Burrillville

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...

BURRILLVILLE – After months of scraping, sanding, grinding, gluing, nailing, painting – and even discovering an artifact from decades past – a Burrillville family finished remodeling the kitchen at Fellowship Hall of Pascoag Community Baptist Church, allowing the church to once again offer dinners and coffee hours. The Toti family renovated the kitchen at the church to honor their beloved...

Coffee hour American Legion Berard-Desjarlais Post 88 will hold a Veterans Coffee hour at the Binn’s Building at 111 Chapel St. in Harrisville from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, May 11. The group holds the events on the second Tuesday of every month, serving coffee and light refreshments. Any Veteran who needs help with VA and government paperwork, Veterans...

BURRILLVILLE – The Downtown Pascoag Neighborhood Association hosted a Mother's Day Stroll on Saturday, May 8, bringing local families out to the Burrillville Bike Path. Participants had the chance to win prizes to local businesses while enjoying a morning outdoors. Organizer Courtney Gath has said she hopes to make the...

BURRILLVILLE – This water and boating safety coloring cartoon for kids featuring Li'l Skipper and ClamCakes cartoon characters was created for the state of Rhode Island as a creative vehicle to encourage children and families to always wear life jackets while riding in boats, on water crafts and on water skis, as well as learn boating rules and regulations. I...

BURRILLVILLE – A program that has brought more than a dozen new families to Burrillville is ready to enter its final stage, and is now seeking the final eight recipients who will build their own homes, and become part of the community, in a quiet Pascoag neighborhood. NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley's Mutual Self Help Housing Program allows credit-qualified applicants to...

BURRILLVILLE – The Downtown Pascoag Neighborhood Association invites locals to lace up their sneakers and take a stroll along the Burrillville Bike Path this Saturday. The organization's first-ever Mother's Day Stroll isn't just for mothers and daughters, but also friends, sisters, cousins, aunts and... pretty much anyone. "This event is open to anyone who would like to join us," said Courtney...