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BURRILLVILLE – Pascoag Utility District has joined 20 public power utilities from Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont in the largest publicly-owned electric utility purchase of “green power” in New England history, a contract for hydropower generated in Western Massachusetts that will lower the utility company’s greenhouse-gas emissions and overall carbon footprint at "a very competitive rate," according to a...

BURRILLVILLE/NORTH SMITHFIELD – Americans are opening their hearts, homes, and wallets for cats and dogs and northern Rhode Island is no exception, with shelters reporting a waiting list for pets. “The demand for pets to adopt has never been greater,” according to David Meyer, chief executive officer of Adopt-a-Pet.com. The Pet Central website notes that 891,482 pets were adopted thus far...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Anthony Soly says he's always found joy from cooking, but as an engineer by trade, his kitchen adventures were limited to little more than a hobby. Now, thanks to a new business endeavor – and a change in direction – he finds that his disposition has become a lot more sunny. "It’s probably the happiest I’ve been in...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the town clerk’s office between Monday, Nov. 2 and Friday, Nov. 6. 305 Iron Mine Hill Road Seller: The Property Purchase Group, LLC Buyer: Jose Valerio & Molly Leung Price: $595,000 22 Wilks Ave. Seller: Jeffrey & Mira Messere Buyer: Tyler Corrnell & Katelyn Berard Price: $350,000 95 White Parkway Seller: Rebecca Almeida Buyer: Raquel Guzman Price: $310,000 927 Great Road Seller: DC...

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...