More than just a station: Volunteer crew at Wallum Lake faces total loss of building & equipment following Friday blaze
BURRILLVILLE – A fire that tore through the roof of a garage housing fire equipment at Zambarano Hospital Friday evening destroyed equipment – and possibly a truck – maintained and used by a fully volunteer staff, leaving an uncertain future for a small village department with a long history.
Pascoag Fire Chief Michael Dexter said the blaze, called in...
Blaze burns through roof of garage housing fire equipment at Wallum Lake
Editor's note: A detailed update on this breaking news story can be found here.
BURRILLVILLE – A fire that began during rush hour Friday evening destroyed the roof of a garage at Zambarano Hospital that has long held equipment for the Wallum Lake Fire District.
The two-alarm blaze began around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7 burning the structure...
Photos: Customers & community show warm support – and cheers to the re-opening of Pascoag brewery
BURRILLVILLE – The support for a small business in town flowed like the beer at Bravo Brewing Company’s grand reopening last Friday night in Pascoag. Several hundred people stopped in or stayed a while, said owner Chris Mishoe.
“I’m blown away by the amount of support for our grand opening,” he said.
Mishoe was working the crowded bar with Chris DiChiara...
Property sales in Burrillville between February 17 & March 3
The following is a list of property sales recorded in the Burrillville Town Clerk’s office between Monday, Feb. 17 and Monday, March 3.
333 Victory Highway
Seller: Rebecca Sgaggero
Buyer: Vincent Dexter
Price: $612,500
0 Victory Highway
Seller: Tyler Brown
Buyer: Jorge Cantoral Morales & Ainsley Morisseau Cantoral
Price: $7,500
555 Joslin Road
Seller: Kenneth Gingras
Buyer: Renard Lombardo & Hannah Mainhart
Price: $510,000
114 Steere Farm...
VolunTEENS, yoga & a scavenger hunt: Six things to know in Burrillville this week
Senior Line Dancing
The Burrillville Parks & Recreation Department will start a new Senior Line Dancing program this week, with free beginner lessons for seniors to be held every Monday from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 50 Lodge Road starting on Monday, March 3.
Questions can be directed to Melissa at [email protected].
Logo deadline
The deadline is approaching for the Burrillville...
Letter: Fired USDA workers helped Burrillville residents to preserve town’s rural character
What do we all love about living in Burrillville? Driving down a country road past fields and forests and lakes, watching the seasons change, planning and planting and harvesting our gardens, hunting and fishing, feeding the birds, walking in the woods, going to the Saturday farmers’ market, taking care of our land, woodlots and wildlife. It’s not a lifestyle for...
Sunday cartoon: No taking shortcuts on open water ice
BURRILLVILLE – I know that I submitted this kids safety coloring cartoon early in January, but after the recent incident in West Warwick involving a child falling through thin ice on an open body of water, it’s obviously a topic that needs to be addressed during the first week of March.
A West Warwick police officer jumped into the...
