ANWSD board to vote on budget & consider what to do with $1.6M surplus

VERGENNES — The Addison Northwest School District board on Monday, Jan. 11, looked at a $21.6 million final 2021-2022 budget draft that comes in at about $238,400 less than the spending level ANWSD residents approved for the district this past March. ANWSD Director of Finance of Operations Elizabeth Jennings also confirmed for board members at that meeting the Vergennes-area district has an audited surplus from the 2019-2020 fiscal year of roughly $1.585 million. This Wednesday, Jan. 20, beginning at 6 p.m. … (read more)

ADDISON — At age 14, Jacob Birchmore began working on cars just a mile down the road from where he would open  his own shop in Addison, Birchmore Sales & Service, seven years later.  Learning the ropes from Justin Almedia, Addison-based diesel mechanic an … (read more)

ADDISON — Mountain Road Preschool in Addison has earned national recognition as a Certified Nature Explore Classroom from the Nature Explore program, a division of nonprofit Dimensions Educational Research Foundation. This certification confers on Mountai … (read more)

ADDISON — On Friday the Agency of Natural Resources will honor Warren King for his long-time advocacy for wildlife. ANR Secretary Julie Moore will present the Sally Laughlin Endangered Species Award to King, a Ripton resident, on Friday at 2 p.m. at Dead … (read more)

ADDISON — The Chimney Point State Historic Site in Addison is hosting a modified Northeastern Open Atlatl Championship day on Saturday, Sept. 19. This is the 25th year of the annual event and will be a highlight also of the modified Vermont’s September Ar … (read more)

ADDISON — Joined by a former Vermont independent school administrator on Tuesday, the Addison selectboard looked at options for its students’ education that included operating an independent town school, tuitioning all its students to districts of familie … (read more)

Editor’s note: Get the link to the Zoom meeting, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m.at the Town of Addison website. ————— To control costs, gain local control and own our town’s viability and destiny, the Addison selectboard is considering the voter option of dissolution o … (read more)

VERGENNES — When in mid-August Addison Northwest School District Director of Operations and Finance Elizabeth Jennings discovered a state error in establishing the district’s homestead tax rate, the residential tax rates already calculated by ANWSD commun … (read more)

ADDISON — Vermont State Police cited a Bristol resident for reckless endangerment and aggravated assault for allegedly waving a pistol and threatening the occupants of a vehicle, including children, on the evening of Aug. 18 in Addison. Vergennes police o … (read more)

VERGENNES — Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes Youth of the Year Michael Davis has been selected as Vermont Boys & Girls’ Clubs’ Youth of the Year. According to Vergennes Club Interim Director Cookie Steponaitis, Davis prevailed over “a very competiti … (read more)

VERGENNES — An Addison Republican with an extensive history of public service and what he calls a moderate approach to politics has joined the race to represent the Addison-3 district in the Vermont House of Representatives. Barring other entrants into th … (read more)

ADDISON — Mitch Clark of Addison recently received one of nine Land Stewards Awards presented by the Vermont Land Trust, along with a check for $250. Clark was nominated for the award by Bill Van De Weert, his agricultural instructor at Vergennes Union Hi … (read more)

ADDISON — In Australian balloting on Tuesday, Addison residents favored Amy Kittredge over George Eisenhardt in a race for the Addison Northwest School District Board, supported all town spending measures, and backed Sen. Bernie Sanders and President Dona … (read more)

ADDISON — Financial decisions and a contested race to represent Addison on the Addison Northwest School District board highlight Addison’s Town Meeting Day warning. All of Addison’s choices will be made by Australian ballot from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the to … (read more)

ADDISON — Vermont State Police are trying to find the burglars who broke into West Addison General Store — WAGS — this past Sunday morning. At around 4 a.m. on Feb. 16, several motion alarms at WAGS alerted state police of an intruder. When troopers got t … (read more)