Burrillville

Post 88 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, April 13. 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 Burrillville Historical & Preservation Society held its annual cemetery cleanup at the Riverside Cemetery to celebrate Rhode Island's Cemetery Awareness/Restoration Day on Saturday, April 10. The Harrisville cemetery has around 40 separate, privately-owned lots, and 15 volunteers worked for about three hours raking, clipping brush, picking up sticks and blowing leaves. The group included members of the...

BURRILLVILLE/NORTH SMITHFIELD – “We saw a bald eagle swoop in lofty magnificent curves over Pascaoag Pond, and launch like an arrow of light through the sky over the wild waste of Malavera Woods,” were author Horace Keach’s poetic words back in 1856 in “Burrillville; as it was, and it is.” The words, “Haliaeetus leucocephalus,” hardly inspire anyone unfamiliar with Latin;...

BURRILLVILLE – It's springtime and that means nicer weather and increased outdoor activities involving kids everywhere. I hate to write this, but I see far too many kids riding bikes that are not wearing protective helmets and pads while participating in bike riding across the area on warm and sunny days. I witness many little kids and teens riding their...

The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk's office between Thursday, April 1 and Thursday, April 8. 145 Crystal View Drive Seller: Steere Farm Village, LLC Buyer: Jason & Leidiane Brown Price: $529,000 214 Sayles Ave. Seller: Michael Hauser Buyer: Matthew O'Loughlin Price: $280,000 203 Arthur's Way Seller: Dylan Provencal Buyer: Henry Girard & Samantha Demers Price: $162,500 236 Pulaski Road Seller: Norman Soulliere Buyer: KCLS Group, LLC Price:...

BURRILLVILLE – Residents are questioning a plan by the Pascoag Fire District Board of Commissioners to sell a piece of fire-fighting equipment, saying the action violates district bylaws, which require voter approval to dispose of such assets. Attorney Christopher Alger, however, has advised commissioners that they are authorized to sell the 20-year-old vehicle at a cost of less than $50,000...

BURRILLVILLE – The long-standing tradition of cleaning up town roadways in honor of Earth Day will go on in 2021, with a few changes aimed at limiting crowds. The popular event, first started in Burrillville in the late 1990s, was cancelled for the first time in 2020 over fears of the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous years saw up to 300 volunteers...