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Vergennes seeking to dole out money from the revolving loan fund

Posted on January 1, 2018 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — Vergennes officials are looking for a resident to volunteer to serve on a committee that helps award loans to Vergennes businesses from a city revolving loan fund — and they would like to find a business that might need such a loan.

Vergennes City Manager Mel Hawley told council members at their Dec. 19 meeting the fund, formally called the Maynard Building Revolving Loan Fund, has $60,000 available to lend out to city business.

“I’d like to put that money to work,” Hawley said in an later interview.

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City Lions wrap up a busy fall

Posted on January 1, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



VERGENNES — The Vergennes Lions Club members have been busy this fall doing service projects such as food for Thanksgiving, building accessible ramps, purchasing eyeglasses, testing school children’s eyes, and donating funds for numerous local organizations.

The Vergennes Rotary Club joined with the Lions to collect food for Thanksgiving, which was distributed through the Vergennes Community Food Shelf. Lion President Debbie Brace said more than 70 turkeys, all the fixings and $500 were collected from customers at the local Shaw’s Supermarket.

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Opera House field trip

Posted on January 1, 2018 |
By Addison Independent



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The Traveling Sightseeing Associates, or TSA, is a travel group exploring local sites and places of interest.

Last month the group visited the Vergennes Opera House on the December TSA trip to Vergennes. Since September, the TSA has been to the Robert Frost Trail in Ripton, the Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh, the Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury and the Bixby Library, in addition to the Vergennes Opera House.

The group has used the ACTR bus whenever possible and visited local businesses when in towns.

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School food earning higher marks in Addison Northwest

Posted on December 28, 2017 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



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VERGENNES — Earlier during her Vergennes Union High School years senior Emma Husk was not exactly thrilled with the school food, either its taste or its quality.

“It wasn’t just that I didn’t like it, but it made me feel like gross and slow and groggy,” Husk said.

Her friend and classmate Kaitlyn Brace, one of a group of seniors and juniors that usually eats lunch in a room off the school library, also gave a thumbs-down review of what used to be served in the VUHS cafeteria.

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Aerospace plant in Vergennes still probing explosion

Posted on December 28, 2017 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — According to a United Technologies Corp. spokesperson this week the company has taken steps to prevent a recurrence of the Dec. 8 explosion that injured four UTC employees at its Panton Road plant in Vergennes, but the exact cause of the event remains under investigation.

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Vergennes Police Log: Grinch breaks into city vehicles on Christmas

Posted on December 27, 2017 |
By Addison Independent



VERGENNES — Vergennes police are investigating a rash of car break-ins, thefts and vandalism that they said stretched from late Christmas Eve through early Christmas morning.

On Tuesday police said they were still cataloguing items taken from at least 14 cars, including cash, credit cards, personal information, a camera and more. They described the investigation of the bad-weather holiday crime spree as active.

In other actions between Dec. 18 and 24, Vergennes police:

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Addison Northwest likely to consider $7.6 million bond to update school facilities

Posted on December 21, 2017 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — The Addison Northwest School District Board will probably propose to voters a $7.6 million bond on Town Meeting Day that would fund a long list of energy efficiency, fire safety and security upgrades at all four district schools.

And board members believe that bond can be mostly or even completely paid for without increasing taxes.

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Vergennes and Northlands students help Puerto Rico

Posted on December 21, 2017 |
By Andy Kirkaldy



VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School student Peace One Day Committee and the Northlands Job Corps Student Government Association are jointly donating $2,000 to hurricane-stricken schools in Puerto Rico.

The VUHS Peace One Day committee stages the school’s annual Sept. 21 celebration of the United Nations International Day of Peace. At the event, held this year on the school’s baseball field, the committee engages in fundraising activities with a $1,000 goal, one that it successfully achieved that day.

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Vergennes Police Log: City police cite three for impaired driving

Posted on December 21, 2017 |
By Addison Independent



VERGENNES — Vergennes police said they cited three drivers into court for impaired driving this past weekend, two for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and one for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs.

On Sunday, Dec. 17, city police cited Melissa Henderson, 43, of Middlebury for DUI-alcohol. Police said they stopped her car for allegedly failing to honor the stop sign at New Haven Road and Route 7, and allege her blood-alcohol level tested at 0.170; the legal limit for driving is 0.08.

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Vergennes police step up holiday patrols

Posted on December 18, 2017 |
By Addison Independent



VERGENNES — The Vergennes Police Department, in conjunction with other Addison County law enforcement agencies, will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and impaired driving patrols during this holiday season, Chief George Merkel announced on Friday.

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