Politics & Government

Traffic, Cop Cars, Creamery, Sound, and Plow Theft Made the News

From the traffic tie-ups on Atwood Avenue to a missing winter implement, we've got your wrap-up of the news that made news on JohnstonPatch for the week ending July 13, 2012.

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Traffic: It's over and done with now, but at the start of the week, as a paving company finished the task of fixing the road damaged by last year's water valve breaks.

Cop Cars: Mayor Joseph Polisena was on hand for Police Chief Richard Tamburini's on Tuesday morning.

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Creamery: About a year after the plans were first announced to replace the Newport Creamery on Atwood Avenue with a Stop & Shop gas station, , and we reported on the expected schedule for the work to build the new facility.

Sound: J-DAPA, one of three groups looking to install a new sound system at Johnston High School, moved $500 closer to the goal after .

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Plow: Johnston Police are looking for suspects in the , which was reported on July 7.

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