Burrillville

BURRILLVILLE – Prosecutors are challenging a judge's decision to release a Burrillville man who was arrested last week after police seized an arsenal of 211 guns from his home. On Monday, Magistrate Judge Patricia Sullivan was prepared to release Ronald Andruchuk, 37, on the condition that he be electronically monitored and stay away from gun stores. Andruchuk was arrested...

NORTH SMITHFIELD/BURRILLVILLE – Locals – both with and without ties to the eastern European country – are condemning the Russian attack against Ukraine, speaking out against the unprovoked violence. Among them is Burrillville Town Council President Donald Fox, who majored in Soviet & East European Area Studies and spent time at Leningrad State University, now known as St. Petersburg. Fox has...

BURRILLVILLE – Noting that radio communications failed during a 2018 incident in which a town firefighter ultimately lost his life, emergency personnel in Burrillville presented a united front last week in the case for funding costly upgrades to the town's radio system with the help of money received through the federal American Rescue Plan Act. The group – made up...

Covid testing The Burrillville School District will be offering Covid-19 testing – both rapid and PCR – on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons, March 1-3, from 2-4 p.m. in the Burrillville High School cafeteria. Students, staff, and family members are invited to attend. Tests for businesses On the subject of testing, the town of Burrillville is reaching out to local businesses and...

BURRILLVILLE – A 37-year-old man was arrested this week after police uncovered more than 200 firearms during a raid of his home on Tarkiln Road. Ronald Andruchuk was taken into custody following an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive and the Burrillville Police Department that lead to the search, and seizure of 211 firearms and pounds of...

BURRILLVILLE – We have had some real ups and downs recently with our weather patterns, but the calendar month is still February, and it's another three weeks until the first day of spring in March. One day it's in the 60s, and then we get hit with colder temperatures and a snowstorm, just like the one we had move...

BURRILLVILLE – The Burrillville Police Department officially swore in a new probationary patrol officer on Wednesday, Feb 23, in a ceremony attended by many in the ranks. Kurtis Paterson, a Blackstone, Mass. native, took the Law Enforcement Oath of Honor administered by Town Clerk Vicki Martin at a meeting of the Burrillville Town Council. A 2013 graduate from Blackstone...