Thursday, May 8, 2025

Burrillville

Finding time: A weekly excerpt from Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sanity

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It was just one of those nonchalant comments made by a friend:"I'd love to...if I could find the time..." What ever happened to time anyway? I remember reading about how there used to be plenty of it around, enough for everyone to share... Actually, I have found that in New England we seem to have gotten the short end of the...

Photos: Locals Get In Line for popular class at The Lodge

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BURRILLVILLE – Foot-stomping country music was coming from inside The Lodge in Pascoag where a dozen happy-looking people were moving to the upbeat sounds. Energetic and enthusiastic-looking, the dancers executed complex moves in as smooth a fashion, like disco dancers from a scene in the film Saturday Night Fever from 1977. Except the dancers at the Lodge were clad in...

Property sales in Burrillville from April 9 through April 14

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The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office from Wednesday, April 9 through Monday, April 14. 1714 Douglas Turnpike Seller: Frank Pino & Maria Morillo Buyer: Jesse Doyle Price: $580,000 0 Doe Crossings Seller: John Lace Buyer: Evan Bishop Price: $30,000 125 Inman Road Seller: Eric & Michelle Broderick Buyer: Jeffrey & Nicole Shaw Price: $500,000 0 Victory Highway Seller: SMITHCO, LLC Buyer:...

Shelter at Zambarano set to close in late June

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BURRILLVILLE – A facility providing living space for dozens of unhoused Rhode Islanders over the past year and a half will close its doors on Monday, June 30, according to the state Department of Housing. The Tri-County Community Action Agency family campus at Zambarano Hospital is slated to close once a lease on the cottages used for the shelter runs...

Cranston-based developer buys property approved for 22-unit ‘Lapham Farm Village’ condominiums

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BURRILLVILLE – A 28.57 acre site in Pascoag already approved for construction of 11 duplexes has been sold to a Cranston-based developer. Phenix Development, LLC purchased 202 Lapham Farm Road from Chepachet-based KLMB Properties, LLC, a firm that obtained approval for a project known as Lapham Farm Village last year. Plans for the major subdivision were first submitted by...

Letter: ICE detentions chill freedom of speech and the right to dissent

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The recent spate of ICE detentions are all the bad things rolled into one: racial profiling, lack of due process, suppression of free speech, religious intolerance, authoritarian state power, (and) failure to respect human dignity. A holder of a legal and valid F-1 visa, Rumeysa Ozturk – hustled off a Somerville street by masked officers wearing black who refused to identify...

Meet & greet, art supply swap, & a guided walk: Seven things to know in Burrillville this week

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Meet & greet The Burrillville Police Department is inviting the public to meet Michelle Gerard, the new Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator for the Burrillville Prevention Action Coalition. A Meet and Greet will be held in the community room of the public safety complex at 1477 Victory Highway on Monday, April 28 starting at 5 p.m. Blood pressure screening Bayberry Commons Skilled...