Protestors disrupt Collins shift change

Around 50 protesters blocked the parking lot entrances to Collins Aerospace on Panton Road in Vergennes on Monday afternoon, Jan. 15.

Collins Aerospace, which operates a major helicopter systems development and manufacturing facility in Vergennes, will use a $921,566 government grant to help build a wastewater pretreatment system. 

Collins Aerospace in Vergennes had a bike-building event on Wednesday, May 3. Eleven teams of four people raced to assemble twelve bikes purchased by Collins.

An American Rescue Plan Act grant of $829,409 awarded by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation jointly to Collins Aerospace and the city of Vergennes will ease the Panton Road firm’s burden on the city’s wastewater system.

MIDDLEBURY — The Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center (HCC) has announced that Collins Aerospace of Vergennes provided HCC and its maker-space, The Makery, $5,000 to support its growing high-tech manufacturing training programs. A portion of these funds wa … (read more)

BURLINGTON — Efficiency Vermont, the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, and the Vermont Public Service Department recently announced that nine major Vermont employers — including one in Vergennes — will participate in a new pilot progra … (read more)