Christmas gifts purchased

As your Treasurer I have purchased your Christmas presents from the Union. At our last Executive board meeting a motion was made to purchase a Stop & Shop gift card for each member in place of a restaurant certificate.
I disagreed with this, due to two reasons;
1st When you buy restaurants gift cards,after buying so many, you get so many free!
2 Its a nice treat to take your spouse or a friend out for a free dinner!

Since the Executive board wanted to go with a S/S gift card, and they give NO BREAKS OR DEALS the amount went from $25.00 down to $20.00 gift card.
At S/S we will see how much you will get for $20.00

We will be passing out the cards out soon.

Happy Holidays to all members and their families from the DelFinos.....
Be safe!

Aligments & Tires balanced CHEAP

If you need your tires balanced will charge $20.00 for all 4 and alignments only $49.00... You dont have to wait there Iwill pick your car up and do it for you and deliver it back to you done, if you are local !

Call Chad 1-774-644-9305

Contract ratification meeting

There will be a Union meeting on Tuesday, July6th 2010 to ratify our new contract with the Town of Johnston. The meeting will be held at the Ferri Middle school at 5PM in the gym.

All Union members are urged to attend and vote on this contract!!!

The contract was passed !! Out of 88 members only 44 members showed up to vote and overwhelming passed the contract. Our next step is to have it go before the Johnston Town council for ratification by the Council....

Fraternal Order of Police Fundraiser

The Johnston Fraternal Order of Police Lodge # 16 will be hosting a STEAK FRY fund raiser. The date of the steak fry will be Friday July 23rd, 2010. The time will be at 6:30 PM. The price of the steak fry will be $ 20.00 per person. You will receive a ONE POUND rib eye along with all the fixings. The location of the steak fry will be the Kelly Gazzerro VFW post , 1418 Plainfield Street Cranston Rhode Island.

We will be raffling off the following;
42 Inch Big screen LCDHD – Television
Tom-Tom GPS system
Sony DVD Player
Liquor basket(s)
Winner need not be present to win.
Raffle tickets are $1.00 each or a book of six for $5.00
If you would like a Steak fry ticket or buy a raffle ticket contact Peter DelFino 401-615-9300!

Summary of the April Union meeting

Some of the topics discussed at the meeting were as follows;
Discussion on TDI.
Discussion on Maternity leave.
Discussion on creating a Sick leave bank.
Discussion on endorsing candidates for Political office.
Discussion on upcomming negotiations.
Motion to make a $50.00 donations to the American Cancer society - Relay of life Johnston.
Motion to make a $50.00 donation to Johnston Memorial Cancer golf tournament.
The winner of the $ 20.00 restaurant certificate was Toni Mallane.

April Union meeting

The April 2010 Union meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 27th at 4:30 PM. The meeting will be held at the Johnston Middle school, room #118. This will be a general monthly meeting. Please make every effort to attend.
A $20.00 certificate to a local restaurant will be given out to a Union member at the meeting. The Union member must be present to attend.

Restaurant opening!!!!

We have a new restaurant which just opened in the Town of Johnston. The name of the restaurant is " Johna's". The restaurant is located at 659 Killingly Street Johnston. The restaurant will open Thursday night, 4/22/2010. This is an Italian restaurant. The restaurant is owned by retired Police Captain John DiMaio. Please stop by and give John & Andrea our support. There will be a Grand Opening on May 1st at 4:00 pm to Close.
Free appetizers and soft drinks will be served..

New employee

I just wanted to take a moment to welcome a new employee to our Union, her name is Maria Susi. Maria was hired as a Police Dispatcher. Maria will be working the 4-12 shift at the Johnston Police Department. Maria took the place of ex Police Dispatcher Derek Pallazzo. Derek was accepted to the Rhode Island Municipal Police academy, where he is now. After completing the sixteen week program Derek will become a Probationary Patrolman with the Johnston Police Department.

Congrats guys.......

Death of Charles "Buddy" Marshall

MARSHALL, CHARLES. 'CHUCK' 'BUDDY', 84, of Deltona, FL, formerly of Johnston, died January 23, 2010. He was the husband of the late beloved Doris M. (Rossi) Marshall and the companion of Shirley Mascaro. Born in Providence, he was a son of the late Charles and Mary (McMahon) Marshall.Charles worked for City Hall Hardware and the former Retail Stores Delivery for many years. He was a member of the Teamsters Local 251 for 38 years and a past member of the Greystone Social Club. He was a Navy Veteran of WWII.He leaves four daughters, Shirley McGregor of North Providence, Barbara Marshall Burke of Cumberland, Robin Garlick and Kathleen Bedrosian, both of Johnston, 12 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, a brother, Bernard Marshall of Deltona, and a sister, Delores Lanoue of Warwick. He was the father of the late Patricia Marshall and brother of the late Doris DiNofrio.His funeral will be held Thursday at 9 am from the Robbins Funeral Home, 2251 Mineral Spring Ave., North Providence with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 am in St. Lawrence Church, Centredale. Burial with military honors will be in RI Veterans Cemetery. Calling hours Wednesday 4-9 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 220 N. Main St., Suite 104, Natick, MA 01760.

Mr. Marshall was the father of fellow Union member Kathy Bedrosian. Local 1491 has made a donation in both Charles and Kathy's name to the Cystic Fibrosis foundation , per the families request.

It's a Boy!!!!

I would like to announce the birth of Brody Dutilly on 12/14/2009. Mother Justine Dutilly and Brody are doing fine. Brody was born on 12/14/2009. Brody weighted in at 8 lbs 10 ounces. Congratulations to Dad Robert Dutilly.
God bless Mom , Dad & Baby Brody.. Justine is a member of Local 1491 AFSCME and is assigned to the Johnston Police Department.