Ferrisburgh news for Jun. 12

We congratulate all our area students on a successful academic year and wish them well for the summer and for their plans after graduation.

Current Selectboard Chair Clark Hinsdale told the Independent that Jessica James, for the past 13 years an office manager and legal assistant for Vergennes law firm Ouimette and Runcie, was the candidate the hiring committee recommended to the selectboard … (read more)

Principal Rae Donovan said she loved her time at Ferrisburgh Central School, but did not give a reason for her departure. The next principal is a familiar face.

Green Up Day is nearly here! Ferrisburgh will participate in this statewide event on Saturday, May 3. For more information contact Lindsay Brown at [email protected] or visit https://greenupvermont.org/.

At some point in the not-too-distant future, the Ferrisburgh Volunteer Fire Department could change from being an independent nonprofit entity to a department operating under the town of Ferrisburgh’s municipal umbrella.

The Ferrisburgh Volunteer Fire Department had to wait a long time for a short fire truck, and Chief Bill Wager said its arrival earlier this month was much better late than never.

“The underwater cultural heritage on the bottom of our waters is ‘a new archive’ to be managed, preserved and learned from.”

Fourteen Addison Northwest School District students in grades 7-12 competed — and five individuals and one team won awards — in the Vermont Historical Society’s annual Vermont History Day Contest.

It is Spring and that means Green Up Day! Ferrisburgh will participate in this statewide event on Saturday, May 3.

State Representative from Ferrisburgh updates Addison County residents on money bills being considered in the Legislature.

Town officials pulled the plug on live-streaming Saturday’s town meeting after someone hacked the site and X-rated images appeared as a legislator was addressing the crowd.

A Ferrisburgh Grange “King Pede” card party is scheduled for Saturday, March 15. This get-together is held at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center and will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a sandwich supper and then on to an evening of fun and games. Kin … (read more)

Preliminary work has begun to transform the former Ferrisburgh Methodist Church, on Route 7 next to Ferrisburgh’s town office building, into the new home of the nearby Gilfeather’s Fine Provisions, according to Rick and Nan Benson, the owners of the groce … (read more)

Ferrisburgh residents will consider from the floor of town meeting on Saturday, March 1, the selectboard’s proposed Fiscal Year 2026 spending plan of $2,830,154, which was adopted on Jan. 28.

Rokeby will host Julie Anderson, multi-Emmy and Peabody award winner and Academy-nominated Film executive for non-fiction documentaries, to talk about her personal experiences in researching, creating, and producing her work. Her experience includes overs … (read more)