Barre cops nab drug suspects driving stolen car - Times Argus
When you’re driving around in a stolen car with heroin socked away in your hat and your pockets, you don’t want to get pulled over by the cops.
Read moreUnused Barre ice rink costs $6000/week - shut it down? - Times Argus
The Barre ice rink has been unused for a month, since a hockey-related outbreak. Will the Winter of 2021 be The Year of No Ice?
Read moreBarre goes remote learning until January - The Bridge
Barre - an epicenter of the Washington County Covid outbreak - suspended in-person learning Nov. 11 and will remain so until into the new year.
Read moreThe Whole Story: Barre Justice of Peace claims lax standards on absentee ballot envelope info
As courts across the country grapple with allegations of electoral fraud, there are irregularities during ballot processing right here in our small hometown in Vermont. It may be a nothing burger to the throngs of Bernie worshippers I’m surrounded by, but further evidence nonetheless that election “fraud” is a very real problem. So how much is too much? That’s the question we should all ask ourselves.
Read moreBlack Lives Matter, then Blue Lives Matter flags to fly over Barre - Vermont Daily
In December, the Black Lives Matter flag will fly over Barre’s City Hall Park. In January, it will be replaced by the Blue Lives Matter flag - a compromise reached by the Barre City Council Tuesday night after contentious discussion.
Read moreBarre native experienced racism for first time when Army sent him to Texas - Valley Reporter
U.S. Army veteran Leo Laferriere of Waitsfield remembers seeing virulent racism up close and personal for the first time in the Deep South.
Read moreGun show or no gun show? Covid policies weighed - Times Argus
At least one Barre city councilor worries that an upcoming gun show at the Aud could be a super-spreader.
Read moreBarre man who threatened to burn down Hispanic neighbors’ home released with ‘time served’ - VT Digger
A man being held for the first-ever federal hate crime charge in Vermont was sentenced and released with “credit for time served.”
Read moreThe Whole Story: The Peace President and Capt. Kirk - why I rallied for Trump last week
Last Friday I donned my Trump hat, dug out a Trump-Pence sign from the closet, and joined about 20 people rallying in Barre City Hall Park from 4-7 pm. Standing in front of the iconic Naked, Kneeling Soldier statue, I waved our American flag while my wife waved her Trump-Pence sign, and we both waved and smiled at the many people who honked in support and even at the (surprisingly few) who indicated their disapproval.