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BURRILLVILLE – It's Valentine's Day week and this week's Sunday feature reminds everyone about the importance of buckling up for the ones who love you. I started my the Cross Your Heart Month Buckleupallofus campaign a few years ago. I was reaching out to kids and families during the month of February hoping to influence them to use car...

NORTH SMITHFIELD/BURRILLVILLE – Three grocery stores run by a local family for decades have been purchased by a couple that owns supermarkets in New York and Connecticut, and this week, the new owners said that shoppers can expect new products and upgrades to the stores, with a grand reopening to be held in April. Brigido's Fresh Market – a...

BURRILLVILLE – The Burrillville Land Trust has announced the start of Conservation Conversations - a way for the public to get in on the conversation about saving the "sense of place," in the town ofBurrillville. “We can’t live without clean air, clean water," said Land Trust President Paul Roselli. "As humans, we can’t live or even survive without the...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office between Tuesday, Jan. 31 and Tuesday, Feb. 7. 315 Stag Head Road Seller: Property Solutions, LLCBuyer: Jessie & Angelica WilliamsPrice: $460,000 0 Hill Road Seller: MJB Investments, LLCBuyer: D. Armstrong Realty. Inc. Price: $155,000 29 Round Lake Drive Seller: Charles & Elizabeth Sullivan Buyer: Raymond & Stacy GauvinPrice: $417,000 275 Union...

BURRILLVILLE – With the temperature changes we are experiencing lately, it only reminds us that we are still dealing with the winter season and the weather can change from one day to the other without missing a beat. We have just experienced the coldest winter weather temperatures and windchills in nearly 100 years in this region, according to weather...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Welcome to The Nashville Dispatch, a feature on NRI NOW.  In this monthly column submitted by Burrillville native Keith Bradford, we cover topics in the music business designed to inform, entertain, and enlighten people interested in the topic. Details, details, details  Having spent some time as a volunteer teacher at the Pascoag Grammar School’s remedial reading program, and four years...

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Do you hear unexplained bumps in the night, see apparitions or often feel like you're being watched? Is your North Smithfield home plagued by phenomenon including strange smells, waves of cold air, or cliche horror movie electrical problems? The North Smithfield Heritage Association may want to hear from you. As part of its ongoing effort to...