David Delcore

1 week ago | timesargus.com | David Delcore

BARRE — Bob Campo’s World War II wingman, Winton “Bucky” Walbridge, was missing in action on Friday, but Wayne Pelkey, who served in Korea, had the soon-to-be-centenarian’s back. On a day when Walbridge was feeling “under the weather,” Campo, who turns 100 in August, had a front-row seat, and Pelkey, 93, settled into the folding chair right behind him. Youth Triumphant — Barre’s soldiers’ and sailors’ memorial — was kneeling a few feet away.

1 week ago | timesargus.com | David Delcore

Barre up!BARRE — When we say Barre up, we’re not talking about the city’s long-term flood recovery organization, we’re talking about the central Vermont Memorial Day batting order. Veterans in Montpelier and Northfield held separate ceremonies on Monday, which is the federal holiday, but Friday is May 30, which means the Barre Area Veterans Council is up for its observance.

1 week ago | timesargus.com | David Delcore

MONTPELIER — The pedal-assisted wheels are turning on a parks commission now grappling with how to handle e-bikes. Prohibited from Montpelier’s parks — by charter and by policy — bicycles equipped with battery-powered motors are becoming harder to say flat out “no” to. Parks commissioners have before — twice denying the request of an older resident and avid cyclist, who suffered an injury that prevents him from tackling park trails on two wheels unless he’s riding his pedal-assisted e-bike.

2 weeks ago | timesargus.com | David Delcore

MONTPELIER — The draft City Plan, proposed by planning commissioners following a years-long process, will likely take city councilors more than a week to digest. Hope the council would be prepared to adopt the proposed plan following public hearings scheduled on back-to-back Wednesday nights was already fading fast before the first of them ended earlier this week.

2 weeks ago | timesargus.com | David Delcore

EAST MONTPELIER — Turtle Island Children's Center has a new home at Doty Memorial School in Worcester if it wants it, and the tiny school's rising fifth- and sixth-graders aren't going anywhere. That, in 30 words or less, is the upshot of a dizzying discussion during which the Washington Central School Board struggled mightily to stay in its lane, and Superintendent Steven Dellinger-Pate arguably buried the lede.