Barre Ma News Today

A tornado warning has been issued for Worcester County Friday.

There is a large, prominent sign on the front porch of a home on the main highway into Barre with the words “F JOE BIDEN.” In small letters the sign claims to be protected speech under the First Amendment. I disagree.Defining appropriate limits on...

ATHOL — The Athol-Orange Eagles Auxiliary will hold a can and bottle drive for the purpose of raising funds to provide college scholarships beginning on Veteran’s Day.The collection will run for three days starting on Friday, Nov. 11 from 11 a.m. to 5...

BARRE — More than 100 artifacts that were pilfered from the bodies of many of the nearly 300 Lakota people slaughtered at the Wounded Knee Massacre 132 years ago are now much closer to their rightful resting places.On Saturday, in a symbolic handover...

BARRE – More than 100 artifacts pilfered from the bodies of many of the nearly 300 Lakota people slaughtered at the Wounded Knee Massacre 132 years ago are now much closer to their rightful resting places. The massacre took place on Dec. 29, 1890,...

BARRE — Just over 130 years ago, on Dec. 29, 1890, troopers belonging to the U.S. 7th Cavalry surrounded several hundred Indigenous people — members of the Lakota Tribe — and opened fire. No one is certain what sparked the fusillade, but when it was...

The U.S. has provided many billions of dollars to support Ukraine’s war against Russia. Most Americans agree with this policy. They desperately need our help.Unfortunately, many victims of hurricane Ian also desperately need help to overcome the...

BARRE — Having reached an agreement with the Oglala Lakota Nation in April to return artifacts that had been taken from the site of the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee, the Barre Museum Association announced this week that the more than 150 artifacts in...

Hunting laws in all U.S. states impose comprehensive mandatory limits on individuals and weapons. These laws dictate when, where, and how guns can be used to shoot animals. Certain weapons, including assault rifles, are banned. Hunters must meet...

BARRE — Shortly after noon Wednesday, Chief Henry Red Cloud of the Lakota indigenous tribe in South Dakota viewed the collection of artifacts taken from the site of the Wounded Knee massacre and now in the possession of the Barre Museum Association —...