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Bakery Closing

Twinkle, twinkle!

"The community keeps coming together, and that's why we keep coming back."

BARRE — Two just-expired tax stabilization agreements helped provide a gentle jolt to the Grand List in Barre, but it will take a soon-to-start reappraisal — one that won’t conclude

The fortunes of Montpelier always have been at the mercy of the rivers that flow through town.

BARRE — It was business unusual in downtown Barre on Thursday as cleanup from this week’s flooding spilled into its second day and local merchants found themselves in wildly different

Barre City Place by Cody Morrison, Executive Director, Barre Area Development Barre Area Development, Inc. (BADC) turned 60 years old month. Since its founding in 1961, BADC has been involved in many activities that have improved civic pride and the economic, social, and cultural quality of life in Barre Town and Barre City. Made up of a volunteer board of directors and, since 2008, a full-time Executive Director, BADC has collaborated with local stakeholders to be a successful economic develo...

MONTPELIER — When it comes to the tales of central Vermont’s Twin Cities, it is mercifully time for some 2020 hindsight. The dominant story line — the COVID-19 crisis — was the same in Barre as it was in Montpelier for much of the year that’s about to end. If nothing else, the pandemic was the great equalizer — forcing communities to confront common problems in the context of a global public health crisis the likes of which the world hadn’t seen in more than 1...

Dec 30, 2020 NORTHFIELD — Short of decertification as a law enforcement officer, the public may never be told what the outcome is of the Criminal Justice Council’s review of the allegations levied against Northfield Police Chief John Helfant. The town has sent Gov. Phil Scott a letter asking him to intervene after Washington County State’s Attorney Rory Thibault told the Select Board he would not prosecute most cases involving Helfant because of the chief’s credibility issue...