Successful head of Bixby Library is stepping down

Now, after five years of success in Vergennes, Hays will soon leave the Bixby due to positive personal reasons.

Local libraries, which have become the latest target in President Donald Trump’s war on free expression and sharing of ideas, are bracing for the loss of federal funding.

Despite having origins deep in the past, myths from the Ancient Egyptians, Israelites, Greeks, and other cultures continue to resonate.

The seventh annual Bixby Memorial Free Library and Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes LEGO contest inspired 44 entries — built from scratch by creators from kindergarteners to adults — displayed on the Bixby’s first floor on March 1.

Returning for its second year, the Bixby Library in Vergennes will kick off the Freda Fishman Stroh Free Concert Series on Saturday, March 22, from 12:30-2 p.m., with lively French-inspired jazz and swing tunes from Tournesol.

The Otter Creek Audubon’s three-part Cabin Fever Lecture Series will continue with “It’s Easter and It’s Chilly!” on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the Bixby Library in Vergennes.

Flock to the Bixby Library on Thursday, Jan. 16, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., for an evening with Mass Audubon Grassland Bird Biologist Hyla Howe.

The Vergennes library has partnered with Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society to bring sweet, adoptable cats to the Bixby on Saturday, Jan. 11.

Thanks to one major new grant, plus a smaller grant and a number of donations, the Bixby Free Memorial Library can see a series of energy-efficiency improvements and a more efficient gas boiler on the horizon. 

When 14,000 British troops marched down from Canada toward Plattsburgh, N.Y., in the fall of 1814, the commander of the U.S. fort there put out a call to Vermont for help.

Who was Ira Allen? Land speculator, pamphleteer, politician, and revolutionary, Ira Allen has long been hidden in the shadow of his brother, Ethan Allen.

The stunning collection of historical artworks capture the local landscape in its autumnal splendor.

For a number of years Bixby Memorial Library has been home to Tai Chi classes, and this year is no exception. A new season of classes at the Bixby begins Sept. 10.

Bixby Free Memorial Library Director Catharine Findiesen Hays called the institution’s May 31 “Celestial Soiree” fundraiser at the Main Street library “an astronomical success” in a Monday interview with the Independent.

Three Addison County libraries have been awarded grants to help improve the accessibility of their offerings and better serve people with disabilities.