Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. said officials will look to build new fire and police stations and a Town Hall there instead – a move that means Johnston will no longer be building a new high school.
Additionally, a spokesperson for the Housing Network of Rhode Island told 12 News, “Using eminent domain to block affordable housing sets a dangerous precedent and undermines efforts to address the ...
Johnston is one of a few Rhode Island communities pushing back against new state laws that put limits on zoning regulations, ...
Verdi Productions and DiCaprio's Appian Way Productions worked under the radar for about a month to film "Sleepwalker," ...
The town of Johnston, Rhode Island, is going to extreme measures to prevent a privately financed affordable housing project from being built under the state's newly revamped density bonus law.
Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena has proposed ending the construction of low-income housing for a new public safety municipal ...
Johnston, Rhode Island, is set to block more than 250 affordable housing units from being built to use the land for a new town hall.
JOHNSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — Johnston’s town council has voted unanimously to begin the process of eminent domain to acquire land ...
Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena Jr. is s out with a new proposal that would put a swift end to the proposed construction of ...