FridayPosted Jan 6, 2017 at 8:00 PM

By Christine Dunn Journal Staff Writer

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A beach house in Charlestown was sold Dec. 29 for $2.75 million, according toLila Delman Real Estate International. It was one of the top five sales inCharlestown in 2016, the agency said.

The 2,284-square-foot house, built in 1997 at 165 Surfside Ave. in the CentralBeach section of Quonochontaug, had been owned for many years by U.S.District Judge John J. McConnell Jr., and his wife, Sara McConnell, according toCharlestown records. Online deed records identify the buyer as John C. DiIorio,of Pomfret Center, Connecticut.

The house had been listed recently for $2.95 million by Raymond Mott of Mott& Chace Sotheby's International Realty. Nicole Maine, of the Delman agency'sNarragansett office, represented the buyer.

In October, a house at 179 Surfside Ave. sold for $3.8 million after just 18 dayson the market. In November 2015, 159 Surfside Ave. sold for $4 million.

Biggest sale in Cranston

A house at 225 Marjoram Drive in Cranston's Pine Ridge/Alpine Estatesneighborhood, which sold Dec. 12 for $710,000, was the biggest sale in Cranstonfor 2016, according to listing agents Gina and Tom Howarth, of RE/MAX 1stChoice in Cranston.

R.I. real estate notes: Charlestown house sells for$2.75M

The selling agent was Manny Menezes of RE/MAX Elite in Seekonk. The five-bedroom house was built in 2007 and has 4,153 square feet of living space,according to the listing information.

Volunteers sought for homeless count

The Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless needs volunteers to help with theannual Point-in-Time Count required by the U.S. Department of Housing andUrban Development.

This year's PIT Count will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 7 to 10 p.m. The PITCount is spearheaded by the Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project, R.I.Coalition for the Homeless and other members of the Statewide OutreachCommittee. Volunteers will be trained and will accompany a team going out thenight of the count. No prior experience is needed, just a commitment to helpingthose who are experiencing homelessness.

For those interested in helping out there are two upcoming training sessions tolearn all about the PIT. Volunteers only need attend one of the sessions. The firstwill be held Tuesday, Jan. 17, 9 to 10 a.m. and the second is Thursday, Jan. 19, 5to 6 p.m. The sessions will he held in Pawtucket at the R.I. Coalition for theHomeless office at 1070 Main St., third floor conference room. For moreinformation, please go to info@rihomeless.org or call (401) 721-5685.

PPS annual meeting set for Jan. 25

The Providence Preservation Society will hold its 2017 annual meetingWednesday, Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Wheeler School's Isenberg Auditorium inthe new Gilder Center for the Arts, 224 Angell St., Providence.

The meeting will feature a keynote address on "radical preservation" byrenowned architects Amale Andraos and Dan Wood. Andraos, the dean ofColumbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning andPreservation, and Wood, FAIA, LEED AP, are the principals at WORKac, inNew York, where they lead international design projects.

During the meeting, PPS will also unveil its 2017 Most Endangered Propertiesadvocacy list and present Preservation Awards to recognize recent projects,people and initiatives that align with its mission to improve Providence.

The program is free and open to all. Advance registration is required. There willbe a light reception following the program.