Smithfield News

To see more information on the properties listed below, visit the Rhode Island Living website and enter the MLS number in the search box.

The Town Council is moving forward with a proposal by Brian Bucci and Wind Energy Development LLC to erect a wind turbine at the Dowling Village development in North Smithfield.

Nicholas Swearer, the artist who helped students craft the clipper ship mascot at Cumberland High School some 30 years ago, told The Valley Breeze this week that he's willing to offer words of advice as plans for restoration of the sculpture move forward.

Hasan Alsawaf and Amjad Kinjawi have been worrying a lot these days about the events in Syria, fearing that if the world does nothing the land of their birth will be soaked in blood.

The Rhode Island Lottery Commission announced Monday, Feb. 6, that a player won $40,000 playing Mega Millions for Friday, Feb, 3, night's drawing.

Attorney General Peter Kilmartin announced this week that Ramiro Morales, 39, with a last known address of 25 Lapre Road, North Smithfield, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of first degree child molestation before Superior Court Justice Edward Clifton.

Friday night blights struck the local high school hockey lads last weekend with Scituate managing a split in three back-to-back games and Smithfield and Ponaganset coming up short.

For the second time in his relatively short political career, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras has shifted Congressional Districts during the redistricting process, GoLocalProv has learned.

Ground was broken last week on the 38-unit affordable housing project, Marshfield Commons on Mechanic Street, a project of NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley.

The annual municipal audit shows that while many other Rhode Island communities are struggling with financial difficulties, Smithfield's cumulative fund balance crept past the $15-million mark as of the fiscal year that ended last June 30.

A group of 20 local business owners and representatives of nonprofit agencies gathered on Jan.

The 48-year-old man who was driving when his 21-year-old female passenger jumped out of the car onto I-95 over the weekend is the owner of Pearl Restaurant & Lounge, a Charles Street nightspot known for hosting various political fundraisers.

Forty-eight-year-old Joseph Aloisio of 3 Kiki Circle, Cranston, has been charged with driving under the influence and refusing a chemical test after a 21-year-old woman riding in his car jumped out on Route 95 and was killed.

State funding for higher education has declined because of a slow recovery from the recession and the end of federal stimulus money, according to a study released Monday.

State funding for higher education has declined because of a slow recovery from the recession and the end of federal stimulus money, according to a study released Monday.

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island- Awakening Conference registration is now open to the three day event which will feature speakers including Rich Jr.

Valley Breeze photo by Elise Manahan Snow covers Stump Pond in Smithfield after the first wave of snow fell Thursday night.

A Providence woman is to be arraigned Thursday on charges she and another woman stole baby formula for resale, the police said.

State Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr, a Democrat serving Smithfield and North Smithfield, wants Rhode Island to re-establish the death penalty it first abolished 160 years ago, and has introduced two bills to make that happen.