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SCITUATE, R.I. (WPRI) — The historic Hope Mill in Scituate will soon be torn down after it was deemed unsafe, 12 News has learned. The long-vacant mill, which officially shut down in 2006, and ...
A vacant mill in Scituate could become home to hundreds of people.The Scituate Zoning Board gathered Wednesday night to discuss whether to allow the mill to be converted into a residential ...
SCITUATE, R.I. (WPRI) — The historic Hope Mill’s future remains up in the air, nearly a year after the dilapidated building was deemed unsafe. The long-vacant mill, which officially shut down ...
SCITUATE, R.I. (WPRI) — The potential rehabilitation of a dilapidated mill in the Hope section of Scituate is causing quite a stir. After shutting down in 2006, the historic Hope Mill has slowly ...
Scituate's planning board approved a plan to develop an old mill complex in the village of Hope, sending the proposal to the full Town Council. About 100 residents attended a meeting Wednesday night.
Fresh-cut hay. Sacks of oats mixed with molasses. Sawdust and pine wood shavings. Those are the smells that have greeted visitors to the Fitts Mill in Scituate’s Greenbush neighborhood for 100 ...
In 1906, the Clayville mills were sold to the Joslin Manufacturing Co., which also operated other textile mills in Scituate and Providence. “In 1916 all of the Joslin mills at Clayville, ...
The mill is one of nine historical sites in Scituate entrusted to the society, including Lawson Tower, the Scituate Lighthouse and the Maritime Irish Mossing Museum off the Driftway.