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Select Board meets tonight at Henry Woods Building
The Select Board meets at 9 p.m. in the Selectmen Meeting Room on the first floor of the Henry Woods Building, 40 West Street.
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Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of October 12, 2026 through October 18, 2026
One Barre obituary notice published this week: Summers-McGuinness, Tai, 79, of Barre, who died October 4, 2026, at Heywood Hospital in Gardner.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Reviews DPW's Shrinking Repair Budget
Barre's Select Board heard that the DPW's entire $57,000 annual repair budget had shrunk to about $19,000 within three months.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of October 5, 2026 through October 11, 2026
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…
Morning Brief
Nine Barre Property Sales Recorded in September, Only One Price Confirmed So Far
Nine property transfers were recorded in Barre from Sept. 11 to Oct. 10, but Worcester County's registry has posted a sale price for only one so far: $875,000, recorded Sept. 18 with sellers Kassandra Harwood and Jennifer LaFoe and buyers Jordan and Chelsea Willis. The other eight sales, on Loring
Morning Brief
Select Board ends Flock camera contract
Barre's Select Board moves to end its Flock license-plate camera contract over privacy concerns. From our own coverage: Select Board severs Flock camera contract; Select Board debates truck limits on Williamsville Road. Also in today's brief (6 items): Library launches Barre Purple Hear…
Government · Select Board
Select Board weighs truck limits on Williamsville Road
Barre Select Board declines to vote on a Williamsville Road truck weight petition, points to costly state study.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 28, 2026 through October 4, 2026
This week's Barre obituary notices column carries one notice: Walker, Joel R., of Barre, Massachusetts, age 67, who died September 27, 2026. Funeral arrangements are under the care of Pillsbury Funeral Home in Brookfield, Massachusetts, with the full obituary posted via Echovita. No oth…
Morning Brief
Only Two Of Ten Barre Deeds Carry Recorded Sale Prices So Far This Period
Worcester County recorded 10 property deeds in Barre between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3, but only two carried a sale price by report time: $30,000 and $141,300, for a midpoint of $85,650. The top recorded sale was 145 Old Coldbrook Rd. at $141,300, sold to Drew Mortgage Associates Inc. and Mortgage
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 21, 2026 through September 27, 2026
One Barre-resident obituary published this week: Phillips, Jerry Raymond ("Cubbie"), 79, formerly of Barre, Medway, and Leicester, Massachusetts, who died August 27, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee, on his 79th birthday. The notice was posted by Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home - Nashville …