Posts Tagged ‘Burrillville’
Outdoors in RI: Christmas Trees for Trout – First Day Hikes – Archery Deer Season
Photo, top: RIDEM Turn Your Christmas Tree into Fish Habitat Spruce up wildlife habitat this holiday season! For the eighth year, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Chapter of Trout Unlimited (TU) team up for “Trees for Trout,” recycling donated conifer trees to restore habitat for wild brook trout and…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Trout season up next, know the rules. Sweet’s Hill conserved. Pooch beach ban.
Photo, top: Charlie Chupko reeled in his first trout last year – a golden rainbow trout that anglers have an opportunity to catch to earn a golden trout pin! 60,000 fish stocked in over 100 waterbodies Opening Day of trout season is set for Saturday, April 12, and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management…
Read MoreSports in RI: Burrillville High School’s QB, Logan Gelinas – John Cardullo
by John Cardullo, sportswriter Photos: Trish Hebert & Bob Gelinas Burrillville’s Logan Gelinas is wrapping up a great high school career as a three-sport athlete and looking ahead to the future. It didn’t seem all that long ago that the record-setting Burrillville HS quarterback, Logan Gelinas, would go outside and play with his friends. Living…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Wolves, Deer, Marine pump-outs, conserving Burrillville, 2A Firearm bans in Canada
Wolf protection lessened in Europe to better manage population The European Union will adapt the protection status of the wolf from ‘strictly protected’ to ‘protected’ effective March of 2025. This change will give additional flexibility to “Member States” in managing their local wolf populations. At the same time, as the wolf will remain a protected…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Wright’s Farm Restaurant awards 9th annual George P. Ducharme Scholarships
$10,000 in total scholarships presented in former school principal’s honor Wright’s Farm Restaurant, located at 84 Inman Road in Burrillville, Rhode Island, is pleased to announce the winners of its 9th annual George P. Ducharme Scholarship Program. Jenna Forrest and Emilia Ferraro, graduating seniors of Burrillville High School (BHS), each received a $5,000 scholarship to…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Solitude at Buck Hill, Seven Cedars Easter, hunt dogs, 2A in RI and US – Jeff Gross
by Jeff Gross, contributing writer Peace and solitude Buck Hill Management area is a little used forest area in the northwest corner of Rhode Island, in the town of Burrillville. The area is home to the Tri-State marker. This writer went for a hike there on Easter with his best friend Abby, and was pleasantly…
Read MoreHomeless in RI – 10 families can soon move into Zambarano cottages in Burrillville
By: Christopher Shea – Rhode Island Current Photo, top: One of the cottages on the campus of the Zambarano unit of Eleanor Slater Hospital the state hopes to repurpose into a temporary shelter for unhoused families. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current) Johnston nonprofit to provide services during nine-month lease approved Tuesday A temporary homeless…
Read MoreRI Veterans: Did you know? 8-09-22 (VSOs, Voting, Navy honors…) – John A. Cianci
by John A. Cianci, Department Veterans Service Officer, Italian American War Veterans (ITAM) We start off with a question from one of our readers: Q: Looking over last week’s listing of municipalities that grant a veteran tax exemption on property tax I did not see West Warwick on the list? Deb S, West Warwick. A:…
Read MoreMission Complete: RI Veterans collect supplies for Cardi’s Ukraine Aid – John A. Cianci
by John A Cianci, Department Veterans Service Officer, Italian American War Veterans (ITAM) A few days ago, members of Berard-Desjarlais Post 88 started receiving text messages and phones calls from the post Commander Raymond Trinque of another mobilization of post and auxiliary members. “We have another crisis in immediate need of our support and are…
Read MoreBuilding Homes Rhode Island: $31 Million for 23 projects. 600 units in 13 cities, towns.
Governor McKee today announced that the Administration’s Housing Resources Commission has approved nearly $31 million in awards through the Building Homes Rhode Island (BHRI) program to support 23 affordable housing projects. These awards will produce or preserve more than 600 units of affordable housing in 13 cities and towns across Rhode Island. This announcement is…
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