New Feature: Your Government Handbook

What is the Pocasset Flood Mitigation Plan? How does the town determine height restrictions for buildings? What is the proposed school budget?

These are all questions you may find yourself asking about Johnston — and when you want to find this information, JohnstonPatch is your answer!

Beginning this week, we're starting a new column called "Your Government Handbook." It's a place where you can find the documents, links, and other sources of information about our town and how it works.

It's unfiltered, unedited, public information that you can now find with just a click of the mouse — so when you read articles on JohnstonPatch, you can look at the same documents and information we have.

You can even print the documents straight from the site, so you have them handy.

If there's something you'd like to see in the Handbook, let us know — we'll find it and load it on our site for you to find anytime.