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Hello Johnston! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Johnston's volleyball and soccer teams kept their seasons rolling
  • How a Johnston wife saved her husband just before their anniversary
  • What the Johnston bioenergy facility's sale could mean for the town

Also on today's calendar: The Third Great Marian Procession and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 66 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 73, low: 48.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Roundup: JHS volleyball bounces back after first loss (johnstonsunrise.net) — Johnston High School's girls volleyball team edged Exeter-West Greenwich 3–2 to rebound from its first loss of the season, led by a huge night from Marissa Morsilli. Johnston boys soccer also stayed atop Division III with a 6–1 win over Davies, setting up a key showdown against second-place Exeter-West Greenwich later this week.
   

• 'It was a miracle': Wife donates kidney to husband just days before wedding anniversary (wpri.com) — A Johnston couple spent their 20th wedding anniversary recovering at Rhode Island Hospital after wife Lisa Ricci donated a kidney to her husband Giovanni, who has chronic kidney disease. They renewed their vows in the hospital with their daughters present, and now back home in Johnston, they say the successful transplant has brought them closer while encouraging others to consider organ donation.
   

• Anaergia purchases two bioenergy facilities in the US (biofuelsdigest.com) — A bioenergy facility located in Johnston has been sold as part of Anaergia's move to shed underperforming assets, with the new buyer taking full ownership of the Rhode Island Bioenergy Facility. The deal removes project debt from Anaergia's books and shifts control of the Johnston operation, which has been running below capacity, to a privately held company.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • My gosh, what's with all the lost cats today?
    Sadly, there are always a good amount of them posted on here. But today it seems like every other post? I get it, nobody thinks their pet will get… (Nextdoor Johnston)
  • Tap on photo .
    Found dog, Pippin Orchard Rd/Plainfield Pike, Cranston. If this is your dog, please call the shelter at number in photo. (Nextdoor Hartford Ave/Killingly)
  • KFC posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Greenville. Apply here.
  • Brinker International posted a job opening for Line Cook - Smithfield Chili's in Smithfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Johnston here.

🗞 Nearby News

North Providence

Cranston

  • RIDOT to begin overnight I-95 closures next weekend in Providence and Cranston (turnto10.com)
  • STV Completes $74.5M Behavioral Healthcare Facility Renovation in Rhode Island (constructionowners.com)
  • Block and Foulkes address Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health at Gubernatorial Forum (rinewstoday.com)

Providence

  • Providence Man Charged With Larceny And Receiving Stolen Goods: Cops (patch.com)
  • Johnston Man Charged With DUI: Cops (patch.com)

Ok Johnston! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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