©2014 Breeze PuBlications inc.
Fall Fairs and bazaars
Check out our listing of local
seasonal sales and events.
LIVING
Serving Smithfield, Scituate, Foster and Glocester
Observer
the VaLLey breeze &
FREE
valleybreeze.com
@
OCTOBER 23-30, 2014
Valley Breeze & oBserVer Photo By charles lawrence
At the Antique, Collectibles and Craft Show on the grounds of the Smith-Appleby House in Smithfield on
Sunday, Deborah Cote, of Burrillville, president of the Historical Society of Smithfield, shows her collec-
tion of hats, some dating back to the 1850s. The hat she is wearing dates from the 1940s and has a Cherry
and Webb label. See more photos on page 26.
by DeNISe PerreaULt
Valley Breeze & observer
correspondent
SCITUATE – Hope Mill,
once the state's oldest con-
tinuously operating textile
mill, could be converted into
apartments in the near future if
ongoing negotiations between
the Town Council and a poten-
tial developer are successful.
Attorney Peter Furness
with the Providence law
firm of Boyajian, Harrington
Richardson & Furness, the
court-appointed receiver in
control of the Hope Mill, con-
firmed that negotiations are
taking place with the goal of
converting the structure in the
southern part of town into as
many as 200 apartments.
The talks have taken place
before or after Town Council
meetings, behind closed doors
in accord with the state's
Open Meetings Act. The mill's
see hoPe, Page 23
by MeLaNIe thIbeaULt
Valley Breeze staff writer
melanie@valleybreeze.com
SMITHFIELD – The
Smithfield Republican Town
Committee this week is call-
ing Democratic Town Council
candidate Richard Nicholson
a "deadbeat" for chronic tardi-
ness with his tax bill.
But Nicholson, an attorney,
contends his real estate taxes
are current and their claims are
out of line.
"Their demand that I pay my
taxes is erroneous," Nicholson
said. "I pay my real estate
taxes lump sum every year for
tax purposes. I've been paying
them historically and faithfully
100 percent."
Nicholson owns a
4,000-square-foot, four bed-
room, four bathroom home on
Clark Road with an inground
pool on a 10-acre lot, that he
built in 2004.
In a press release this week,
Republican Town Committee
spokesman Sean Clough said
that public documents have
revealed that Nicholson has
habitually failed to timely
pay his residential property
taxes on his $750,000 home
in Smithfield "each and every
year."
Clough added, "Only upon
receiving a letter of an impend-
ing tax sale from the town has
he finally paid his fair share to
Smithfield GOP calls out Nicholson on chronic tardiness with property tax bill
see NIChoLSoN, Page 18
local Haunts
Paranormal investigator's new book
highlights Foster haunted mill.
LIVING
Like us on Follow us on
(401)949-0180
www.andersonwinfield.net
Watch out for all the
Goblins on Halloween
DRIVE SAFELY
NORTH
PROVIDENCE
6 54-410 0
1818 M ineral Spring Ave.
Sun. - Thurs., 11AM - 12AM ; Fri. & Sat. 11AM - 1AM
SM ITHFIELD/
GREENVILLE
2 33-8 96 6
375 Putnam Pike
$
7
99
CARRYOUT
ONLY
RYAN'S APPLIANCE RYAN'S APPLIANCE
REPAIR REPAIR
"When your appliance is dyin,
just call Ryan!"
401-710-7096
Available
Nights & Weekends
Senior Discount
Hope Mill in
Scituate could
house 200 new
apartments
Hats off to history
