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Nine people are out of work as a result of the closure of Hutchins & Perreault, a small Barre granite company which has been in operation in Barre for 40 years.
Rick Hutchins cited a number of circumstances in his decision to close the business, including a decline in the market for cemetary memorials due to the increased popularity of cremation as well as competition from more inexpensive stone that is being imported.