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Lt. Gov. Dan McKee joined several state and local dignitaries and sponsors to kick off the 17th annual Operation Holiday Cheer at the Rhode Island National Guard Armory in Warwick on Tuesday … more
John Reckner may be known statewide as the creator of the annual Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo, but he has earned another affectionate moniker among his family and … more
The U.S. Department of Education’s National Blue Ribbon Schools Program announced last week that Brown Avenue Elementary School is among three institutions in Rhode Island – and the first … more
Roughly a dozen representatives from Stop & Shop, GreenPrint, the Rhode Island Tree Council and the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce gathered Wednesday morning to kick off the … more
Johnston Senior High School’s food pantry and clothing closet drive is a community effort in the truest sense of the term. Math teacher Tia Forgetta and special education teacher Erin Ferraro … more
Dining and revelry have long drawn visitors to Pawtuxet Village. That tradition continues today, with a range of restaurants part of the village’s thriving business community. On Tuesday, … more
Lt. Matthew Maurachian of the Johnston Fire Department had just finished dropping off a patient at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when his eyes caught a TV in the … more
Ever since he was writing weather journals in third grade, it’s been Johnston native Anthony Macari’s dream to secure a meteorology job in his home state. The long and winding road has taken … more
The town of Johnston received a AA rating from Standard & Poor’s earlier this month, just one week after the Public Finance Management Board’s debt affordability study rated Johnston’s … more
By JOHN HOWELL Clayton Shackleton's great-grandfather and grandfather didn't always see things eye-to-eye. Both knew how to build houses. Albert Shackleton Sr. saw the future in building single-family homes. He had the right idea at the right time. It more
The Police Log is a digest of reports provided by the Johnston Police, Rhode Island State Police and other departments. RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS Johnston Police Patrolman Matthew V. Leveillee reported that he observed a black car driving without an more
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 more
The Police Log is a digest of reports provided by the Johnston Police, Rhode Island State Police and other departments. ARMED ROBBERY The Johnston Police Department is requesting the public's assistance in regards to an armed robbery. On January 27 at more
DISORDERLY CONDUCT On Feb. 5 at approximately 6:20 p.m., Detective James Seymore was on an assigned detail at the Tri Town Community Health building on Hartford Avenue. He was standing outside of the building in the area of the crosswalk when he observed more
ASSAULT On February 3 at approximately noon, Officer Vanessa Wilcox along with several members of the department were dispatched to Monroe Auto Service on Atwood Avenue for a report of a female party who claimed she had been pepper sprayed. Upon arrival, more
MOTHER CHARGED WITH ABUSE Tina Marie Tucker, 36, of 12 Forest Hill Drive in Johnston, is being charged by the Johnston Police Department with cruelty to or neglect of a child and child abuse in the first degree, both felony charges. On December 6, 2018, more
By ETHAN HARTLEY -- The progress towards more gender equality in the military, while far from complete, has begun to drive home a long-overdue point – being a man is not a pre-requisite to be a soldier, or a veteran, for that matter. more
Homecoming, a unique event that as history has it, got its start on college campuses as a fall celebration of the first football game of the season for which alumni would return to their alma mater. … more
By TIM FORSBERG It was clear from the beginning of Tuesday night’s Town Council meeting that there would be fireworks. Prior to starting official business, council president Anthony Verardo … more
Once the heart-warming applause that echoed through the posh dining/sitting room at Briarcliffe Gardens subsided, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena said, with excitement ringing in his up-beat tone of … more
By PETE FONTAINE Informative, informational, impressive! Those words best describe Project Health, a comprehensive free screening program that CVS Health held at two different locations in Johnston last Friday. During two, four-hour offerings at CVS more
By JOHN HOWELL While it will mean some temporary inconvenience, Mayor Joseph Polisena is happy the state Department of Transportation is moving ahead with the repaving of large sections of Hartford Avenue. He said Monday the work has been long needed and more
By PETE FONTAINE Ye olde Belknap School has never looked better. That's the assessment many people offered Saturday of the 125-year-old building which was officially dedicated Saturday as the permanent home of the Johnston Land Trust. During a brief yet more
There are days when Kelly Estes wakes up and doesn’t know if her daughter is dead or alive. “I went hunting for her for hours the other morning, and I just could not find her. For all I know … more
The Police Log is a digest of reports provided by the Johnston Police, Rhode Island State Police, and other departments. ARSON On July 28 at approximately 7:35 p.m., Officer Merrick Cook and Sergeant Joseph McGinn responded to a Simmonsville Avenue more
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