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🌱 What Barre voters decided on schools, city budget, and mayoral race
Barre, Vermont Patch AM: a 4 min readHello again Barre! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What Barre voters decided on schools, city budget, and mayoral race
- How big winners can claim Vermont Lottery prizes in Barre
- Why Barre’s air ranks among the cleanest while kids elsewhere struggle.
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Cool with rain and drizzle, with a high of 54 and low of 49 degrees.
- Thursday: Cool with periods of rain, temps: high: 57, low: 45.
- Friday: Cloudy with a few showers, with a high of 61 and low of 43 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Barre school budget fails, again; Lauzon wins re-election (mychamplainvalley.com) — Barre City and Barre Town voters have again rejected the unified school district’s reduced $57.4 million budget, leaving just one more chance to pass a plan before the July 1 deadline. On the city side, Mayor Thom Lauzon narrowly won re-election, City Councilor Sonya Spaulding kept her Ward 1 seat, and Barre City’s own $15.8 million municipal budget passed comfortably. 
• VT Lottery Powerball, Gimme 5 results for May 11, 2026 (burlingtonfreepress.com) — If you bought a Vermont Lottery ticket, here are the full May 11 Powerball, Gimme 5, Pick 3, Pick 4, Megabucks Plus, and Millionaire for Life winning numbers. The story also explains exactly how and where to claim prizes, including that larger wins must be redeemed in person at Vermont Lottery Headquarters on US Route 302 in Barre.
• 33.5 million US children are breathing failing-grade air as wildfire smoke worsens, report warns (thecooldown.com) — Barre, along with Burlington and South Burlington, ranks among the nation’s cleanest cities for air quality, even as a new report warns that 33.5 million U.S. children live with failing-grade air. The findings highlight how wildfire smoke, ozone, and dust storms are worsening pollution elsewhere, while experts urge families everywhere to monitor air alerts and protect kids’ lungs.
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Basement Teen Center →
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main St, Montpelier
2:00 pm -
Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Triumphed Against All Odds
Putney Public Library, 55 Main St, Putney
6:30 pm -
Cal U HS Softball @ BFA-Fairfax
Twinfield Union School Plainfield, VT 05667
4:30 pm -
Cal U HS Softball vs Richford
Twinfield Union School Plainfield, VT 05667
4:30 pm -
Vermont Book Awards: Bookstock
Vermont Humanities Council Artistree Community Arts Center, 2095 Pomfret Rd, South Pomfret, 05067, United States
6:00 pm -
Wilkins Hot Rods & Cool Bikes with VT Kustom Klassics! →
Wilkins Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Sales, 663 S Barre Rd, Barre
10:00 am -
Booksale in the Shed
Ainsworth Public Library , 2338 VT-14, Williamstown, VT 05679
10:00 am -
The Decades: Season Launch Party
Vermont Humanities Council Saint Albans Museum, 9 Church Street, St. Albans, VT, 05478, United States
7:00 pm -
Ira Allen and the Green Mountain Frontier
Vermont Humanities Council Northfield Historical Society, 75 S Main St, Northfield, VT, 05663, United States
2:30 pm -
Intentional Peer Support Core Training (Montpelier, Vermont) VERMONT ONLY →
Capitol Plaza Hotel Montpelier, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, 100 State St, Montpelier
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Cal U HS Softball @ Blue Mountain
Twinfield Union School Plainfield, VT 05667
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Make-Up AP Stats @ 8am
Montpelier High School Montpelier, VT 05602
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Good afternoon everyone!
We are still booking for May, and want to get everyone’s vehicle back to brand new. If you have a Vehicle with salt in it and would like it removed… (Nextdoor River Run Manor)
- Maloney Properties posted a job opening for Custodian/Maintenance Assistant in Barre. Apply here.
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Maintenance/Janitorial in Barre. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Barre here.
🗞 Nearby News
Montpelier
- VTDigger Montpelier: Vermont Senate Approves $150M Affordable Housing Initiative for Burlington and Rutland (newenglandnewspress.com)
- Vermont attorney general to co-chair national AI committee (wcax.com)
- Vermont lawmakers abandon push to ban chemical dyes from cafeterias after school district opposition (vtdigger.org)
Northfield
- Re: Traffic Alert - VT Route 12A, Northfield (blogspot.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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