I didn't know you could buy shampoo anywhere else. My kids, when they were growing up, their biggest complaint was that there was not a mall you could get to in five minutes. The nearest shopping mall, in Lincoln, is about 20 minutes away. From a parent's point of view, it's great, because their activities center around the school and the church. In the summertime, families walk to get ice cream.
People are willing to keep an eye on things for each other.
This year's community activities began on New Year's Day with a bell-ringing service on the Common and a free showing of the Burrillville Millennium Historical Video at the Assembly Theater. The summer brings three free concerts and three-hour excursions on the Burrillville Millennium Trolley and the Blackstone Valley Explorer. Harrisville residents also get reduced rates at the nearby Glendale Spring Lake beach facility, which has a penny arcade, a restaurant, an ice cream shop, a camping building and restrooms with outdoor heated showers. Few distractions Just over the bridge from the center of the village is the state-maintained Harrisville Fishing area, and behind the domed gymnasium of Burrillville High School on Route 107 is the Burrillville Hockey Rink. It's colder here than the rest of the state and the ponds freeze faster.