Politics & Government

Week in Review: Marine, Teeth, Voting, Live Chat, Busing, TV

From a virtual introduction to our online Q&A with the Mayor to a celebration of longevity, here's the news that made the news for the week ending May 11, 2012.

Marine: You may already know that JohnstonPatch connects people in town with each other, local businesses, and government officials — more on that below — but this week .

Teeth: After Mayor Joseph Polisena announced the town had saved more thnan $130,000 since switching the town's dental insurance provider from Delta to Blue Cross, a — but the Mayor had more to say recently; watch for his response to their response tomorrow morning.

Voting: The town council . Voters in Johnston will learn of their new polling assignments within the next few weeks.

Find out what's happening in Johnstonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Live Chat: In the absence of other evidence, we're going to go ahead and call our . [Feel free to contact us to make a correction.]

Busing: In a follow-up to recent reports about the school committee hiring First Student to run Johnston's busing program next year, we got the lowdown on in fiscal 2013. [Spoiler: It won't save any, but it won't cost any more, either.]

Find out what's happening in Johnstonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

TV: A couple of weeks ago, Mayor Polisena hosted a press conference at the senior center to drum up support for Gov. Lincoln Chafee's raft of municipal aid bills currently before the General Assembly. This week, with several local officials from around Rhode Island to press for passage of the governor's proposals.


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