February 28, 2025

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2025 Town of North Smithfield Collection Schedule

2025 Collection Calendar

The Town of North Smithfield has a position available for an Administrative Assistant – Town Administrator’s Office

Please click the links below for the position description and notice on the Towns Website.

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Town Website

Position Description

The North Smithfield Zoning Board is seeking a Zoning Board Secretary. Please click the link below to view more details.

Description & Qualifications

2025 Snow Plow Contest Winner!

Winner:

Charlotte McDonough (Kraus)

“Scoop Dogg”

Runner up:

“Blizzard of Oz” by Emmy Lanoie (Fraioli)

Business Guide

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Important Payment Information

If you are paying your real estate, sewer, or water bills through your bank using Bill Pay, DO NOT send the payment to the lockbox Boston address that is listed on your bill. This will significantly delay your payment because the lockbox will reject the payment and forward it to our office because no payment stub is included.

Instead, you will need to create a new vender account using 83 Greene Street, North Smithfield, RI 02896 address. Please allow at least 10 business days for the bank to process your payment. We do not accept EFT and they will need to issue a paper check and mail it to us.

New Update as of February 4th!

For more information on

North Smithfield Water Department’s

ongoing water tank project,

visit our website:

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Visit firstmillvillage.com to learn all about the Emmy award-winning series Slatersville: America's First Mill Village.

Season One of SLATERSVILLE and 3 new Episodes for Season Two are now streaming on Tubi!! The channel is FREE.

View on TUBI

North Smithfield Library, Click Here!

Town of North Smithfield

Recycling Center

281 Quaker Highway

Saturdays 8 am - 2 pm

The Recycling Center will no longer be open on Wednesdays after November 6th.

If you need any assistance, please contact us at

(401)767-2200 ext. 348

or email

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Recycling Weeks in March

Week of the 3rd

Week of the17th

Week of the 31st

Please click on the link to view the Recycling Collection Schedule

Collection Schedule

Click here for the Heritage Association Newsletter

North Smithfield Food Pantry

February

Food Pantry pick-up dates:

Tuesday, February 18th & 25th @ 5:30pm

Saturday, February 15th & 22nd @ 10:00am

The Food Pantry is for North Smithfield residents.

You must have a photo ID and a bill that confirms your North Smithfield address. You can attend the Food Pantry all four times it is open per month.

Please remember to bring your own bags!

The Pantry is located at the

Slatersville Congregational Church

UCC on the Common.

Questions? Call 401-678-0356

For the month of February please donate:

spaghetti sauce, canned fruit, canned pasta

Senior Services / Aging Well Inc.

March Menu

Activity Calendar

Are you interested in what the Blackstone Valley Prevention Coalition has to offer? Click on the button below to be redirected to their website.

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About Us

Our affiliate obtained official status in December, 1995 in the West Bay area, and we expanded into the northern Rhode Island area in 2000. During that time, we have provided homes for 17 families, entirely through volunteer efforts. Communities served by our affiliate are Burrillville, Coventry, Cranston, Cumberland, East Greenwich, Foster, Glocester, Johnston, Lincoln, North Scituate, Smithfield, Warwick, West Greenwich, West Warwick and Woonsocket.

Visit our website

Asset Management Meeting

575 Smithfield Road

Monday, March 3, 2025 @ 6:30 P.M.

Agenda

Town Council Meeting

1850 Providence Pike

Monday, March 3, 2025 @ 6:45 P.M.

Agenda

Parks & Recreation Meeting

83 Greene Street

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 @ 6:00 P.M.

Budget Committee Meeting

83 Greene Street; 2nd FL

Thursday, March 6, 2025 @ 6:00 P.M.

Halliwell Multi-Generational Building Meeting

83 Greene Street

Thursday, March 6, 2025 @ 6:45 P.M.

Agendas and Documents related to the Town Council Meetings will be posted on ClerkBase on the day of the meeting at 10am. Please click here to view

You can access the agendas to these meetings on the Secretary of State Website 48 hours before each meeting by clicking here

Live Streaming Open Meetings

LIVESTREAMING OPEN MEETINGS

A. Livestreaming for Town Council, Halliwell Multi-Generational Building Committee, Zoning Board and Planning Board: The Town will provide livestreaming for the open meetings of the Town Council, Halliwell Multi-Generational Building Committee, Zoning Board of Review, and Planning Board whenever feasible via YouTube, Zoom, or some other technology. If technical difficulties occur during the livestream of an open meeting, the open meeting will continue to proceed as scheduled without livestreaming. (Livestreaming increases public access to public meetings in addition to the right of the public to attend open meetings in person.)

B. Public must be physically present to participate. Members of the public, applicants, petitioners, expert s, etc. who want to participate in an open meeting in any fashion must be physically present at the meeting. Members of the public, applicants, petitioners, experts, etc. will not be allowed to participate in an open meeting remotely by offering comment, testimony, or other remarks. through virtual means.

C. No other Board, Commission, or Committee will be livestreamed: Except as specified above, the Town will not provide livestreaming for any other Board, Commission or Committee.

D. Technical Difficulties: If technical difficulties occur during any livestream, the open meeting will continue to proceed as scheduled.

E. Meetings of the Town Council, Halliwell Multi-Generational Building Committee, Zoning Board and Planning Board will be livestreamed on the Town' s YouTube page, North Smithfield Town Meetings. https:/ / www.youtube.com/ channel l/ UCFgwSKxL950ZgZ DKz8B-MQ

Archived Meetings

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