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NORTH SMITHFIELD – It's a rare occurrence in New England, and in North Smithfield, many assumed the shaking was the result of blasting for the Iron Mine Hill Road solar project. At 9:11 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 8, a magnitude 3.6 earthquake shook southern New England. The earthquake came from Bliss Corner, Mass., a town nine miles from...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – A company based in West Palm Beach, Fl. purchased a storage business on Eddie Dowling Highway for $4,447,800 last week, adding the facility to its list of holdings across the country. The business, previously operated as CubeSmart is now doing business as Storage Rentals of America on a roughly 10-acre lot across the highway from a U-Haul...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – In the mid-20th century, the common childbirth experience involved the expecting mother being willingly drugged into unconsciousness – and she didn’t remember giving birth. The newborn was fed formula from a bottle according to norms of the time. But the 1960s brought change and choice to the birthing of a child – hippies and others preferred everything natural. “They...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office between Thursday, Oct. 29 and Wednesday, Nov. 4. 1370 Douglas Turnpike Seller: Madeline Hopkins Buyer: Anthony Mussulli Price: $175,000 26 Buxton St. Seller: Eugene Cazeault Buyer: Paul MacPherson Price: $220,000 32 Broad St. Seller: Daniel Chamberlin Buyer: Sabrina Eisner Price: $262,000 1355 Spring Lake Road Seller: Michael & Holly Ann Salerno Buyer: Shawn & Victoria Paterson Price: $365,000 131 Graniteville Road Seller:...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the town clerk’s office between Tuesday, Oct. 27 and Friday, Oct. 30. 9 Keene St. Seller: Kyle & Donna Stone Buyer: Francis & Tina Clark Price: $500,000 170 Providence Pike, Unit 153 Seller: Laurelwoods Partners, LLC Buyer: Lisa Bonin Price: $375,090 904 Great Road Seller: Brian Bacon Buyer: Emily & Kevin Walters Price: $360,000 18 Pound Hill Road Seller: Mary Bouffard Buyer: Corry Waldron Price:...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office between Wednesday, Oct. 21 and Thursday, Oct. 29. 115 Mowry St. Seller: Dennis & Donna Trinque Buyer: Frank Isidoro Price: $226,600 65 Sanwood Drive, Unit 5 Seller: Sharon Higgins Buyer: Laurie Dumouchelle Price: $162,900 35 Kylie Court Seller: Eaton Developments, Inc. Buyer: Tracy Leroux & Steven Langevin Price: $129,900 111 Graniteville Road, Unit 111 Seller: EJS Investments, Inc. Buyer:...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Rhode Island's nursing homes have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past eight months, and keeping both a sunny demeanor and a clean bill of health hasn't been easy for staff or residents at facilities such as North Smithfield's Saint Antoine. "Obviously, with this pandemic, we have had to pull every trick out of our...