Egg Hunt, tryouts & a figure skating show: Five things to know in Burrillville this week
Wendy Andrews scholarship
The Friends of the Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library are offering a $500 scholarship in memory of long-standing chairperson Wendy S. Andrews, who passed away unexpectedly in 2022. The Wendy S. Andrews Scholarship will be available to one graduating high school senior who is a resident of the town of Burrillville and has been accepted at an...
Motorcycle driver transported with minor injuries after crash with school bus in Burrillville
BURRILLVILLE – In a crash that Burrillville Police Lt. William Lacey noted could have been, "much worse," a man was transported to the hospital with minor injuries Thursday morning after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a school bus.
The accident took place on Central Street around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 16, when the bike operator was...
Sunday cartoon: Don’t smoke cigarettes kids
BURRILLVILLE – This week's Sunday feature is an anti-smoking coloring cartoon and feature article. It is intended to reach out to children about the hazards and unhealthy results caused by smoking cigarettes, but can also reach teens and adults at the same time.
Everyone in my family smoked cigarettes. I never did smoke. Unfortunately, smoking had a negative impact...
Property sales in Burrillville between March 1 & March 17
The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office between March 1 and March 17
95 Sanwood Drive, Unit 11
Seller: Andrea Hunter McGinn
Buyer: Peter Kilmatian
Price: $240,000
0 Walnut Hill Road
Seller: Edward Raymond
Buyer: Mark Brizard
Price: $4,000
61 George Eddy Road
Seller: Woonsocket Neighborhood Development Corporation (quit claim)
Buyer: Scott & Geraldine Rylah
Price: $224,000
474 East Ave.
Seller: Carpenter Brothers,...
Worst road in RI? Burrillville council pleads for state action on Victory Highway
BURRILLVILLE – In 2012, the deteriorated stretch of state roadway running from Sandhill Road to Route 107 was considered high priority for reconstruction by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, and listed for repair on the agency's Transportation Improvement Program.
Construction plans reached 90 percent that year, and the town of Burrillville paid for additional design work for a...
Connecticut man pleads guilty to child porn in case involving Burrillville boy
HARTFORD, Conn. – A Connecticut man, arrested in 2019 over incidents involving a Burrillville boy, pleaded guilty this week to production of child pornography.
Christopher Michaelson, 38, of Guilford entered the plea Thursday, March 16 before U.S. District Judge Michael Shea in Hartford.
According to court documents and statements made in court, on January 9, 2019, the Guilford Police Department assisted...
Project to build trail, playground at Beckwith Bruckshaw lodge moves forward in Burrillville
BURRILLVILLE – Plans to utilize two town-owned properties in Pascoag to offer recreation for residents, including a walking trail and playground, are now moving forward, with a master plan for the project set to go before the Burrillville Planning Board on Monday, April 3.
The project – funded with help from a $300,000 recreation grant from the Rhode Island Department...