During EMS Week, district leaders recognize local heroes following unprecedented year
BURRILLVILLE – Over the past year, while much of the population has worked from home, Burrillville's dedicated team of emergency personnel has stayed busy, and has had hundreds of encounters that led – or easily could have led – to potential exposure to COVID-19.
This week, leaders from the town's fire districts acknowledged that dedication and commitment to the job...
Sunday Cartoon: Buckleupallofus begins partnership with Children Across America
BURRILLVILLE – Buckleupallofus Child Passenger Safety Campaign recently travelled across America thanks to a new partnership agreement with nonprofit Children Across America.
CAA Executive Director Raymond Fellows initiated the collaboration after reviewing a variety of websites that feature his child safety coloring cartoons, including NRI NOW Sunday Cartoons, events websites, car show and DJ websites, newspapers and magazines websites, police...
Property sales in Burrillville between May 6 & May 13
The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office between Thursday, May 6 and Thursday, May 13.
11 Stewart Court
Seller: Barbara Jamara (executrix)
Buyer: Ronald & Annette Audet
Price: $200,000
555 Log Road
Seller: Joshua & Jessica Brien
Buyer: Steven Guilmette
Price: $5,000
310 Buxton St.
Seller: Robert & Jana Aubin
Buyer: Kyle LaChapelle & Mikala Langevin
Price: $380,000
251 Liberty Lane
Seller: Michael & Patti...
Community looks to raise funds for BHS Class of 2021 graduate signs
BURRILLVILLE – It's an effort to acknowledge graduating Burrillville High School seniors, born out of pandemic-related restrictions, that just might become a new Bronco tradition.
An effort to raise funds to create signs acknowledging each member of the Class of 2021 started earlier this month has already raised $2,245.
In 2020, amid missed experiences for a class of students whose time...
Brush fire burns down four acres on West Road in Burrillville
BURRILLVILLE – A brush fire that began when embers escaped a fire pit Wednesday afternoon burned down four acres of land before it was finally extinguished.
Burrillville Fire Departments were reportedly called to the blaze behind 435 West Road in Harrisville just after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12. Mutual aid from neighboring departments was called in for station coverage,...
Longtime social worker for Burrillville schools dies at 83
Jacqueline M. Dailey, 83, passed away on Friday, May 7, 2021 in The Friendly Home, Woonsocket. She was the wife of the late Joseph H. Dailey.Born in Springfield, Mass., Dailey was the daughter of the late George H. and Eva (Ouellette) Vadnais. She resided in Cumberland since 1961, previously residing in Springfield, Mass.
She was a woman of great faith...
Firm to build state’s largest battery energy storage system in Pascoag
BURRILLVILLE – Agilitas Energy is starting pre-construction work on a project to provide backup power for customers with the Pascoag Utility District, and will be building the largest battery energy storage system in Rhode Island for the Burrillville-based company.
Agiltas, a company that is constructing more than 40 such energy systems in Massachusetts and New York, will build 3 MW/9MWh...