‘We truly are brothers and sisters’

by Pete Fontaine

"This is without question one of the highlights of my career," Mayor Joseph Polisena said Monday evening following the historic signing of Johnston's Sister City partnership with Panni, Italy. "This begins a very special relationship with a very special town."

Polisena emceed a night of extraordinary pomp and circumstance at the Johnston Senior Center, which included brief remarks from all four members of Rhode Island's congressional delegation, Gov. Gina Raimondo and a host of state and local elected officials, as well as the singing of the Italian and U.S. national anthems.

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Source: http://johnstonsunrise.net/

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