CAN VISIT THE CITY’S WEBSITE. IN BARRE, YUNIER MARTINEZ, NBC FIVE NEWS. THE TOWN AND VILLAGE OF JOHNSON ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR HEAVY RAINS THIS WEEKEND. TROPICAL STORM DEBBY HAS JOHNSON’S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CREWS DIGGING DEEPER DITCHES AROUND ROAD- WAYS. THEY SAY THE WORK SHOULD HELP CREATE MORE ROOM FOR WATER TO GO DURING HEAVY RAIN, INSTEAD OF CAUSING MORE FLOODING AND WASHOUTS. ONE MEMBER OF THE EMERGENCY TEAM SAYS, THE COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO OVER- PREPARE FOR A WORST-CASE SCENARIO. <BJ PUTVAIN, TRUSTEE, JOHNSON VILLAGE; “AT THIS POINT, AFTER LAST YEAR’S FLOOD, EVERYTHING IS OVERKILL FOR US. WE WEREN’T EXPECTING TO GET THAT BAD. AND SINCE WE DID, NOW, ANY TIME WE HEAR ‘FLOOD’, IT’S LIKE PTSD. WE PREPARE FOR THE WORST AND HOPE FOR THE BEST AT THIS POINT.”> B-J PUTVAIN (putt- VANE) SAYS HE AND HIS NEIGHBORS WHO WERE IMPACTED SO BADLY IN JULY OF 2023 ARE …