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In July 2007, I was on summer break from college when a torrential rain hit my hometown of Barre. The north end of the city, where my grandparents had owned a convenience store for decades, was underwater. Sixteen years later almost to the day, this summer's devastating flood brought me back to that very same spot, where my personal and professional lives collided in ways I'd never experienced.

Flannel Friday!

Loyal customer Beth Campo, of Barre, cleans items Wednesday behind Nelson Ace Hardware in downtown Barre. The store’s basement was badly flooded but the main floor’s retail space remains open

Mike Stridsberg had pumped close to seven feet of floodwater out of the basement of his Berlin home last Wednesday when he realized he needed...

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