“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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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1/19/23
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Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced Thursday morning that a Johnston man has been found guilty in Providence County Superior Court of physically abusing his four-month-old son in …
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Sun Rise Staff Reports
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1/12/23
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Earlier this week, Bernard “Bernie” Pavia kneeled down to play with his trainset.
He laid the track out in a circle at the trunk of his bright white Christmas tree, and crawled up …
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By RORY SCHULER
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1/5/23
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Johnston Mayor Joseph M. Polisena took to the lectern Dec. 12 to address Town Council one last time while in office.
“This town, at one time, they would laugh at this town,” Polisena …
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By RORY SCHULER
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1/5/23
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Johnston born and bred, Josephine “Josie” Celentano turned 100 years old in the same Binghampton Avenue home where she was born.
“I’m an old bag,” she laughed, seated …
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By RORY SCHULER
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1/5/23
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His sparkling white tail bounced up and down a Warwick city street like the lone working tail light of a small vehicle hitting speed humps at nearly 40 miles per hour.
The spike buck avoided the …
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By RORY SCHULER
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12/20/22
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Russ Matuszek sat behind the wheel of the Canna-Bus, a free-wheeling trolley parked outside the RISE dispensary.
“If they need us, we’re here,” said the driver, leaning forward …
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By RORY SCHULER
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12/7/22
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Future Case Corp. has been there long enough for rust to form and leak from the bracket and onto the business’s white sign hanging in front.
The mill building’s been there for about a …
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By RORY SCHULER
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12/2/22
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Johnston Police are looking for a trio of alleged shade thieves.
Around 1:15 p.m., Nov. 8, Johnston Police responded to a local business to investigate a reported designer sunglasses …
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/28/22
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A Pawtucket man has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars in connection to a 2021 violent home invasion in Johnston. His alleged accomplice has never been identified.
Rhode Island Attorney …
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/23/22
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St. Rocco School held its Veterans Day Prayer Service Wednesday, Nov. 9 at St. Rocco Church, 931 Atwood Ave., Johnston. Students from St. Rocco School read poems that they wrote, …
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11/21/22
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Most of the shelf space was bare. A few scattered year-old cans of green beans and corn niblets dotted the metal shelving.
Tyrone “Ty” Smith walked into the food pantry and surveyed …
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By RORY SCHULER
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11/8/22
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