Pascoag News

A 17-year-old senior at Burrillville High School died Saturday afternoon after losing control of his car on Route 102, according to the police.

At 1:00AM Wednesday, Burrillville Police responded to a motor vehicle crash on Buck Hill Road just North of Wakefield Pond Road.

Three people were injured early Wednesday morning when the operator of a car driving on Buck Hill Road lost control of the vehicle while rounding a curve and it crashed into a tree.

A surprising thing happened at the state Public Utilities Commission the other day.

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Bristol: The Bristol Veterans Council will have a wreath-laying ceremony at the War Memorial Garden at the Burnside Building on Hope Street at 8:30 a.m. along with the playing of taps.

A Rhode Island man who claimed he was car-jacked was arrested Wednesday night. According to the North Smithfield Police Department, Seth Desjarlais, 27, of Pascoag, is facing charges that he falsely reported that he was the victim of a car jacking on Pound Hill Road.

A vehicle that was carjacked on a rural highway off-ramp Tuesday night has not been located, according to the North Smithfield police.

Bruce Lapierre of Pascoag, R.I., was sentenced to 51 months in prison today for tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service announced.

The first Mini Stock event in the history of Stafford Motor Speedway delivered a dramatic and fairly controversial finish.

Animal control officers are investigating how a cat landed high up in a tree in the village of Pascoag, caught, severely injured, in a type of steel trap that has been banned in Rhode Island since 1977.

The 2nd Annual Rhode Island Energy Expo will be held at the Warwick Mall this Saturday, Sept.

Two teenagers have been charged by police after they took weapons from one of the teen's father's gun safe and fired shots in Pascoag, a village in Burrillville, Tuesday night.

It seemed like an ordinary summer day at the town-owned Spring Lake Recreation Area on Monday, children playing in the water or running up to concession windows for ice cream.

For an electricity supplier, the Pascoag Utility District goes to some unusual lengths to discourage energy use.

Drivers on Friday once again had few problems negotiating the new stretch of Route 195, according to a state transportation spokesman, as traffic appeared unaffected by a day of wet weather.

A 20-year-old Pascoag driver faces charges after allegedly striking a child who had just gotten off a school bus and leaving the scene of the accident, the police said.