BARRE, Vermont — Melissa Pecor stacked sandbags by the doors of her restaurant Wednesday — exactly one year after the town was submerged by a historic flood.
Pecor hadn’t finished repairs from last year’s flood when another downpour came Wednesday night, the anniversary of a nearly 8-inch deluge that devastated this working class community best known for its granite quarry.
“I cried every day,” she said.
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Now the town is feeling a dark sense of deja vu. Nearly 5 inches of rain fell over several hours on Wednesday, leaving parts of Barre covered in a thick layer of mud. On Thursday morning, clouds of dust filled the air as trucks loaded with excavators passed up and down North Main Street.
