Помогите пожалуйста. I039;ve been or I was?Complete thing letter to newspaper.

Помогите пожалуйста.
I've been or I was?
Complete thing letter to newspaper. Put in the present perefect or past simple.

A few days ago I learned (learn) that someone plans to knock down the White Horse Inn. This pub (VJ has been (be) the centre of village life for centuries. It (1) (stand) at our crossroads for 500 years. It (2) (be) famous in the old days, and Shakespeare once (3) (stay) there, they say. I (4) (live) in Brickfield all my life. The villagers (5) (know) about the plans for less than a week and already there's a 'Save Our Pub' campaign. Last week we (6) (be) happy, but this week we're angry. We will stop them, you'll see.