Barre News

Mark and Taitetsu Unno speak with Tricycle's Jeff Wilson about the subtle wisdom at the heart of Pure Land Buddhist practice.

From now on, New Year's Day will be all about his birthday. Midnight will be for New Year's. Then at 12:01, it's all about him.

There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. Beacon Hill Roll Call has obtained the official list from the state treasurer's office of the 'per diem' travel, meals and lodging reimbursements collected by the 40 state senators in 2009.

It is now clear that regional school districts would not be able to make up for the lost state transportation funding without making mid-year adjustments to their budgets that adversely impact student learning, including teacher layoffs.

Family members surprised Selectman Jonathan Dennehy at Monday night's meeting of the Board of Selectmen at the Public Safety Building.

During a panel discussion last week at Worcester Academy, Casey Burns of the Regional Environmental Council of Central Massachusetts listens as organic farmer Jack Kittredge talks about Many Hands Organic Farm in Barre, where he and his wife, Julie Rawson, have been farming for almost three decades.

Judge James R. Lemire Deidre D. Daniels, 36, of 26 Queen St., Worcester, was placed on probation for 2 years after pleading guilty to arson of a dwelling house.

A total of 173 students at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School were honored recently at an Honor Roll Banquet.

Ware animal lover Alfred Albrecht, 89, a veteran of World War II, and his wife of 62 years, Helen Albrecht, donate to the Telegram & Gazette Santa in memory of two of their beloved pets and in honor of their newest cat, BG, "a holy terror." "We used to sleep until 8 in the morning.

The Waugh family will head to Beacon Hill on Wednesday for the official tree lighting ceremony.

Another dangerous section of Route 20 may be reconstructed. The state is in the early stages of designing improvements to the road from Richardson's Corner Road in Charlton east to Route 12 in Oxford.

Verizon may be the loudest proponent of Fiber to the Premises , but its recent drive to expand DSL service throughout Western and Southern Massachusetts proves that the company is not completely turning its back on copper-based DSL service.

Tired of traffic backlogs getting off the Massachusetts Turnpike's Exit 8 into Palmer, At-large Councilor John B. DiNuovo discussed it at a recent Town Council meeting, and Town Manager Matthew S. Streeter is looking into ways to improve the traffic light there.

H1N1 flu vaccines will be available through the Quabbin Regional public school system, beginning tomorrow.

AMHERST a ' The search for the educator who will succeed interim Souhegan High School principal Jim Bosman officially got under way this week.

Shrewsbury Armed men take drugs from pharmacy SHREWSBURY - In a brazen daylight robbery, three men burst into the CVS Pharmacy on Route 9 yesterday, flashed semiautomatic handguns and demanded drugs.

Hubbardston Center School is closed today because of the high number of student absences because of illness.

Description: Like new 4 bedroom Colonial on over 11 acres and set back about 900' from the road for privacy.

The House today approved legislation that for the first time would impose a system of state licensing and fees on saltwater recreation fishing and end a centuries-old tradition that has allowed people to fish free of charge from the shores and coastal waterways of Massachusetts.

A 1793 reverse serpentine chest with its smooth finish, delicate hardware and gentle curves was passed down in the Smith family from one woman to another until it was acquired by Old Sturbridge Village, where it has been stored, maintained and used for research.