City voters to weigh in on pro-Palestine article

Vergennes residents on Town Meeting Day will have a chance to tell city councilors to take a stand in the war between Israel and the Palestinian people.

Due to expiring terms, potential races loom in March on the Vergennes ballot for mayor, three city council seats, two seats on the Addison Northwest School District Board, and one seat on the Vergennes-Panton Water District Board.

The Vergennes City Council last week gave final approval to a planning commission proposal to allow city zoning officials greater flexibility in handling some applications, notably for proposals to create more housing units.

With three wrestlers ruling their weight classes, the host Vergennes Union High School wrestling team earned the best finish among local schools competing at Saturday’s Commodore Invitational Tournament.

In a high school girls’ basketball game that was close throughout, visiting Mount Abraham ratcheted up the intensity of its man-to-man defense Tuesday evening to finally pull away from host Vergennes in the final few minutes and claim a 45-39 victory.

Otter Valley topped Mount Abraham in a rivalry game to highlight recent local high school boys’ basketball action. Elsewhere, Vergennes took two out of three, and Middlebury came up short in a tough road matchup. 

Middlebury topped visiting Vergennes to highlight high school girls’ basketball action between Jan. 15 and 21.

The Middlebury Union High School girls’ hockey team cruised to a pair of victories last week and carried an 8-2-1 record into a game played at home on Wednesday vs. Burlington/Colchester after deadline for this issue of the Independent.

MUHS gymnastics Coach Natalia Little found plenty to like about her young team’s performance when they hosted Burr & Burton on Wednesday.

Vergennes Police Sergeant Adam O’Neill knew quickly on New Year’s Eve that the woman calling the station was upset. City homeowner Tracy Tembreull was reporting the theft of an item from her family’s South Maple Street front porch. It was an item that in … (read more)

An early Wednesday morning water main break under Monkton Road cut off water to major portions of Vergennes and Ferrisburgh and ended classes for the day at Vergennes Union High School and Ferrisburgh Central School.

By early this week, life in the Addison Northwest School District had largely returned to normal, or as much as could be expected, after the Jan. 7 ransomware cyberattack took most of the district computer servers offline and compromised a still unknown a … (read more)

Earlier this month, members of the Vergennes Police Department secured an American flag to replace one that was stolen from a city family’s South Maple Street home. The flag honored a member of the family who was a Purple Heart veteran and who had taken h … (read more)

Late in Tuesday’s third quarter in the Otter Valley gym, the Middlebury Union High School boys’ basketball team appeared poised to upset the host Otters.

In almost ideal conditions at Rikert Outdoor Center on Saturday, with gently falling snow adding to the atmosphere, the Division II Middlebury Union High School boys’ Nordic ski team finished third in an eight-team, 5-kilometer classic-style race against … (read more)