Photo Extras

Featured Most recent

63 results total, viewing 1 - 20

MISSED AT J&T'S: Longtime J&T’s Breakfast & Lunch waitress Crystal Vizcaino, of Johnston, has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. She has three kids and the bills are piling up. She posed for photos with some of her beloved patrons and fellow waitresses at the George Waterman Road restaurant last week.

Fundraiser set for Johnston mom of 3 living with Stage 4 cancer

Crystal Vizcaino tried not to cry. She rubbed at an uncomfortable false eyelash while sitting in the back booth at J&T’s Breakfast & Lunch. Vizcaino’s used to waiting tables … more

By RORY SCHULER | 5/10/24

RIP ZEUS: Cranston Police Department announced the death of K-9 Zeus, who served the “department with great distinction, dedication and honor.”

Cranston Police K-9 Zeus crosses the rainbow bridge

He nabbed criminals on the lam, discovered the missing, took drugs and guns off the street and won the hearts of all those lucky enough to scratch him behind the ear. Law enforcement gathered Monday … more

By RORY SCHULER | 5/7/24 | 1 comment

STUCK WITH AN ARROW: Torrie Aceto shared these photos of the injured swan on the Johnston Sun Rise Facebook page.

UPDATE: Two swans, one arrow

UPDATED: There’s a special place at the bottom of Oak Swamp Pond for someone with a bow and quiver full of black arrows with blue and white fletching. Rhode Island Environmental Police searched the … more

By RORY SCHULER | 4/24/24

CONGRATULATIONS PETE: In this 2017 file photo, Pete Fontaine was presented with a special commendation by Town Councilman Robert Civetti. He was recognized for doing a “great job for the Town of Johnston and the athletes of the town at all levels,” he was honored for his coverage of events of all kinds. That same year, Fontaine was inducted into the Johnston High School Hall of Fame.

PETE FONTAINE (1946-2024) Ink in his veins, heart on his sleeve

Pete Fontaine died an hour after deadline last week. Although he had submitted his final byline several weeks earlier, the Johnston Sun Rise’s faithful freelancer held on until the last pages of the paper were on the presses. The man had ink in his veins. more

By RORY SCHULER | 4/4/24

FINAL CLASS: The Rockland “Class of 1916” class photo shows Helen O. Larson in the front row, third from right.

Memories bob to the surface

Helen O. Larson scrawled her first poem on the schoolhouse chalkboard as the building was dismantled. About a century ago, someone bought Rockland’s school for $12, Larson told her son. It … more

By RORY SCHULER | 3/27/24

‘ONE OF THE KINDEST’ Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio shared this photo of late Sen. Frank Lombardo III, who passed away early Wednesday morning, Feb. 21 at the age of 65.

RI Sen. Frank Lombardo III, of Johnston, dies overnight at age 65 after battle with cancer

Sen. Frank Lombardo III dropped from helicopters to ski inaccessible moguls. Somehow, he balanced business, community service, law-making and family. “Our Senate family is heartbroken with … more

Sun Rise Staff Reports | 2/21/24

ACQUIRED TASTE: Eric Palmieri, of D. Palmieri’s Bakery in Johnston, holds a box of the shop’s famous pizza strips. Although one famous pizza reviewer said they’re not “his thing,” if you grew up in the Ocean State, chances are you’ve got strong opinions regarding which bakery serves the best little rectangles. (Beacon Communications photo by Rory Schuler)

Portnoy, pizza portraiture and D. Palmieri’s signature RI pizza strips

Beautiful pizza, like art, is subjective. Take Rhode Island’s Italian bakery specialty — pizza strips (or party pizza or party strips … or bakery pizza or red strips or … more

By RORY SCHULER | 2/7/24