Ferrisburgh welcomes draft town plan

An 81-page draft of a new town plan reached the Ferrisburgh selectboard for the first of two public hearings on Nov. 4.

The “King Pede” card parties as held by the Ferrisburgh Grange are scheduled for two upcoming Saturdays — Nov. 8 and 22.

Listen to “stories that don’t fit” during a free storytelling circle that will be held in Ferrisburgh on Sunday, Oct. 19.

Be inspired by the Spiritualist history at Rokeby Museum during the annual Spirits of Rokeby tours beginning Oct. 17.

Rokeby Museum is presenting an immersive theater experience inspired by the Spiritualist history at the museum, plus other updates from Ferrisburgh.

Vermont State Police are seeking help locating the suspects who stole an ATM machine from the 9th State Dispensary in Ferrisburgh.

The property next to the Ferrisburgh Town Hall is now under the town’s control.

Ferrisburgh homeowners are seeing a small drop in property tax rates this fiscal year, but non-residential owners are seeing an increase.

The Ferrisburgh Historical Society is hosting a cruise aboard Basin Harbor’s tour boat.

Revell joins Rokeby from the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive in Alaska, where she spent fourteen years as Interim Executive Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs.

On Saturday morning, 25 boats were on the starting line for the 13th edition of the Diamond Island Regatta. DIYC’s signature sailboat race took boats on a 10-mile course on Lake Champlain.

The Ferrisburgh firefighters will hold their annual Chicken Barbeque on Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Ferrisburgh Fire Department on Route 7.

“This extraordinary act of generosity confirms what many of us believe. Rokeby’s message is not only vital — it’s enduring.”

For more than 25 years, the North American Steamboat Association (NASBA) has been gathering in Otter Creek for their annual steamboat meet-up in Vergennes, with River’s Edge in Ferrisburgh as their elected homebase.

Among property sales in Ferrisburgh of note are building lots, a major farm sale, a number of homes and commercial properties changing hands along Route 7, and a half-dozen lakefront property sales.