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Barre, Massachusetts is located in Worcester County. Zip codes in Barre, MA include 01005. The median home price in Barre is $189,000 which is roughly $110/per square foot. More Barre information.

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Friday May 17 | Patch.com

Senate Releases $34 Billion Budget Proposal

The Massachusetts State Senate Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday released a fiscal year 2014 budget proposal that is just shy of $34 billion and which falls short of several of Gov.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Hardwick residents fear school will be closed

A well-attended Hardwick School Council meeting Wednesday urged Quabbin Regional School Superintendent Maureen M. Marshall to keep the town's elementary school open.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

MWRA says Quabbin water is safe

The water from the Quabbin Reservoir provided to 2.5 million residents is safe, officials from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority said Wednesday, one day after seven people with ties to the Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Singapore were caught trespassing shortly after midnight on the watershed property.

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CBS Local

Mass. Senators Unveil $34B State Budget Proposal

The Senate Ways and Means Committee released a nearly $34 billion state budget proposal Wednesday for the fiscal year starting July 1 - a spending plan significantly less than the plan Gov.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Police say Barre man threatened wife, buried guns

A Barre man is being held without bail after he allegedly threatened to kill his wife, then later led police on Sunday to three guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition he had buried in their backyard.

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Sat May 11, 2013

MassLive.com

Cynthia Simison: Take time for a Sunday drive tractor-style in Cummington

Sunday drivers. Argghhhh. They slow you down. They appear not to know where they're going.

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Sat May 04, 2013

MassLive.com

Palmer, Amherst projects win $500,000 to improve rail lines from...

A passenger train arrives at what use to be the Palmer train station and is now the Palmer Steaming Tender Restaurant on Depot Street in October, for a special trip from New London, Conn., to Brattleboro, Vt.

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Thu May 02, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Saint George Equine Assistance Program boosts horse owners

Caring for a horse can be a significant undertaking when household finances are good, but it can become overwhelming when a family illness or job loss quickly changes the income picture.

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Tue Apr 30, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Barre approves tax hike for school repairs

Voters Tuesday said yes to a tax increase to pay for a $3.1 million renovation at Ruggles Lane elementary school.

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Boston.com

Obama's aunt is granted asylum

President Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, was escorted from the JFK Federal Building to a waiting car after her hearing in February.

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Sat Apr 27, 2013

Go Local

Oakham's Cool Hand Blues Band Delivers Formidable Live Experience

The Cool Hand Blues Band promises an evening of great music and a great time. Photo Courtesy of Michelle Mckeen Oakham's Cool Hand Blues Band is made up of an astounding ten members and to tell each of their stories individually would be an impossible feat in the space allotted.

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Thu Apr 25, 2013

The Recorder

Another - last hurrah' for four - lost' towns of Quabbin

The interior of the brick town hall, decked out with patriotic bunting and black trimmings, was swarming with celebrants and mourners, many finely dressed for what was to be the final evening of the town hall and for the town itself.

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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Millions sought for Ruggles Lane school repairs in Barre

On the April 30 election ballot there is a request to approve a tax increase to fund about $3.1 million in repairs at Ruggles Lane elementary school.

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Tue Apr 23, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Money OK'd to repair flooding damage in library children's room in Barre

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners has awarded a $15,887 grant to the town for a construction project at Woods Memorial Library.

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