Volunteers were called to join in the sandbagging efforts to raise the flood protection levels but to no avail. The Susquehanna river levee was topped at 11 a.m. at 38.5 feet on Friday June 23, 1972.

The Barre City Council approved their Barre City Flood Resiliency Plan unanimously on Tuesday, as the Granite City continues to recover from back-to-back years of devastating flooding.

H. Gilbert, who also designed the house of Frank W. Woolworth. It is an example of the then popular “Beaux-Arts” style of architecture in the United States, and is one of the few buildings remaining ...