Glocester school board member warns council: Major funding needed for repairs this year
GLOCESTER – Glocester School Committee member Patricia Henry brought a preliminary warning for the Glocester Town Council at their recent meeting. Town schools, she said, are in dire need of improvements and upgrades, including...
NETS expansion gets the final go-ahead from N.S. Planning Board, with second project on...
NORTH SMITHFIELD – An Industrial Drive business that provides services for commercial trucks has received final approval to construct a new building to house their auto body and paint operations, marking what will likely...
Route 7 in Burrillville to be closed for repair due to storm damage
BURRILLVILLE – Effective Thursday, Dec, 21, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation has closed Route 7/Douglas Turnpike – North, between Lorry Lane and Victory Highway, to repair damage from excessive rainfall from the Monday,...
Hotly debated N.S. water ordinance passes in split vote
NORTH SMITHFIELD – After multiple two and three-hour-long meetings at which residents and business owners questioned various elements of a water protection ordinance crafted by the town's Water Supply Review Committee, the Town Council...
Glocester among many RI towns in scramble to address state-mandated overhaul to local zoning...
GLOCESTER – Glocester and other towns and cities in Rhode Island are scrambling to realign their town zoning ordinances with the state mandates before the deadline of January 1, when state changes take effect....
Court sides with town in decades old dispute over mining, earth removal in North...
NORTH SMITHFIELD – In a victory for both the town and a citizen watchdog who shed light on the issue last year, a Rhode Island Superior Court judge ruled this week that Material Sand...
Council sends proposed Burrillville chicken law back for revisions
BURRILLVILLE – Noting that some of the language in the original proposed ordinance needs revision, the Burrillville Town Council has sent a potential change to town law governing who can keep chickens to the...
