State agencies issue health advisory for Wilson Reservoir
The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management are advising people to avoid contact with Wilson Reservoir in Burrillville.
The notice is due to high levels of cyano-bacteria causing...
Murray bill banning cat declawing becomes law
STATE HOUSE – Rhode Island will soon join the many places that prohibit the declawing of cats under newly enacted legislation sponsored by Sen. Melissa A. Murray, a Democrat representing District 24 in Woonsocket...
Liens placed on 24 properties in Burrillville tax sale; Town recoups $68,000
BURRILLVILLE – Investors and town officials purchased liens on 24 Burrillville properties during a tax sale held at the Assembly Theatre on Thursday, June 12, which brought in more than $68,00 in unpaid funds...
Questions, discrepancies lead to delayed budget deliberations in North Smithfield
NORTH SMITHFIELD – The lengthy annual process of line by line fiscal planning for the year ahead got off to a rocky start on Monday after members of the Town Council and Budget Committee...
EPA grant of $1 million will aid effort to develop Nasonville water system
BURRILLVILLE – The money is just a proverbial drop in the bucket when compared to the total cost, but the town has secured a $1 million grant to fund a portion of the Nasonville...
R.I. Commerce to fund water exploration & plans for housing at The Pines in...
NORTH SMITHFIELD – A project to explore the possibility of creating a public well to replace private wells along Route 146, and a development set to bring 47 units of housing to Pound Hill...
Town begins work on Harrisville Dam improvement project; Mill Pond to drop six feet...
BURRILLVILLE – A long-awaited project that will bring needed improvements to a dam at the heart of one Burrillville village is now underway, with contractors set to complete most of the work this summer....
