SMITHFIELD — A disabled Vietnam veteran with long roots in the community received a $25,000 settlement and a written apology from the town he holds dear after the superintendent unceremoniously barred him from school grounds — a move that he says prevented him from casting a primary ballot and getting a COVID vaccine at the high school. The Town of Smithfield, its school district and Supt. Judith Paolucci this week reached a $25,000 settlement with 72-year-old Alfred Costantino, a former Navy Seabee who has lived in town for more than 65 years. In reaching the settlement, the parties drafted a joint statement signed by Costantino and Paolucci.