Residents, councilors weigh in on optional mask policy in N.S. schools
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Residents who said they support the School Committee's decision to let parents decide whether or not children should wear masks in school brought their case to members of the Town Council...
Food trucks, screening & The Aviators: Five things to know in Burrillville this week
Victory Day
Monday, Aug. 9 is a holiday in Rhode Island and Burrillville Town Hall will be closed. It is also a trash holiday and there will be no trash or recycling pickup on Monday,...
Film festival, startup podcast: Five things to know in North Smithfield this week
Victory Day
Town Hall is closed on Monday, Aug. 9 in observation of Victory Day. Trash and recycling pickup will also not take place on Monday, and pickup will be delayed one day for the...
Murray bill allowing NA/AA meetings during a state of emergency signed into law
STATE HOUSE — Legislation introduced by Sen. Melissa Murray, a Democrat representing District 24 in Woonsocket and North Smithfield, and Rep. Camille Vella-Wilkinson of Warwick to permit Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous to hold meetings...
Kravitz resigns from role as North Smithfield town planner
NORTH SMITHFIELD – After nearly five years of working to guide and implement a variety of projects in North Smithfield, Town Planner Tom Kravitz has decided it is time to move on.
Kravitz submitted...
Burrillville shows third lowest vaccination rate in RI, 69 town deaths attributed to COVID-19
BURRILLVILLE – The number of cases of COVID-19 in the state has seen a recent spike with the Rhode Island Department of Health tracking the data, and the latest update shows the town has...
Daly defends work at Zambarano, calls state investigators ‘incompetent’
BURRILLVILLE – Stating that those tasked with reviewing operations at Eleanor Slater Hospital may have been bias, the former chief medical officer of the facilities defended his work this week in a 16-page letter...
