Veterans Coffee Hour, Youth clean ups: Five things to know in Burrillville this week
Post 88 Coffee Hour
American Legion Berard-Desjarlais Post 88 will hold a Veterans Coffee hour at the Binn’s Building at 111 Chapel St. in Harrisville from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, April 13.
The group...
Breathe for Steve, Froggy Night & Branch River hike: Five things to know in...
Froggy Night
Take a guided evening walk on Fort Wildlife Refuge and listen to the calls of spring peepers and wood frogs found in the woods and wetlands with the Audubon Society of Rhode Island...
Black recognized for service to the community
NORTH SMITHFIELD – The former owner of a town-based business that has reportedly supported more than 100 different programs and charities over the past decade was recognized this week by members of the North...
UNAP nurses vote ‘no confidence’ in Eleanor Slater Hospital administrators
PROVIDENCE – United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5019 members have taken a vote of, "no confidence," in the administrative leadership of Eleanor Slater Hospital. The union represents more than 50 registered nurses providing...
N.S. council begins effort to restore Mowry Fire Tower, allocates $62K
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Atop a 586-foot hill believed to be the highest point in town stands a steel tower, once used as critical tool for locating fires in the region, and dispatching those who...
Developers propose 20 condo units for corner of East Avenue, Route 102
BURRILLVILLE – The owners of a vacant, 6.84-acre lot at the corner of East Avenue and Route 102 are looking to build 20 condos units to accompany a 250-kilowatt solar project, but planners expressed...
Power resigns as head of BHDDH amid ongoing controversy at Burrillville hospital
PROVIDENCE – The director of the agency that runs the Zambarano unit of Eleanor Slater Hospital has resigned from the position, a decision that comes amid months of controversy, and recent scrutiny by lawmakers,...
