Select Board ends Flock camera contract

From Barre News

• Select Board severs Flock camera contract. Barre's Select Board voted to end its contract with license-plate camera vendor Flock Safety after the police chief said privacy concerns outweighed the cost, even though the cameras record no video. The board also took up senior center, water department and Halloween business.Barre News
• Select Board debates truck limits on Williamsville Road. Barre resident Ben Johnson asked the Select Board, backed by 23 households, to ban trucks over 2.5 tons from Williamsville Road, citing noise above 100 decibels. The board weighed a costly state traffic study against other options and also took up other town business.Barre News

Barre on Wed, Oct 7

• Library launches Barre Purple Heart database. Woods Memorial Library announced that its new Barre Purple Heart Database is now live, giving residents online access to records of the town's Purple Heart recipients.Woods Memorial Library

Coming up

• Tue, Oct 13: Quabbin Regional soccer hosts Worcester Tech. Quabbin Regional, which serves Barre, hosts Worcester Tech in a non-conference junior varsity soccer match Tuesday, October 13, according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
• Tue, Oct 13, 3:30 p.m.: Quabbin Regional soccer hosts Narragansett Regional. Quabbin Regional's junior varsity soccer team hosts Narragansett Regional in a non-conference match Tuesday, October 13 at 3:30 p.m., according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
• Fri, Oct 16: Barre Players sets October 16 opening night. Barre Players, the town's community theater company, has a new production opening October 16; the company had not yet posted further details on its website.Barre Players

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