Woonsocket Radio News Room

Town of North Smithfield 

February 16th, 2018 Edition

          
 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 

 

What's Happening in North Smithfield
 

 
 

 
 

 

TOWN NEWS
 

 

 


 

 

Message from Town Administrator

Gary Ezovski

 

 

 North Smithfield was proudly represented by John Wojcik (third row on the left) at the state house recently when Rhode Island was recognized by the National Weather Service as the first state to have every community established as storm ready as advocated by the NWS.  This achievement recognizes once again the cooperative working relationship between our volunteers and our full time personnel.  Great things happen when we work together!  Congratulations and thanks John, Peter Branconnier, and all who are North Smithfield's Emergency Management Agency for making us "Storm Ready," and for all your other efforts to maintain the safety net we need for so many disaster possibilities. 
 

 

 Town Hall & Town Annex offices will be closed on Monday, February 19th in observance of Presidents' Day.  This IS NOT a trash holiday.  Regular collections will take place.  
 

 

North Smithfield Recycling -- We Now Have an App for That.

 

In an effort to put trash & recycling collection schedules at your fingertips, North Smithfield Recycling has paired with Recycle Coach to offer a free web and mobile app easily added to smartphones or tablets.  Now residents can see the Recycle Department calendar, details of our collection programs, and learn how to become a better recycler quickly and easily anytime they want this information.

 

The calendar feature displays trash collection days for your specific address and will even update for trash holiday weeks.  This feature will also display our Recycle Center hours, our curbside yard waste season, white goods Saturday dates, and Eco-Depot and other events.  

 

And to make things even easier, you can have Recycle Coach send you reminders.   Get an email or text message for upcoming events or special collections.  It couldn't be simpler.

 

"We hope with easy information and reminders sent to your phone or directly through emails, residents will understand all the recycling programs we offer and take advantage of them.  More recycling participation means more recycling in NS, and less trash being landfilled from our community.  It's a win all around," explains Donna Kaehler, recycling coordinator. 

The Recycle Coach app is free to download and available from ITunes Store and Google Play. Click here for the web app that is linked on the Town of North Smithfield website. For more information, call 767-2200 x345.
 

 

The Town of North Smithfield Zoning Board of Review is seeking a member to sit as "2nd Alternate."

 

This is a volunteer position with no compensation.  Candidates for this position must live in the Town and be able to access and interpret the Zoning Ordinance. 

 

Board meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month provided there are cases to hear.

 

Interested parties please contact:

Kerry Anderson

Building Official

401-767-2200 ext 311

 
 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS
 

 


 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 

Upcoming Meetings
 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

Town Council Meeting

Tuesday, February 20th  @ 6:45 pm

North Smithfield Middle School

1850 Providence Pike

North Smithfield, RI  02876

 

 

Sewer Commission Meeting

Wednesday, February 21st @ 7:00 pm

Primrose Fire Station

1470 Providence Pike

North Smithfield, RI  02876

 

PumpkinFest Committee Meeting

Wednesday, February 21st @ 6:00  PM

R & R Machine Industries

147 Industrial Drive

North Smithfield, RI  02896

 

 

Budget Committee Meeting

Thursday, February 22nd @ 6:00 PM

Town Hall Conference Room

1 Main Street

Slatersville, RI  02876

 

 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

Town of North Smithfield, One Main Street, P.O. Box 248, Slatersville, RI 02876
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 

The New York trial of former President Donald Trump is set to resume today with the judge deciding if Trump has violated his gag order. Prosecutors want him fined three-thousand bucks. Trump supporters say it's unconstitutional that Trump is limited to what he can talk about, while everyone else is allowed to speak freely about the case.       Former President Trump says his criminal case boils down to a "legal expense" and is only meant to keep him off the campaign trail. After the trial adjourned Monday, Trump told reporters all of his cases are coming out of the White House to influence the election.       The Supreme Court will hear arguments in two big cases today. The first involves a man from El Salvador who was denied a visa to be with his wife, an American citizen, in the U.S. He eventually learned he was rejected because an official saw his tattoos and suspected he might have a criminal background. He doesn't, but the decision to keep him out has held. The other case involves whether the National Labor Relations Board can order employers to rehire workers they say were fired without just cause.       An Australian court is ordering Elon Musk's social media company X to block all users from seeing violent footage of a Sydney church stabbing. The video in question shows a 16-year-old suspect yelling in Arabic and referring to insults made against "the Prophet" before stabbing members of the clergy last week. X had blocked the video for users with Australian IP addresses but the court said that didn't go far enough.       The owner of the New England Patriots is pulling his donations to Columbia University as pro-Palestinian protests continue. Robert Kraft issued a statement through his organization, the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, saying he's "no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff."       Women in the hospital are less likely to die if they're treated by female doctors. That's according to a new study that also found they were less likely to be readmitted to the hospital. The study, published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found that among women 65 and older, eight-point-15 percent treated by women died within 30 days, compared with eight-point-38 percent treated by males.        

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