General Assembly approves bill allowing vote on supplemental tax for Glocester
GLOCESTER – Legislation that will allow Glocester voters to decide if town property taxes should exceed the maximum increase permitted in the state for the coming fiscal year was approved last week by the...
Climate trees, beach movie & a mushroom walk: Seven things to know in Burrillville...
Climate trees
The Burrillville Land Trust will hold a unique drop-in style event at Jesse Smith Library at 100 Tinkham Lane on Thursday, June 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., using Legos to illustrate the...
Budget vote, Po Boys, pick your own & a Mobile Milk Bar: Seven things...
Pick your own
Goodwin Brothers Farm Stand at 458 Greenville Road is warning that the hot weather this week will bring the short strawberry-picking season to an end very soon. The farm will offer pick...
Chippendale: State budget remains unsustainable
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island House Minority Leader Michael Chippendale, a Republican representing District 40 in Glocester, Coventry and Foster, issued a statement regarding the state's $14.3 billion FY26 budget, set for final vote in...
Burrillville council adopts budget plan with increase of $1 million
BURRILLVILLE – A fiscal plan approved by the Burrillville Town Council last week will see spending increase by roughly $1 million over last year's total, with councilors tightening line items and dipping into reserves...
General Assembly approves Murray bill banning electronic devices during school day
STATE HOUSE – The General Assembly has approved legislation sponsored by Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairwoman Melissa Murray and Rep. Julie Casimiro to require every school in Rhode Island to have a...
Town hires experts to review testimony on Material Sand proposal, grants permit for N.S....
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Town officials have finally found a team of experts qualified to review testimony from hearings on Material Sand & Stone's proposal for creation of an overlay district to allow mining at...
