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BACK IN CUSTODY: U.S. Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston announced the Feb. 6 arrest of a Guatemalan national charged with child sexual assault in Rhode Island. The suspect was released from custody last year and remained on the lam, despite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer.
Feds scold state over undocumented immigrant’s release
UPDATED: The defendant has been identified by prosecutors as Manuel Garcia Dela Cruz. more
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RISKY Q’S: The Johnston School Committee voted to remove these two questions regarding student sexuality from the 2024 Rhode Island Student Survey.
Johnston School Committee removes student sexuality questions from risk survey
Tasked with approving the latest annual student risk survey, the Johnston School Committee unanimously decided to remove two questions that ask about student sexual identity. “We went … more
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PLAYOFF BOUND: Toll Gate’s Rihanna Tavares works through the Pilgrim defense. (Photos by Alex Sponseller)
Titans sweep Pats
The Toll Gate girls basketball team completed the season sweep over rival Pilgrim on Monday, beating the visiting Pats 48-35. It was the second meeting of the winter between the two teams and … more
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READY TO SEE YOU NOW: Chief Resident Daniel Boateng and Dental Assistant Sheila Fernandez readied the exam room for their next patient inside the dental practice at Tri-County Community Action Agency’s (CAA) Hartford Avenue headquarters. The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recently approved the agency’s acquisition of CharterCARE’s former St. Joseph Pediatric Dental Center in Providence. Tri-County plans to expand the practice to North Providence by next month.
Filling a vital RI need
Chief Resident Daniel Boateng and Dental Assistant Sheila Fernandez readied the exam room for their next patient. They try to turn the chair over quick. They’ve got patients waiting. For … more
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OCEAN STATE COYOTES: A coyote similar to this animal attacked a hiker in Johnston last Friday, and possibly a dog walker in Scituate the previous day. According to RI DEM, the animal involved in the Johnston attack tested positive for rabies.
Rabid coyote attacks Johnston hiker; he strangles it
A rabid coyote attacked a hiker in Johnston. He strangled the sick animal. According to Johnston Police Chief Mark A. Vieira, shortly after noon Friday, a 58-year-old man was hiking in the … more
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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
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SOLAR ECLIPSED: Residents gathered for Thursday’s Johnston Zoning Board meeting delivered a standing ovation to the board once it voted to deny Cranston-based Green Development’s application to build a solar farm.
Johnston Zoning Board flips the switch on solar project
A shadow has been cast on Green Development’s solar project plans in Johnston. The opposition was nervous. A rumor had circulated through the ranks of Stop Johnston Solar (SJS) that the … more
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STATEMENT WIN: Bishop Hendricken’s Damon Buchanan in last week’s meet. (Photos by Alex Sponseller)
Hawks take down Eagles in big DI clash
The Bishop Hendricken swim team remained undefeated by rolling to a 62-32 win over defending champion Barrington last week. It was a statement win for the Hawks, who have come up short against … more
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WHEN THEY GROW UP: Students in Sister Daisy Kollamparampil’s second-grade class were dressed as their possible future vocations during Career Day on Monday. Sr. Daisy returned to the job on Jan. 10, more than two months after she was seriously injured in the crosswalk outside the school.
The prayers worked; Sister Daisy’s back in the classroom
The prayers worked. Sister Daisy’s still healing but she’s back in her St. Rocco School classroom. “It’s a miracle,” said the nun and second-grade teacher. … more
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FEMA ARRIVES: Above, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has opened a disaster recovery center (DRC) in the Johnston Senior Center at 1291 Hartford Ave. The Johnston DRC hours of operation: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and closed on Sunday.
FEMA disaster center opens in Johnston
Too little too late or better late than never? Four months later and at least two subsequent significant flood events since September’s soaking storms, the Federal Emergency Management … more
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FROM THE AIR: These images of the vicinity surrounding Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation’s (RIRRC) Central Landfill and Material Recycling Facility in Johnston were captured last year by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
J.R. Vinagro paid RIRRC $37.3 million during ex-landfill boss’s tenure, then hired him as CEO
A Johnston hauling company paid Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) more than $37 million since 2017, under the landfill’s former boss, according to financial data released … more
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RIVALRY MATCHUP: Toll Gate’s Dulce Garcia
Titans thump Pats in DIII showdown
The Toll Gate girls basketball team traveled across town and handed rival Pilgrim a 59-39 defeat in a big Division III battle last week. The Titans offense was rolling early and would grab a … more
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HELP’S COMING: Construction crews started construction on an access road to Belfield Drive off the shoulder of I-295 early Wednesday morning, Jan. 17, 2024.
Johnston's Belfield Drive residents thrown a life-line (via interstate access road)
The water’s still waist deep and starting to freeze along Belfield Drive, cutting 10 Johnston homes — and around 30 residents — off from civilization, emergency services, fuel and … more
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LOOKING TO REBOUND: Toll Gate’s Adeline Areson hauls in a rebound on Monday night. (Photos by Mike Zawistoski)
Titans look to rebound after uneven start
The Toll Gate girls basketball team entered the season coming off a semifinal appearance last winter and is looking to return to make a deep playoff run once again. Toll Gate sits at 3-3 in … more
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FROM THE AIR: These images of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) Central Landfill and Material Recycling Facility in Johnston were captured by drones piloted by Trevor Bryan, an FAA Licensed and insured drone pilot, the owner and operator of New England Aerial Services. For more information on the Warwick-based company, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/newenglandaerialservices.
Rhode Island's Central Landfill says 'pay first, read later'
The Central Landfill wants the Johnston Sun Rise to pay $900, in advance, to search for documents that may (or may not) exist, detailing the past business relationship between Rhode Island Resource … more
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MAYOR FUNG, JCRC SPOKESMAN: At right, Johnston Charter Review Commission attorney and co-spokesman, former Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, advises the committee as they discuss taking pay raises, for the mayor and members of town council, to the voters. He’s seated with, facing the camera from left to right, Town Clerk Vincent Baccari, JCRC Chairman Richard DelFino Jr., and Vice-Chairman Fred Iafrate.
Should Johnston’s next mayor get a $50,000 (or more) raise?
Johnston has the lowest-paid mayor in the Ocean State. Should the town’s next mayor get a $50,000 raise, from the current $75,000 annual salary to at least $125,000, as several members of … more
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ROADS SUBMERGED: Early Wednesday morning, Jan. 10, Mayor Joseph M. Polisena Jr. took this photo from “Old Pocasset at Briarcliffe.” According to the mayor, “There’s also large-scale residential flooding throughout Johnston.”
Johnston roads closed following fresh flooding; apartment building evacuated
As the Johnston Sun Rise went to the printers Wednesday morning, Johnston’s emergency management officials had barely finished celebrating good news from the federal government when a fresh … more
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Boys Team of the Year: Hendricken Basketball
The Hawks were penciled in as the state’s favorite to win the title heading into last season and met those expectations by winter’s end. After an epic clash with rival La Salle in the … more
Nuts about sauces
Bruce Cousineau’s special sauce, which he has heard described as “marinara meets Mexico,” was first created because he didn’t want to throw away extra árbol peppers … more
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THE ROAD AHEAD: Road and bridge contractor Cardi Corporation’s Lincoln Avenue headquarters in Warwick has been taken over by J.R. Vinagro Corp. of Johnston. Vinagro has also hired the former boss from the Central Landfill, ex-RIRRC Executive Director Joseph Reposa.
Former Central Landfill boss now heads J.R. Vinagro Corp.
The ex-boss at the Central Landfill has taken over as CEO of J.R. Vinagro Corporation, following his resignation last month. And his new employer, Vinagro Corp. has now taken over road and bridge … more
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