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By LIZ SAUCHELLI

EAST BARNARD — Flax might best be known for its use in creating linen, a lightweight fabric popular for clothing.But what those unfamiliar with the crop might not know is that flax also is prevalent in everyday items, from rope to car panels to...

BARNARD — At Town Meeting on Tuesday, voters added $120,000 to the town budget for a fourth road crew member.The motion to amend the budget was made by James Lancaster and seconded by Ed Jodice, according to minutes from the meeting.The addition...

Article of note: Voters will be asked to approve $16,500 for the restoration of 13 original windows on the main floor of the Danforth Library.Contested races: Town officers, including a three-year Selectboard seat, will be elected by ballot.Budgets...

Article of note: Voters will decide the fate of a $99 million bond to finance the construction of a new union middle/high school, athletic fields and related outbuildings, as well as the demolition of the old middle/high school.Contested races: School...

By LIZ SAUCHELLI

EAST BARNARD — The first edition of The East Barnard Grange News “might be called the birth of a new idea,” a note from editor Donald Westbrook began.It was February 1943, and the United States had been involved in World War II for just over a...

Staff Report

The First Universalist Church and Society of Barnard was formed in 1802 and built its first meetinghouse two years later in 1804. When that building was converted for use as a school and other purposes, a new meetinghouse was built in 1844. Only four...

By JOHN LIPPMAN

BARNARD — For most of Barnard’s Town Meeting, the hour required to dispatch the town’s business breezed by uneventfully as it does almost every year. Familiar names were reelected by voice vote to town boards, positions and commissions and the...

Article of note: One article asks voters whether to apply a $200,000 surplus from the year ending June 30, 2022 to reduce property taxes for the fiscal year 2024.Contested races: Voting for officers is from the floor.Budgets and spending...

By RAY COUTURE

The northern pike, pumpkinseed, and large- and small-mouth bass resting idly at the bottom of Silver Lake could not have anticipated the barrage of would-be ice fishermen that gathered above them on the slushy-covered frozen surface Saturday...