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Changes afoot for historic city burial ground

Posted on September 24, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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VERGENNES — Vergennes aldermen are asking neighbors and other parties interested in the city’s oldest cemetery to help create a new sign for the historic burial ground, for which the city assumed maintenance responsibilities this year.

An older sign now identifies it as “Vergennes First Cemetery,” and the site, at the end of Mountain View Lane, is commonly known as the First Cemetery or as the Old Cemetery.

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City police set to welcome young assistants to force

Posted on September 24, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel has chartered a city branch of the national Police Explorers organization, a program that allows youths to learn about police work and even help police do some jobs, such as direct traffic, City Manager Mel Hawley told aldermen at their Sept. 18 meeting.

Hawley said Merkel has already held two organizational meetings at Vergennes Union High School, and about 15 students have said they will sign up.

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Vergennes to host War of 1812 activities

Posted on September 24, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Mayor Michael Daniels last week updated the city council on plans for an Oct. 12 celebration of the city’s role in the War of 1812.

The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s canal schooner Lois McClure will dock in Vergennes that weekend and be open to the public, and a welcoming event is planned for that Friday afternoon.

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Vergennes to host historic schooner

Posted on September 10, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Lois McClure, a replica canal schooner, will visit Vergennes in October to celebrate the city’s pivotal role in the War of 1812.

Vergennes aldermen at their Aug. 21 meeting gave permission for the museum to use the city docks on Oct. 12, 13 and 14 to moor the schooner.

On the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 12, the LCMM schooner will head up Otter Creek to Vergennes, the last leg of its 40-stop tour “Commemorating the War, Celebrating the Peace,” through Canada, New York and Vermont.

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Boys and Girls Club seeks local support

Posted on September 10, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes has launched its annual local fundraising drive, an effort that club Executive Director Mike Reiderer said is important for the youth organization in more ways than one.

The club’s goal this year is $17,500, as it has been in recent years. Reiderer said the effort netted $16,000 in 2011, the fundraising drive’s most successful result.

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Vergennes Day draws throngs

Posted on August 30, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — With a little help from Mother Nature, the 31st annual Vergennes Day drew a crowd on Saturday to the Little City and ran smoothly, according to city officials and its primary organizer, Marguerite Senecal of the Addison County Chamber of Commerce.

“The day couldn’t have been more tailor-made. It was gorgeous that day,” Senecal said. “And it all went like clockwork.”

Because no tickets are sold, officials have no good way to measure the crowd, which typically numbers in the thousands.

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City identifies drainage issue plaguing homes

Posted on August 30, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Work has begun to correct longstanding drainage problems in the Crosby Farms development area, City Manager Mel Hawley told aldermen on at their Aug. 21 meeting.

Hawley said after a firm was hired to “televise” about 60 percent of the stormwater drainage systems, two blockages were found, some iron bars (known as rebar, which holds concrete in place) sticking into one 24-inch pipe, and a 15-by-6-inch stone in another drainage pipe.

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Aldermen discuss sites, cost of new city police station

Posted on August 23, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Vergennes aldermen on Tuesday crossed a couple potential sites for a new police station off their list, but also discussed two new possibilities and addressed a station’s potential cost.

Taken off the list at the recommendation of the council’s police station committee were two properties on North Main Street, the Kennedy Brothers building and a 14-acre parcel owned by Vermont Industrial Parks, a subsidiary of Carrara & Sons Inc.

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Vergennes home tax rate up by 1.27 cents

Posted on August 23, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Despite the first hike in the city’s municipal tax rate since 2008, Vergennes residential property taxpayers are looking at an increase in the overall city rate, including school taxes, of only 1.27 cents. That’s an increase of less than 1 percent.

The overall 2012-2013 Vergennes residential tax rate is $1.8421 per $100 of assessment, up from $1.8294 in 2011-2012.

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City’s civic clubs make big mark

Posted on August 23, 2012 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Civic organizations make a big impact in the Little City, where five secular nonprofit clubs collectively have an annual membership of more than 1,300 and make annual charitable donations of almost $150,000.

According to Vergennes Mayor Michael Daniels, the Addison County Eagles, American Legion Post 14, the Vergennes Lions Club, the city’s Masonic Lodge, and the Vergennes Rotary club do more than donate money to charity. Daniels said they are integral parts of the city’s fabric.

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