Politics & Government

Your Neighbors: News From Area Communities

JohnstonPatch has the scoop on nearby communities. Here are the headlines from the week ending Mar. 8, 2012.

While we at JohnstonPatch focus primarily on the local news the affects you most, we also understand there is a world outside of Johnston — yes, really!

Take a look at what's going on in some of the communities around Rhode Island and join the conversations going on around the state.

Read the CoventryPatch coverage of the school committee's vote to approve its fiscal 2013 budget; get up-to-date news on the school prayer mural saga from CranstonPatch — hint: it's been taken down; find out how Woonsocket restaurant owners plan to fight the governor's proposed meal tax hike on WoonsocketPatch; and read about the merger of our Narragansett and South Kingstown Patch sites into a new So-Co powerhouse.

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