The start of baseball season, a fundraiser for the high school's athletic hall of fame, and the arraignment of the second suspect in a vandalism case made the headlines for the week ending Apr. 6.
Baseball: Opening Day for the Johnston High School varsity baseball squad was a good start to the new season last Monday, as the Panthers dropped Scituate in a 9-4 contest. Bricks: Speaking of Johnston High School athletics, Athletic Director and founder of the JHS Athletic Hall of Fame Gary Mazzie announced that memorial bricks are now available for donations toward this year's induction banquet to be held in the fall. Surrender: In our police report on Wednesday, we reported on a North Providence driver who outran a Johnston Police officer in the morning on Mar. 31 and later turned himself in at police headquarters. He earned himself a trip to the ACI as a probation violator. Bake-Off: On Thursday, we posted our video of the Durham …
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Here's your look back at the top stories on JohnstonPatch for the week ending Mar. 30, 2012.
Repairs: On Monday night, the Johnston Senior Center hosted an application workshop for the Johnston-North Providence Home Repair program, which offers no-interest loans to homeowners under the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Need help? For more information, call (401)231-4166, or www.townofjohnstonri.com or www.northprovidenceri.gov Schools: We reported on the Johnston School Committee's Mar. 22 decision to approve its proposed fiscal 2013 spending plan, $345,000 above Mayor Joseph Polisena's stated goal of level-funding all town departments. Do you think level-funding is a good idea? Check back for our poll at 4 p.m. today. Voter ID: We posted a helpful (and brief) one-minute video on how to get a Rhode Island …
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