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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of August 17, 2026 through August 23, 2026

This week's obituary notices for Barre, Massachusetts residents include one entry: Jellinek, Barbara, 77, who died August 16, 2026. Her funeral service was held August 19 at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, followed by burial at Riverside Cemetery in Barre. She is survived by her husban…

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Real Estate

Two disclosed Barre sales this month ranged from $252,000 to $360,000

Barre recorded eight property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, but only two disclosed a sale price: $252,000 and $360,000, for a median of $306,000 among those two. The month's top disclosed sale was 50 Grove St., which sold for $360,000 on July 30, moving from sellers Carmine and…

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Government · Select Board

Barre Well Should Be Pumping Again by Thursday

Barre's well failure triggers emergency water trucking and a looming $4.6 million fix. The Select Board said a failed DPW well pump should be back online by Thursday after crews trucked in nearly 690,000 gallons of water from Templeton and Connecticut over the past week.

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of August 3, 2026 through August 9, 2026

This week's obituary notices column for Barre, Massachusetts lists one death: Hopkins-Holmes, Dorothy, 88, who died August 4, 2026. The source notice, posted to Echovita, did not include further biographical, service, or family detail at the time of this listing. Readers seeking arrange…

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Real Estate

Sale Price Data Scarce As Nine Properties Change Hands In Barre

Nine property transfers were recorded in Barre between July 10 and Aug. 8, but only one deed disclosed a sale price: $61,400 for 1126 Old Hardwick Road, sold to Operative Bank. That figure stands as both the range and the median for the period, since no other transaction included pricin…

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Real Estate

Barre Home Sale Tops $200,000 as Most July Deeds Omit Price

Barre recorded ten property deeds from July 3 through Aug. 1, but only two disclosed a sale price. The high was a $200,000 sale at 281 Sunrise Ave., sold by Garth R. and Pamela Dickson to Cornerstone Bank; the low was $45,600, putting the median of the two disclosed prices at $122,800. …

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Real Estate

Median Sale Price Holds at $132,000 as Most Barre Deeds Stay Undisclosed

Barre recorded 11 property transfers between June 26 and July 25, but only three deeds disclosed a sale price: $109,146, $132,000 and $540,404, for a median of $132,000. The period's top recorded sale was a $540,404 transaction closed July 2, with sellers Robert M. Luongo Jr. and Meliss…

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