The Barre Finance Committee adopted the town's first written finance policy and approved a fiscal 2028 budget calendar at its October 27 meeting. Chair Zachary Macutkiewicz was reelected unanimously, and Don Markowski was elected the committee's clerk.
The Barre, Massachusetts, obituary notices column for this week lists one entry: Goddu, Dennis, age 80, of Barre, who died on Friday, October 23, 2026. Arrangements are being handled by Pillsbury Funeral Home, Inc., in Barre, the lead funeral home for this report.
The Barre Select Board approved a $789.60 biweekly stipend for the deputy fire chief covering an absent chief and hired a new probationary firefighter at $26 an hour.
One Barre obituary notice published this week: Summers-McGuinness, Tai, 79, of Barre, who died October 4, 2026, at Heywood Hospital in Gardner.
Barre's Select Board heard that the DPW's entire $57,000 annual repair budget had shrunk to about $19,000 within three months.
This week's obituary notices carry one Barre-connection death: Dawson, Leroy (Len) Lendon, who was born and raised in Barre and attended Barre High School, where his father served as principal and where he played varsity basketball, before attending the University of Illinois on an NROT…
Barre Select Board declines to vote on a Williamsville Road truck weight petition, points to costly state study.
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