Johnston students helped raise more than $7 million for charity through the TerraCycle Brigade Program.
In recognition of April being "Earth Month," recycling pioneer TerraCycle is celebrating reaching $7 million donated to schools and charities across the country and around the world with help from groups in Rhode Island. Through its free recycling programs, called the "Brigade" programs, any individual or organization can keep traditionally non-recyclable waste out of local landfills and earn money for schools or non-profits. Since 2008, the company diverted 2.5 billion pieces of waste from landfills and donated more than $7 million to worthy causes. The top five TerraCycle collectors in Rhode Island are: “Groups like Ferri Middle School are instrumental in helping TerraCycle accomplish our mission of eliminating the idea of waste,” …
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The sixth-grade student did not mean any harm to anyone, according to police. But he is suspended indefinitely and faces a hearing.
A Ferri Middle School student has been suspended indefinitely for bringing to school a toy gun that shoots plastic pellets, Johnston Police said Thursday. Other students reported on Tuesday that the sixth grader was carrying the replica gun in his backpack and was showing around it to friends, according to Deputy Chief David DeCesare. The school resource officer searched the student's locker and found the gun, according to reports, and the school suspended the student The student did not mean any harm to anyone, Decesare said. He told officers he was simply returning it to a classmate. "There was no intent," Decesare said. "He wasn't being bullied, and he didn't bring it in to scare anyone." In addition to his indefinite suspension, the …
guns and roses
1:15 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
If Daddio can go to the piggly wiggly with a loaded rifle to pick up a case of beer, then son can go to school with a hand gun as per NRA rules. more ›