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BURRILLVILLE – Welcome to Burrillville Then & Now, where we take a glance back at how the town used to look, then show how the same space looks today. With photos and information provided by the Burrillville Historic & Preservation Society, we look now at Harrisville Main Street. The photograph shown above will appear in the introduction of a new “Images...

BURRILLVILLE – The structure has sat in the back yard at Judy Lopez's Grove Street home for some 40 years, offering generations of local kids a unique place to play. The roughly 20-foot-wide and 15-foot-high fiberglass water tank was painted by Burrillville-based artist Will Turner decades ago, and turned into a, "club cabin," by Lopez and her then husband. Lopez...

NORTH SMITHFIELD/BURRILLVILLE – Everything might look more beautiful than usual right now, as Rhode Island fully returns to open just in time for spring wildflowers blooming in all their natural splendor. Ruth Pacheco’s expertise is growing herbs at her North Smithfield farm, and she’s also familiar with wildflowers. Pacheco grew up on on a farm, and some of those flowers...

BURRILLVILLE – Buckleupallofus Child Passenger Safety Campaign recently travelled across America thanks to a new partnership agreement with nonprofit Children Across America. CAA Executive Director Raymond Fellows initiated the collaboration after reviewing a variety of websites that feature his child safety coloring cartoons, including NRI NOW Sunday Cartoons, events websites, car show and DJ websites, newspapers and magazines websites, police...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office between Thursday, May 6 and Thursday, May 13. 11 Stewart Court Seller: Barbara Jamara (executrix) Buyer: Ronald & Annette Audet Price: $200,000 555 Log Road Seller: Joshua & Jessica Brien Buyer: Steven Guilmette Price: $5,000 310 Buxton St. Seller: Robert & Jana Aubin Buyer: Kyle LaChapelle & Mikala Langevin Price: $380,000 251 Liberty Lane Seller: Michael & Patti...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the North Smithfield Town Clerk’s office between Thursday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 12. 10 Wicks St. Seller: Kathleen Morrill Buyer: Susan Ring Price: $312,000 275 Eddie Dowling Highway Seller: Louis & Helen Brien Buyer: Alexis Biliouris Price: $305,000 0 Hanton Road Seller: Louis & Helen Brien Buyer: Alexis Biliouris Price: $54,900 654 Great Road Seller: Samantha Tessier & Judith Crawley Buyer: Kenneth &...

BURRILLVILLE – Agilitas Energy is starting pre-construction work on a project to provide backup power for customers with the Pascoag Utility District, and will be building the largest battery energy storage system in Rhode Island for the Burrillville-based company. Agiltas, a company that is constructing more than 40 such energy systems in Massachusetts and New York, will build 3 MW/9MWh...