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Johnston is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 29,568 at the 2020 census. Johnston is the site of the Clemence Irons House (1691), a stone-ender museum, [3] and the only landfill in Rhode Island. Incorporated on March 6, 1759, Johnston was named for the colonial attorney general, Augustus Johnston.
Since Rhode Island has no county level of government, cities and towns provide services commonly performed by county governments in other states. [4] The state's cities and towns may adopt one of four forms of government: council–manager, mayor–council, town council–town meeting, or administrator–council. [5]
The Johnston Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency in the town of Johnston, Rhode Island. The town has a population of about 29,000. [1] The department is headed by Chief Mark Vieira. [2] It is headquartered at 1651 Atwood Avenue. [3]
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Joseph M. Polisena (born June 27, 1954) is an American politician from Rhode Island.He served in the Rhode Island Senate from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2007. [1] He served as mayor of the Town of Johnston from 2007 until he was succeeded by his son in 2023. [2]
A local probate judge in the town of Johnston is among five people indicted by a statewide grand jury Thursday for their roles in alleged theft from a deceased Cranston man's estate, according to ...
Snake Den State Park is a public recreation area occupying 1,000 acres (400 ha) on U.S. Route 6 in the town of Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island. [2] The park includes a working farm, Dame Farm, [3] and is largely undeveloped with limited recreational opportunities. The Rhode Island Division of Parks and Recreation is headquartered in ...
The neighborhood is named for the local 19th-century mill owner Thomas Henry Hughes, an Englishman who arrived in America first to Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1839, and later to Johnston in 1849. [1] Thomas Hughes established what would later be known as the Hughesdale Dye and Chemical Works on the Dry Brook, a tributary of the Pocasset River ...