Next Thursday the Johnston Zoning Board will hear from developers who want to build a slightly smaller 157-acre solar farm along Winsor Avenue.
“I would say if they’re going back to …
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By RORY SCHULER
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9/21/23
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Johnston’s mayor has called on Gov. Dan McKee to make a “disaster declaration” in Johnston to help residents rebuild after the Aug. 18 tornado .
McKee’s administration …
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By RORY SCHULER
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8/30/23
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The spinning winds struck Johnston where the town buries its dead and the neighborhoods where the residents live their lives.
Dashcam footage shows a twister crossing Interstate 295.
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By RORY SCHULER
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8/18/23
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Johnston’s probate judge has been placed on leave, following charges linked to an alleged million-dollar collectible theft from a dead Cranston man’s estate.
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By RORY SCHULER
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8/3/23
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It's only two miles from the farmers market at Memorial Park to Bami Farm. Talk about farm to table.
If you buy Bami Produce, your food will likely have never left Johnston. Even so, it’s …
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As legal challenges to last year’s rejection of a large solar farm project in Johnston linger in court, Johnston’s Zoning Board expects to hear a new, yet familiar proposal on July 27.
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/20/23
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On June 14, at JFK International Airport in New York, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspected and seized a package shipped from China and destined for a Johnston address.
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/13/23
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UPDATED: In March 2022, a Cranston man was sentenced to attend Batterers Intervention two months after he allegedly killed his wife.
Johnston Police responded to an early morning call on George Waterman …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/13/23
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Amazon’s opening date is a big deal.
The folks working in Amazon’s New England communications office are likely sick of hearing from the Johnston Sun Rise.
We’ve been a …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/6/23
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Cranston Police have released their officers’ body-worn camera footage from the May 24 officer-shooting of Johnston murder suspect James Harrison.
Rhode Island State Police and Cranston …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/3/23
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The mayor predicted his takeover of the school department would go smoothly.
On Thursday night, June 22, the School Committee declared the path would be bumpy.
“Last week, Mayor …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/3/23
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They almost lost their homes twice in one month.
Midday Tuesday, a Rhode Island Housing official, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. Seth Magaziner confirmed that state and federal housing officials …
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/29/23
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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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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6/9/23
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UPDATED: Police shot and killed a man wanted for a triple shooting on Ligian Court in Johnston.
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By RORY SCHULER
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5/24/23
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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 …
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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.
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By RORY SCHULER
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5/18/23
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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.”
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By RORY SCHULER
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5/11/23
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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.
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By RORY SCHULER
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5/5/23
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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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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5/2/23
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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 …
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By RORY SCHULER
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4/27/23
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