rush to pay them, but approximately 18,000 car tax bills should be ready to go in the mail by Aug. 21. When they arrive the bills will be at least 5 percent less than what they
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By John Howell and Tim Forsberg
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8/11/17
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I have been reviewing Trinity Rep’s “A Christmas Carol” every year for the past 40 years, and I always find something new and original from the director and the actor portraying Scrooge. I have …
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By Don Fowler
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11/26/17
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