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SUSPECT DEAD: Police shot and killed James Harrison, 52, of 4 Ligian Court, Johnston, following a triple shooting (double homicide), on May 24, 2023.
Johnston double murder investigation ongoing
Although the most likely suspect was shot and killed by police, the investigation into the events that unfolded on Ligian Court in Johnston on May 24 remain under investigation. “The … more
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HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE: Police from multiple departments converged on a shooting suspect’s car along Plainfield Pike, on the Johnston/Cranston border, early Wednesday morning.
Police shoot, kill Johnston triple shooting suspect
UPDATED: Police shot and killed a man wanted for a triple shooting on Ligian Court in Johnston. more
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NEW WORLD: Volunteers helped relocate the historic statue of Christopher Columbus, from storage in Providence to storage in Johnston, where it will eventually be erected in Memorial Park.
Johnston adopts Christopher Columbus
Scrap metal or monument? Johnston picks the latter. Removed from its Providence pedestal in 2020 and locked away in storage, a 130-year-old statue depicting Christopher Columbus will be … more
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GO BACK THE WAY YOU CAME: Orange barricades, erected by RI DOT, block both sides of the Greystone Sluiceway Bridge on the border of Johnston and North Providence.
RIDOT: Greystone Bridge — linking Johnston and North Providence — to be demolished
Bright orange barricades spray-painted with five dripping, black letters — RI DOT — block both sides of the Greystone Sluiceway Bridge on the border of Johnston and North Providence. … more
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NOT LATER: Grandfather and retired Warwick Police Capt. Tim Colgan has founded School Safety Now, a growing organization that aims to put an armed police officer in every Rhode Island school.
School Safety Now, not later
He can imagine what it would be like hiding in a classroom as gunshots echo through school hallways. “I’m in a classroom and I hear a guy walking down the corridor and he’s shooting … What do I want between me and him?” asked grandfather and retired Warwick Police Capt. Tim Colgan. “I don’t want a social worker; I don’t want a psychiatrist; I don’t want the principal. I want a cop between me and him. And I think most people feel that way. I think they do.” more
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OPEN FOR PLAY? Johnston has been locking most of the town’s ballfields. One town councilman would like to see that policy change. The town’s director of buildings and grounds, however, says the locks keep out pooping dogs and their irresponsible owners.
Padlocks or poop?
There’s nothing quite like walking out onto a freshly raked ball diamond on a crisp spring afternoon — squinting up at the sunlight and blindly walking into the freshly clipped outfield grass. Nothing sours that moment faster than sinking your sole into a steaming pile of poop. more
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HEZ DISPENSER: Tri-County Community Action Agency snipped the ribbon on a new Health Equity Zone (HEZ) Community Center at 104 Greenville Ave. in Johnston. From left to right, Tri-County President and CEO Joseph DeSantis, Johnston Town Council member Alfred T. Carnevale, Nadine Tavares, lead HEZ initiative project officer with the Rhode Island Department of Health, HEZ Director Lisa Kennedy, and Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. helped cut the ribbon on the new center.
Tri-County opens HEZ Community Center on Greenville Avenue in Johnston
Johnston, North Providence and Smithfield residents in need of community services have a new beacon of hope shining on Greenville Avenue. The Tri-County Community Action Agency snipped the … more
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LOST: Dillon Viens, 16, a Johnston resident and student at William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School, died following a shooting in a Cedar Street home on Feb. 12, 2022.
Dillon Viens' shooting death ruled homicide
Following more than a year-long investigation, Johnston Police arrested a juvenile last week and charged him with manslaughter in the 2022 shooting death of Dillon Viens. Viens’ death, first … more
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CAPTURE THE SUN: Applicant Revity Energy LLC wants to build solar fields on seven Central Avenue lots at 1252-1262 Central Ave. The land is zoned R-40.
Solar energy without clearing Rhode Island's forests?
Legislation has passed the Rhode Island State Senate aimed at helping developers build solar fields without clearing carbon-eating trees. On Tuesday, the Senate unanimously passed what a press … more
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FROM THE DARK SKY: These images of the Amazon construction site in Johnston, following the sunset, were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services, on Sept. 21. The illuminated project has been taking shape on the Hartford Avenue hill overlooking Johnston. 
Will Johnston’s Amazon deliver?
While empty Amazon warehouses litter the nation, the online mega retailer insists their Johnston distribution center will open as planned. And the company plans to hire “more than 1,500” local job-seekers. more
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POLITICAL ACCESS: On March 17, Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. announced on Twitter that he had toured the Amazon construction site with US Sen. Jack Reed. He released four photos from the tour. (Photos courtesy Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr.)
No public tours or answers on Johnston Amazon opening
Johnston’s local newspaper has been trying to land a tour of the Amazon construction site for more than a year. The Sun Rise received its first official rejection from Amazon on Jan. 18, … more
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WATER WORKS: An employee at Town Hall lanes said the bowling alley will be without water for months as they construct a new bank branch building along Atwood Avenue. Because of the utility work, the bowling alley will shut its doors forever in a few weeks.
Town Hall Lanes’ time is up
Johnston’s lane time has expired. The town’s lone bowling alley will soon close. Although an exact date has not been released, Town Hall Lanes will cease operation in several … more
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THE CATALYTIC AVENGER: Daniel S. Walser III, owner of Walser Mobile Refrigeration, refused to be a victim. He tracked down the suspect who swiped catalytic converters from his Warwick business. Earlier this week, Walser showed the partially mended hole the suspect cut in the fence surrounding the property.
Adventures of the Catalytic Avenger
They crawl under your vehicle and hack away at its tender underbelly. Then they sell the severed parts. It’s a good living if you don’t get caught. And most catalytic converter thieves … more
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ALL FIXED UP: Eagle Scout Aidan Paplauskas posed for a photo with the freshly scrubbed outdoor classroom sign at St. Mary’s School. He built the classroom and erected the sign. The sign was vandalized, but Paplauskas went to work immediately cleaning up the site.
Cranston Police arrest teens from Johnston and Cranston for St. Mary’s School vandalism
Cranston Police have made two arrests in a school vandalism case — a Johnston man and a Cranston minor. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, Cranston Police Chief Col. Michael J. Winquist announced the … more
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FRISKIE FOOD TRUCK: Rob Parrish works as food truck manager for Friskie Fries, a venture that began as a small fleet of food trucks and blossomed into a brick-and-mortar business with locations in Providence and Johnston. He welcomes the opportunity to bring Friskie Fries to more Johnston customers, via food truck.
Ordinance opens Johnston to food trucks
The “crispiest friskiest fries in town” may be a little easier to sample if Johnston changes local laws governing mobile food trucks. Town Council held its first reading of an amended … more
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MOBILE METAL LITTER: Abandoned electric scooters and bikes will likely soon be impounded by police if left overnight on the public ways of Johnston. The company owners may face $500 fines for each confiscated vehicle. 
Law pitched to fine, impound scattered e-bike and scooter rentals in Johnston
The last rental riders left their pair of electric bikes under a Hartford Avenue business sign days ago. By Tuesday afternoon, the bikes had fallen over. Town Council has taken aim at bulky … more
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CAT’S IN THE TRUCK: Warwick resident and wildlife enthusiast Arthur Dunn spotted this dead bobcat on the side of Interstate 295 in Johnston. He picked it up to take to RI DEM scientists, hoping they could learn something about the animal. Bobcat sightings are on the rise in Rhode Island, and researchers are looking into the reasons why.
RI DEM: ‘Bobcat sightings are a rare and exciting event’
Driving through Johnston, Art Dunn looked left to the breakdown lane and his gaze met the animal’s dead eyes. It was a bobcat, freshly killed by a passing vehicle; intact and mostly … more
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WHICH CAME FIRST: Adam Baffoni holds one of his six pet hens. He was gifted a half-dozen baby chicks by a few fraternity boys. The six chicks bloomed into two Rhode Island Reds, two Barred Rock hens and a pair of Leghorns.
Counting chickens before they hatch
In 1935, Giuseppe Baffoni founded a chicken farm in the heart of Johnston, and 88 years later his great grandson’s still tending the flock. Adam Baffoni walked out his farm store and down … more
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EGG-CEPTIONAL: Baffoni Poultry Farm in Johnston has several more than century-old two-story chicken houses. The farm has about 20,000 chickens. Of those, around 7-8,000 are egg-laying hens, according to owner Adam Baffoni. The chickens lay approximately 3-4,000 eggs per day.
Waiting for the market to crack
You can still get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant – but you might pay a slight upcharge for eggs. "This is the first time in quite a while that we’ve had to raise menu prices,” said owner Catherine Fonesca (the titular Alice is her dog).  “In this business, you just have to go with the flow as prices bounce on eggs, meat, coffee – everything, really.” more
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NEW JUDGES: Joseph Polisena Jr. swore in three judges on Inauguration Night, Jan. 9: Judge of the Johnston Municipal Court, David aRusso; Frank Manni as Auxiliary Judge; and Priscilla Facha DiMaio, Probate Judge. Town Council member Robert Civetti is seated on the right, watching the oath delivered following his vote against the appointment of aRusso, now-former Judge Jacqueline M.  Grasso’s replacement.
Johnston judge swap follows political split
“Judge Jackie” is no longer on the bench. In Johnston, your robe may hang by a thread if your father holds the wrong sign on Primary Day. “I’ve got just one … more
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