Vergennes calls off Junior Fishing Derby; other events up in air

VERGENNES — The annual Vergennes Junior Fishing Derby has been called off, City Manager Dan Hofman told the city council last week, while the fate of two other summer city fixtures — its swimming pool and Vergennes Day — remains up in the air. The Junior Fishing Derby typically brings dozens of young anglers and their families to the city Otter Creek Basin over a June weekend, and Hofman said the latest relaxed COVID-19 guidelines made it impractical for Vergennes to host the event. Those guidelines would h … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The Addison County Chamber of Commerce recently announced that it has hired Sarah M. Audet to serve as Events and Tourism Manager. Audet is a 2008 graduate of Middlebury College with a B.A. in Religion and 2010 graduate of Northeastern Univer … (read more)