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BURRILLVILLE – With the summer season now underway, there will be more outdoor activities happening that involve campfires, open flames, fire pits and barbecues. Adults will be lighting these fires with matches and lighters. Children watch what adults are doing at any given time of day. They also like to copy what adults are doing. It is extremely important...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office between Friday, June 14 and Friday, June 28. 225 Smith Hill Road Seller: Joseph & Kathleen Chauvin Buyer: Bradley & Angelique Croce Price: $475,000 0 Log Road Seller: Peter & Anita Godon Buyer: MacPherson Building, LLC Price: $355,000 175 Manly Drive Seller: The Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Buyer: Joshua Borges Price: $282,500 394 Colwell Road Seller: Lorraine...

BURRILLVILLE – Officials from the Pascoag Utility District gathered this week with family, friends and colleagues of the late Ann Polacek to celebrate creation of a well field, and to dedicate the new water source to the former longtime commissioner. PUD acquired the 17.6-acre property at 98 Roosevelt Ave. from the Knights of Columbus last July in hopes to...

GLOCESTER – Thousands in Glocester remained without power Thursday morning following a Wednesday night storm that took down trees and electric wires, also leaving a mess on roadways. Rhode Island Energy had 9,145 outages across the state as of 8:30 a.m. on Thursday including one in Chepachet affecting 1,280 customers. While many remain in the dark, the number was...

GLOCESTER – Sounds of dozens of playing children – squealing, shouting, splashing – filled the sunny field at Mulberry Vineyards in Chepachet on Sunday, June 23. It seemed the clock temporarily turned back to what might have been a more carefree time when the 1730 Andrew Brown homestead was built. Husband-and-wife David and Melissa Wright of the vineyards had opened...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Glocester Town Clerk’s office between Wednesday, June 5 and Monday, June 24. 8 Saunders Brook Road Seller: Charles Shrader Buyer: Jessica Reynolds Price: $450,000 0 Lake Washington Drive Seller: Robert Lefebvre Buyer: Stephen Colardo Price: $30,800 21 Bel Air Drive Seller: Daniel & Alexandra Birch Buyer: Lisa Dempsey Price: $540,000 30 Oliver St. Seller: Eaton Developments Inc. Buyer: Christopher Manieri Price: $489,000 11 Teaberry Drive Seller:...

GLOCESTER – Cynthia and Scott Barlow now own a piece of history: Glocester's Brown and Hopkins General Store, the oldest continuously operated general store in the U.S., located in the center of Chepachet Village on Putnam Pike. "I love this town, and I know so many people here who consider Brown and Hopkins to be like a beacon for the...