Johnston

11/18/2009

Johnston OKs change in benefits for firefighters
JOHNSTON — A proposal to reset firefighters’ health and pension benefits by local ordinance, outside the contract negotiations process, won unanimous approval from the Town Council Monday night.

11/16/2009

Johnston council expected to vote on cutting firefighter benefits
JOHNSTON — The town could save at least $635,000 by rewriting firefighters’ health and pension benefits, according to Town Solicitor William J. Conley.

11/12/2009

Johnston Council approves Hartford Ave. project
Redevelopment plan is first step in proposed $40-million project by developer Jeffrey Saletin

11/11/2009

$1,000 reward offered in dog abandonment
The Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a person who abandoned a dog last week in Johnston.

11/08/2009

By the numbers: R.I. arrests for driving on suspended license
It’s difficult to track how many people are arrested for driving on suspended or otherwise inactive licenses — and even more difficult to learn how many multiple offenders are out there because the state Department of Motor Vehicles’ computer database is old and not easily searchable for such data. The state’s court records are also not easily searchable for such data.

Drivers take advantage of lax penalties for driving with suspended license
Some repeat offenders drive to court to deal with their latest suspension and then drive away again

11/06/2009

Few options in RI law to prosecute repeat suspended license offenders
WARWICK, R.I. _ Robert A. Notarianni arrived at District Court expecting he’d be walking right back out once he cleared up the little matter of his 17th charge of driving on a suspended license.

A look at the number of repeat license suspensions in Scituate, Johnston
It’s difficult to track how many people are arrested for driving on suspended or otherwise inactive licenses –– and even more difficult to learn how many multiple offenders are out there because the state Department of Motor Vehicles’ computer database is old and not easily searchable for such data. The state’s court records are also not easily searchable for such data.