Week In Review: Town Readies For New Mohr Library; Police Shut Down "Swinger" Party; JHS Hosts Battle Of The Bands

A New Library, A New Era: With just a week to go until the ceremonial grand opening of the new Marian J. Mohr Library, just behind the original brick building where the library was housed for nearly 50 years, Mayor Joseph Polisena . JohnstonPatch offered readers — , — glimpses of the new building. The mayor also announced that the original library building .

Police Sting "Swinger" Party: Johnston and State Police arrested Steven Santilli, owner of , for hosting what police described as an at the event hall on April 2. After undercover officers observed female participants in a wet t-shirt contest exposing their breasts — at businesses that hold alcohol licenses — they called in other officers to stop the event.

They Brought The Thunder And... Ukelele?: Okay, so it wasn't exactly during this past week, but JohnstonPatch published coverage of the April 1 Battle of the Bands at Johnston High School. She Said That , with hardcore metal maniacs Absence of Despair finishing second, and The Gentlemen, comprised of members of the Johnston Drama and Performing Arts troupe, rounding out the top three.

Second Salmonella Death Confirmed: The Rhode Island Department of Health announced that a linked to tainted zeppoles made at DeFusco's Bakery.

Johnston Fugitive Caught By Mass. Cops: Nicholas J. Marshall, 24, of 8 Johnson Ave., was arrested by Massachusetts police following a high-speed chase that ended at the Bourne rotary on Cape Cod. Marshall, who allegedly stole the vehicle he was driving on April 7, has warrants for his arrest in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.