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The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Glocester Town Clerk’s office between Wednesday, March 12 and Tuesday, March 25. 285 Cooper Road Seller: Warren & Caroline Cummins Buyer: John Small Price: $340,000 0 Snake Hill Road Seller: Randall Lemieux Buyer: Larry & Lauren Burkett Price: $100,000 33 Money Hill Road Seller: The Elms, LLC Buyer: 33 Money Hill Road, LLC Price: $325,000 18 Dorr...

BURRILLVILLE – Three local Girl Scouts have published children’s books highlighting their unique personal challenges after working with a Burrillville-based publisher and will earn Silver Awards, the highest award a Girl Scout Cadet can attain, for their work, said Troop Leader Angela Knapp-Levesque. The girls and their families displayed their books and links to the Amazon page where their publications...

BURRILLVILLE – It may be spring, but it’s still March and the cold weather will still be around for a little while longer. In fact; the upcoming forecast for this week says that it will be off again, on again, cold and rainy. Nights are still going to be in the 30s and most daytime temperatures will only be...

There's something about cutting wood that warms the soul. Here I am, chainsaw in hand, walking across the field at 6 a.m. or so, heading for the woodlot. In the distance a red pick-up truck, wood splitter loaded in the back, goes up the road and the two guys in the front seat wave that long, slow wave of acknowledgment,...

NARRAGANSETT –The Law Enforcement Torch Run community is gearing up for a bone-chilling weekend at Salty Brine State Beach, where participants will take on two daring ocean plunge events to support Special Olympics Rhode Island – including one new plunger from Burrillville. The 24-Hour Super Plunge and the Torch Run Plunge are expected to draw hundreds of participants and...

GLOCESTER – Wall Street business indicators may be fluctuating as spring begins, but the shopping and dining district of Route 44 in Glocester, spanning from the Smithfield border in Harmony to the Chepachet Village, is buzzing with homegrown companies, and the newest village occupant is Big John's Wood Joint, a décor and accessories store that opened this past weekend....

NORTH SMITHFIELD – A construction and manufacturing business on Providence Pike will expand its footprint with a new 45,900-square-foot warehouse addition following approval this month by the North Smithfield Planning Board. The Beck Companies hopes to lease out the new space, to feature a 4,316-square-foot office and 20 new parking spaces, according to plans approved at a meeting on...