Crime & Safety

5 Things To Know Today: Jan. 11

Genealogy group at Mohr; sunny start, then clouds roll in; get ready to hit the road; free classifieds; and one year ago on JohnstonPatch: OMG PD candidate.

Study The Past: Marian J. Mohr Library hosts a monthly meeting of the genealogy club today at 4:30 p.m

Good Start, Then...: Today's JohnstonPatch Weatherbug forecast calls for sunny skies and highs near 40 during the day, with clouds developing tonight and a chance of rain and/or snow and lows in the 30s. No accumulation expected.

Prepare: Now that you know what the skies will be like, check on road conditions and local gas prices on our handy Traffic & Gas page.

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Advertise: Need an employee? Need a job? Post your ad on our Classified page — it's free.

Beard That's White: We started the actual "OMG PD" feature a bit later in the year, but this entry in our Jan. 11, 2011 police log would have been a good candidate — seems that a local man was walking in the roadway on Killingly Street (snow had piled up on the sidewalk) when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a man who looked like Santa, right down to the white hair and beard.

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