Community Corner

Aug. 17: Buona Festa!

The Feast and Festival at St. Rocco Church in Johnston leads our 5 Things to Know Today for Aug. 17, 2012.

 

1. Buona Festa: Friends, fun, and fried dough are the highlights of the St. Rocco Feast and Festival, which continues tonight beginning at 6 pm. It's a great Friday night out — and there's a tent in case of rain. Speaking of which...

2. Drips?: Increasing clouds today with highs around 90. Chance of rain and thunderstorms tonight into tomorrow. Clearing Saturday with highs in the upper 70s.

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3. Last Day to Vote: We're closing our Readers' Choice polls — featuring businesses in 25 categories — tonight. and get your votes counted.

4. Share Your Stuff: Here at JohnstonPatch, we can claim to be some of the places most of the time, but we'll never be everywhere all the time. That's where you come in — whenever you see something in Johnston that makes you pull out the iPhone (or other camera device), post it on our Pics & Clips gallery.

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5. You Talkin' to Me?: From the famous birthdays file — more specifically, famousbirthdays.com — Robert DeNiro turns 68 today. Dust off the old copy of 'Raging Bull' [or find it on Netflix] and honor the movie legend.


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