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Valley Breeze
March 22, 2018
SCITUATE – With members of the community and surrounding areas present, the Scituate Town Council last Thursday decided to table a resolution to rescind a December 2016 resolution opposing the proposed Burrillville power plant.. Council President John Mahoney said the decision to rescind theÃâà...
The Providence Journal
March 13, 2018
Snow totals are becoming the story, with Scituate coming in at 22 inches of snow in the latest reports. Communities including Providence and Newport and parts of Massachusetts achieved blizzard status, the National Weather Service says. By Stephen Ide and Jack PerryJournal Staff Writers.
Uprise RI (blog)
March 13, 2018
“It comes down to a money issue,” said Scituate Town Council President John Mahoney, “Bottom line. This is an issue for Burrillville to sort out, not Scituate.” The Scituate Town Council will be hearing a resolution on Thursday evening to rescind a resolution passed in 2016 opposing the construction ofÃâà...
Ricentral.com
March 11, 2018
BURRILLVILLE – Thanks to the Burrillville/Ponaganset/Bay View Co-op girls hockey team defending its home ice, a new champion in girls hockey will be crowned. The fourth-seeded Broncos scored the game's first two goals and withstood a strong push from No. 5 South County Co-op to prevail, 4-2,Ãâà...
Turn to 10
March 11, 2018
The Pascoag Fire Department responded to a call for a fire at home on Staghead Drive Sunday night. The call came in at 7:25 p.m. The Chief for the Pascoag Fire Department tells NBC10 the homeowners were home at the time of the fire. Officials say when crews arrived to the scene, smoke was shooting from the rear endÃâà...
The Providence Journal
March 8, 2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Once again Burrillville, in the northwest corner of the state, appears to have won the snow sweepstakes in the nor'easter that swept through the region Wednesday into Thursday. Burrillville had 13 inches of snow as of 5:45 a.m., according to information on the National WeatherÃâà...
Turn to 10
March 7, 2018
Burrillville getting whacked with snow. by CRYSTAL BUI, NBC 10 NEWS. A nor'easter hit Southern New England Wednesday, March 7, 2018, marking the second storm in less than a week. (WJAR). AA. BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (WJAR) —. A nor'easter hit Southern New England Wednesday, marking the second storm in lessÃâà...
GoLocalProv
March 3, 2018
There is an ongoing debate about whether to build a $700 million natural-gas-fired power plant in Burrillville. Both sides have reasonable arguments, but ultimately, Rhode Island should invest in renewable or green energy instead of alternative energy such as a gas-fired power plant as a means to reduceÃâà...
The Providence Journal
February 19, 2018
BURRILLVILLE, R.I. — About 250 firefighters paid their respects to fallen Pascoag Fire Lt. Richard Jenks, 72, who died Wednesday while fighting a log house chimney fire deep in the woods near the Massachusetts line. Hundreds of people passed through the Boucher Funeral Home on Sayles AvenueÃâà...
WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
February 16, 2018
BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (WPRI) — A long time volunteer firefighter who died in the line of duty this week will soon be laid to rest. Bunting still hangs over the Pascoag fire department as the community mourns the loss of Lt. Richard Jenks. Earlier Sunday night, hundreds of community members and those in fireÃâà...
The Providence Journal
February 15, 2018
BURRILLVILLE — A 72-year-old volunteer firefighter died Wednesday morning after he was stricken while firefighters battled a chimney fire at a log cabin home deep in the woods near the Massachusetts border. The cause of Pascoag fire Lt. Richard Jenks' death was not known, but Jenks tripped and fellÃâà...
Fall River Herald News
February 12, 2018
On Jan. 10 The Herald News posted a video online of a protest in front of the City Hall concerning a proposed gas powered electric generation facility in Burrillville called the Clear River Energy Center. Several articles in the Providence Journal indicate that the project is mired in controversy, delayed byÃâà...
ecoRI news
February 11, 2018
As expected, half of the power output from the proposed Burrillville, R.I., fossil-fuel power plant was excluded from the recent power-purchase auction held by the operator of the New England power grid, ISO New England. The auction results were anticipated because ISO New England told Invenergy, theÃâà...
The Providence Journal
February 3, 2018
Burrillville High, The Prout School, and The Fellowship from Scituate win the state competition. WARWICK — Three Rhode Island teams are going to Pennsylvania in March for the regional championships of a national robotics competition. The teams from Burrillville High School and The Prout School,Ãâà...
The Providence Journal
February 1, 2018
To become a reality, the proposed natural-gas-fired power plant in Burrillville must be reviewed by more than a dozen boards and agencies. Not among them is Rhode Island's attorney general, but that hasn't stopped him from joining a chorus of opponents who seem to think that New England's highÃâà...
The Providence Journal
February 1, 2018
BURRILLVILLE, R.I. — In 1898, the new owners of the Oakland Worsted Company built the Oakland Recreation Hall for their workers. It had a store, a dance hall, billiard and reading rooms, a locker room, and a barbershop. The locker room was “used by athletic teams that played across the street on anÃâà...
The Providence Journal
January 30, 2018
Company filed a $9.1-million letter of credit with utility National Grid for the power plant's interconnection to the electric grid. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Invenergy is committed to following through on its $1-billion proposal to build a fossil fuel-burning power plant in Burrillville after recent developments at theÃâà...
Uprise RI (blog)
December 31, 1999
The people of Burrillville have been leading the effort to stop the construction of Invenergy's planned $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the pristine forests of northwest Rhode Island. The approval of the plant has been before the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) forÃâà...
Turn to 10
December 31, 1999
For Christians during Lent, Friday traditionally means no eating meat. In its place, many choose fish. But the scramble to sell fish dinners in Burrillville is ruffling some feathers. The controversy all started when one Burrillville Town Council member said the fish fry fundraiser at St. Theresa Church is eating into the bottom lineÃâà...
