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Welcome to
Smithfield Online
Welcome to
the Town of Smithfield, Rhode Island and our web site.
Our site is updated daily with current information. We
hope you find this web site informative and helpful in
dealing with the Town.
Smithfield is
located in north-central Rhode Island. The Town was founded
in 1730 and is home to approximately 21,000 people,
covering 26.7 square miles. The Town is experiencing
continued growth. Fidelity Investments, the nation’s
largest mutual fund company has located one of two New
England regional centers in Smithfield. We are also the
home to a division of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Navigant
Credit Union, Uvex
Corporation, FGX International (AAi Foster Grant), and many other large and
small companies. A regional shopping mall, The
Crossing at Smithfield, is located at the junction of Putnam Pike
(Rt. 44) and Interstate 295. Additionally,
Smithfield is home to Bryant University, a top
business school.
Since 1994, the town has been administered under the
Council/Manager form of
government. Partisan elections
are held every two years to elect five Town Council
members who select a Council President. The
Town Manager
is appointed by the Smithfield Town Council to serve as
the administrative head of the Town Government. The
Manager appoints all
Department Directors, except the
Town Clerk (Clerk of the Council) and the Town
Solicitor.
The Town is strategically located
within a 50 minute drive of Boston and less than one
hour from Rhode Island’s finest beaches. Smithfield is
also located 15 minutes from Providence and its fine
restaurants, shopping, renovated waterfront and
cultural activities.
Largely combining rural and suburban lifestyles, the
Town is predominately residential, with commercial and
industrial use development along Routes 7, 116 and 44.
Several major roads traverse Smithfield: Interstate 295
runs roughly north-south through the town.
These state roads cross the town in a roughly
southeast-northwest direction – Putnam Pike (Route 44,
Farnum Pike (Route 104) and Douglas Pike (Route 7) –
linking a series of villages: Esmond, Georgiaville,
Stillwater, Spragueville and Greenville, whose
developments date largely from the nineteenth century.
These villages make up much of the town’s civic and
social fabric, steeped in a New England town tradition.
The Town is graced by a series of seven natural and
man-made ponds, which provide recreation and natural
beauty for its citizens. The town retains large
undeveloped, heavily forested lands, including several
active apple orchards and farms. A small state airport,
North Central (SFZ), is set on the northeastern border of the
Town.
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Notices
Smithfield Town Hall
will be closed on Monday,
January 19th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
No Trash
Pickup on Monday,
January 19, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Trash pickup will be
delayed one day the rest of the week.
Get the New 2009 Smithfield Recycling
Calendar
here.
Contains a list trash holidays
and lots of recycling info
High School Female
Self-Defense Course - The
Smithfield Police Department is offering a 5-week,
female self-defense course designed for high school
students.
Classes start
January 29th.
More >>
The Smithfield Lions
Club
will host their annual Family Skating
Party at the Smithfield
Municipal Ice Rink on Saturday,
January 24th from 7 to 9 p.m.
More >>
Library Events are
now available on this web site
from the East
Smithfield Public Library
and the
Greenville Public Library.
Parking
Bans
are automatically in effect whenever snow and ice control operations are
ongoing. Bans are posted
on local television and radio stations. Contact Smithfield DPW
(233-1034) for questions.
The Function Room at the
Smithfield Senior Center is
available to rent for your meeting or special
occasion.
More >>
Smithfield Launches Campaign To Crack Down On Underage
Drinking
Our
message, through “The Party’s Over” Campaign, is that in
order to keep alcohol out of the hands of youth, the
entire community needs to work together to deny
access.”
More >>
The
Town of Smithfield is Seeking Residents
to serve
on the following boards, committees and commissions:
Affordable Housing
Advisory Board.
More>>
See
more notices on the Community Bulletin Board
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