East Barre News

Pierre Couture plans to turn a 120-year-old building that was once the hub of a thriving industrial community into the home base for what he hopes will one day be a premiere central Vermont tourist attraction.

A 20-year-old East Montpelier man was given 60 days in jail for leaving the scene of an accident after he ran into another man with his truck.

These are some of the calls received by the Barre Police Department from April 28 to May 3: April 28 Six peacocks were reported in the roadway by the Hope Cemetery.

It's all over but the voting in Barre Town, where a soon-to-be-reconfigured selectboard has put put the finishing touches on two budgets and a bond issue that they will ask voters to approve next month.

The man who submitted a belated bid to convert Barre's old firehouse into a brew pub more than two years ago is now planning to take over, and quite possibly expand, the brew pub that recently closed just up the street.

Marleen Chapin and Levi Beach are engaged to be married. She is the daughter of Jerry and Barbara Kennett of Barre and Wayne and Thelma Young of Alamogordo, N.M. He is the son of Lester and Hattie Beach of East Barre.

An East Barre man pleaded innocent to five charges Monday after he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase during a night of drinking last weekend.

Town officials will try to tap federal stimulus funds to help pay for a pair of water projects.

Derrick and Holly Hoyt of East Barre would like to announce the birth of their son, Brady Derrick Hoyt.

A son, Blake Tyler Williams, was born Jan. 19, 2009, to Max and Cheryl Williams of Barre City.

A daughter, Jade Marie Lupien, was born Dec. 16, 2008, to Joey Lupien and Jessica Badger of Waterbury Center.