Johnston’s Police Department received $485,000 in federal funding last Monday that will be used for emergency services equipment. This funding comes from one of U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner’s …
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By RAYMOND BACCARI/Special to the Sun Rise
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4/18/24
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Earth Day this year is scheduled for Monday, April 22, 2024. The annual celebration, which first began in 1970 on April 22, has been going strong year to year, with people all over the globe doing …
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By RAYMOND BACCARI/Special to the Sun Rise
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4/17/24
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Sun-gazers gathered at the Marion J. Mohr Public Library and Johnston Senior Center Monday afternoon to cover their eyes with cardboard and stare at a slowly shrinking orange sphere.
Backyard …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/15/24
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Have you seen the Johnston Fire Department’s newest investment?
A new Ladder 1 started responding to calls in town last month.
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/15/24
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Johnston voters may decide on a $40 million flood bond to fund stormwater management and sewer upgrades in the wake of four major flood events over the past year.
On Feb. 12, Johnston Town …
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By RORY SCHULER
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2/23/24
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Anthony Meleo drove through the Johnston High Parking lot and parked outside a simple white trailer parked near Atwood Avenue.
Jessica Gormley, Practice Manager for Tri-County Community Action …
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By RORY SCHULER
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1/20/22
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After being postponed a year, local historian Ann Eckert Brown has finally opened her exhibit at the Warwick Public Library, sharing the history and techniques of wall stenciling as a form of …
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By ARDEN BASTIA
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7/16/21
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Dr. Luke Messac thought it was going to be like every other Tweet he sent.Messac, of Warwick, had just a few hundred followers as recently as July 16, and he took the opportunity to send out a …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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7/30/20
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Summer baseball has always been a part of Will Geoghegan’s life, going back to his childhood when his family used to watch Cape Cod League games while vacationing in Massachusetts. They …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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6/4/20
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On a 3-2 vote, the state Health Services Council approved the certificate of need application for a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility, or IRF, in Johnston at the conclusion of a four-hour …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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3/12/20
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The 2nd-seeded Panthers took care of their home court on Tuesday night and eliminated 7th-seeded Toll Gate from the Boys Division III Basketball playoffs, beating the Titans 59-48 at Johnston High …
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By RYAN D. MURRAY
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3/5/20
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The new nonprofit group Public Safety Special Needs Coalition is looking to foster connections between children with developmental disabilities and first responders, and there’s plenty of fun …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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1/30/20
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The American Heart Association is working to tackle a “surge in vaping” among students, and Johnston High School is just one of the institutions looking to help.
Students Against …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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1/23/20
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Persistence paid off for Ferri Middle School student Daniel Wulf.
While his civics class was studying the founding fathers, the Constitution and the differences between a congressman and a …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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1/16/20
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A local bar in Johnston is looking for the community’s help to bring joy to children this holiday season.
Mr. Biggs Saloon at 1463 Atwood Ave. is holding a Toys for Tots drive through Dec. 13, …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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12/5/19
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Johnston Police Deputy Chief Joseph Razza said in a statement Saturday that the department had recovered four chalices that were stolen from St. Rocco’s Church last week.
Razza said in the …
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By SUN RISE STAFF
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10/31/19
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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 …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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10/24/19
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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 …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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10/3/19
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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 …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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9/27/19
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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 …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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9/19/19
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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, …
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By DANIEL KITTREDGE
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9/18/19
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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 …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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9/11/19
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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 …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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9/5/19
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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 …
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By JACOB MARROCCO
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8/15/19
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