Vaccine effort sees locals step up, volunteers plan for phase-out after months in action
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Over the past two months, Diane Wojcik estimates she's spent 30 hours a week volunteering with the town-focused COVID-19 vaccination effort.
She's not alone, and the group's work is still not quite...
State fire marshal shuts down kitchen at Zambarano
BURRILLVILLE – A state hospital that has dominated news headlines for the past month over questions about patient discharges and the loss of more than $60 million in state revenue through failure to update...
Traffic changes begin this week as RIDOT continues work on Farnum Pike Bridge
NORTH SMITHFIELD – This week the Rhode Island Department of Transportation will install a series of traffic changes as part of a $13.9 million design-build project to replace the structurally deficient Farnum Pike Bridge,...
Sock drive, Scavenger hunt deadline: Five things to know in Burrillville this week
Sock drive
Lil' General, including the location at 485 Chapel St. in Harrisville, is holding a sock drive, and the business points out that socks are one of the most under-donated items when it comes...
Sesquicentennial party, safety grant: Five things to know in North Smithfield this week
NSPD awarded safety enhancement grant
The North Smithfield Police Department has received grant funding from the Rhode Island Interlocal Risk Management Trust to purchase safety equipment .
Funding from the trust’s Safety Enhancement Grant Program is...
Town moves forward with long-awaited project to widen entrance to Pacheco Park
NORTH SMITHFIELD –It's been four years since the town of North Smithfield purchased a property by Pacheco Park where a historic home had been demolished with the intent of widening the entryway to the...
Contaminated well, flooding makes Eddie Dowling Highway property ‘uninhabitable’
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Residents experiencing problems with well water in the area of Eddie Dowling Highway by Dowling Village, take notice: some of your neighbors are also having trouble, and over-salting by the Rhode...
