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Town Council reverses course, approves owners’ plan to raze ‘blighted’ Magruder Road house

Summary by Smithfield Times
Smithfield’s Town Council walked back its plans to raze the charred remains of a house on Magruder Road after a lawyer representing the homeowners said their insurance company had released sufficient funds to cover the cost of the demolition. Six months after the Oct. 28 blaze, the Town Council voted 5-2 in May to declare the property “blighted,” which by ordinance allows the town to demolish the remnants and charge the cost as a lien against th…
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Smithfield Times broke the news in on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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