Thursday, March 28, 2024

Police and Fire

Update: No arrests yet in incident causing damage to three cars on Providence Pike...

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NORTH SMITHFIELD – Kids throwing rocks on Providence Pike on Friday, August 26 are believed to have caused damage to three vehicles according to North Smithfield police, who were asked this week about widely-shared...

Pascoag Fire District to vote on budget, slate of officers September 12

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BURRILLVILLE – The Pascoag Fire District will hold its annual meeting on Monday, Sept. 12, and voters in the village will have the chance to choose from six candidates for two three-year seats on...

Police seize 856 marijuana plants, charge three men with felonies in Glocester

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GLOCESTER — Three men were arrested from a home on Blackinton Drive on Monday, August 29 in connection with what police described as a large scale illegal marijuana grow. Glocester officers reportedly seized 856 marijuana...

Residents displaced by fire on Woonsocket Hill Road in North Smithfield

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NORTH SMITHFIELD – A fire that began around noon on Friday, August 26 has reportedly displaced five people after causing heavy damage to a single family home. Firefighters called to 67 Woonsocket Hill Road...

Burrillville man, 53, dies following crash on Sherman Farm Road

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BURRILLVILLE – A local man died on Sunday after a single-car accident in which his vehicle collided with a tree on Sherman Farm Road, according to a release from the Burrillville Police Department. Kevin Frenette,...

Brush fire reignites on Black Hut Road; Chief says cause not ‘suspicious,’ started by...

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BURRILLVILLE – A fire that burned along eight acres of the Black Hut Management Area on Thursday, August 18 continued to plague firefighters into the night and again reignited Friday morning, according to those...

Fire on Black Hut Road ignites eight acres of forest in Burrillville

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BURRILLVILLE – Just hours after fire chiefs in Burrillville issued an urgent plea to residents to halt all outdoor burning, crews from across Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts were called to extinguish a massive...