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The following is a list of property sales recorded in the North Smithfield Town Clerk’s office between Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, April 2. 710 Pound Hill Road Seller: Zoe Humphreys Buyer: Pedro Hernandez & Tiffany Barrera Price: $995,000 1 Tupperware Drive, Unit 113 Seller: Russell Davis Buyer: Peter & Martha Bates Price: $422,500 100 Bellevue Ave. Seller: Paula & Adam Hitchen Buyer: Spencer Good & Mark SanClemente Price:...

BURRILLVILLE – The tradition of spreading Easter cheer by a local group focused on kindness hopped into motion once again this week as Roger Bourbonniere began passing out baskets, cards and brightly decorated rocks to lucky recipients. Bourboniere, known locally as the "Rock Father," and other volunteer bunnies have put together 40 assorted Easter baskets with the help of...

BURRILLVILLE – It’s Major League Baseball season everyone - time for baseball action across the USA. Worcester WooSox and Boston Red Sox fans are hoping for a great season and a trip to the World Series this year. It’s very important to remind kids that it is safer to play baseball in backyards and not in streets. Meeting the...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office between Wednesday, March 12 and Friday, March 28. 165-167 Pascoag Main St. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank (Howard Hopkins) Buyer: Pioneer Investments LLC Price: $301,000 11 Oakland Ave. Seller: Vanessa D'Andrea Buyer: Anthony & Christine Chavier Price: $638,000 308 Arthur's Way Seller: Lyndsey Larson & Roger Sweeney (administrators) Buyer: Devon Sweeney Price: $200,000 171 Pulaski Road Seller:...

"April come she will," so says Simon and Garfunkel.  Chances are, however, that even they didn't realize how much attention the fourth calendar month has received over the years. First of all, there is April 1, fool's day. Rumor has it that the day was originally the start of the new year, but through some wheeling and dealing was moved further...

BURRILLVILLE – On Sunday the aromas of a meal cooking permeated the tiny kitchen of the 1908 Seventh Day Adventist church building in Mapleville. Seated at tables in the adjacent dining room where more than 20 attendees sampling plant-based cooking prepared by volunteers.  “So many people enjoy coming to the cooking classes,” said volunteer Claire Entwistle. “Covid threw things off,...

GLOCESTER – Glocester’s “cemetery man,” was recognized by the Beacon Pole Hill Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution this week with an award recognizing his years of work in preservation. Bill Brown, vice president of the Glocester Heritage Society received the Excellence in Historic Preservation Award on Monday, March 23 for his work restoring...