Gallery: 2022 Great Pumpkin Festival
NORTH SMITHFIELD – Visitors to North Smithfield's annual Great Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, Sept. 17 were treated to vendors, food, activities and live entertainment.
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Burrillville Little League coach receives Red Sox Foundation’s Volunteer of the Year Award
BOSTON – A Burrillville Little League coach was one of six coaches and administrators from across New England to receive the Red Sox Foundation's 2022 Mike Egan Volunteer of the Year Award at a pregame ceremony this week at Fenway Park.
Scott Singleton of Burrillville was honored for his volunteer work in the local league, in recognition of his efforts...
RIHA names No. Smithfield’s Cindy Stepanian finance/administrative assistant
CRANSTON – The RI Hospitality Association has announced that North Smithfield resident Cindy Stepanian has been named as its finance/administrative assistant.
In her role, Stepanian will be tasked with providing administrative support to RIHA's President/CEO Dale Venturini and Chief Operating Officer Heather Singleton, assisting team members with events, meetings, team projects and other day-to-day activities, ensuring the maintenance of...
Sunday cartoon: National Child Passenger Safety Week
BURRILLVILLE – National Child Passenger Safety Week begins Sunday, Sept., 18 and ends on Saturday, Sept., 24. Saturday, Sept., 24, is also National Car Seat Check Up Day.
Throughout the week, Buckleupallofus giant balloon will be showcasing and attending classic car and truck shows, cruise nights, community events and car seat check ups with police departments across New England....
Glocester business, family owned for 47 years, sells property for $1 million
GLOCESTER – A marine parts and supplies business that has been family owned and operated for nearly five decades has sold its property in Glocester for more than $1 million.
Lemieux Brothers, LLC, the company behind Inland Marine at 612 Putnam Pike, sold the property to Petrillo Properties, LLC for $1,020,000, according to a deed recorded in the...
Advice From the Trenches: Coma boy
Welcome to Advice From the Trenches, a monthly feature on NRI NOW.
Advice From The Trenches combines the clinical experience of a double boarded psychiatrist, with a slap-in-the-face dose of reality from an artist and writer who has gathered her wisdom from the school of hard-knocks.
Do you having a burning question for the duo? Send your thoughts, ideas and woes to cathrenhousley@aol.com. Don’t forget to...
From Burrillville to a Times Square billboard, and beyond: Pedersen rolls into title of SLICC Ambassador
BURRILLVILLE – Eight years ago, Tina Guenette-Pedersen walked into a hospital for a minor procedure and suffered a stroke to her spinal cord, which paralyzed her from the waist down.
It was far from the first setback for Guenette-Pedersen, a Rhode Island native who had already survived four bouts with cancer, four strokes and a heart attack.
But even for...
