Accidental fire destroys home of Mount Abe principal

The Saturday evening fire destroyed the single-family home on Plank Road and killed Shannon Warden’s three dogs, though no human beings were reported injured.

Rokeby is continuing with its series of Winter Book Discussions. These events will be held monthly, January through March, at no charge and will use a virtual format.

The 5th- and 6th-graders at Ferrisburgh Central School are auctioning rain barrels.

This holiday season and throughout the year, consider going for a long walk with family and friends at Rokeby’s trails.

Ferrisburgh Grange “King Pede” card parties are scheduled for the Saturdays of Nov. 11 and 25. These get-togethers are held at the Ferrisburgh Town Hall and Community Center beginning at 6:30 p.m. with a sandwich supper and then on to an evening of fun an … (read more)

The Ferrisburgh Historical Society will host a presentation by Bernard Noble about the moving of the New Haven Fire Station.

Vermont State Police cited a Ferrisburgh resident after her car struck a southbound Amtrak train at a Route 7 railroad crossing on Tuesday morning and then bounced into another car that had stopped because the crossing’s warning lights were blinking. 

Editor’s note: Due to a news error, this community news piece did not get published at the beginning of the month. We apologize.   FERRISBURGH — The Ferrisburgh Historical Society will host a presentation by Bernard Noble about the moving of the New … (read more)

The Ferrisburgh selectboard at its Oct. 3 meeting agreed to six-month extensions of the two purchase-and-sale agreements for the town-owned 34.9-acre parcel that lies at the junction of Routes 7 and 22A. 

Ferrisburgh’s months-long search for a town treasurer to replace Deb Healey came to a conclusion on Sept. 14, when the selectboard agreed to hire Middlebury resident Allison Brigger to a 20-hour-a-week position. 

UVM pianist David Feurzeig is on a mission to give free concerts in all the towns in Vermont — that’s 252 concerts if you’re counting.

Frederick Douglass spoke in the Ferrisburgh Meeting Hall just days after he spoke in Middlebury and to a far more friendly audience.

Ferrisburgh Day is set to return on Saturday, Sept. 16, with family-friendly activities across four sites all within a mile of the Ferrisburgh Town Center.

Storytelling with “My Dentist’s Son” will be held at the Ferrisburgh Union Meeting Hall on Sunday, Sept. 10, from 3-4:30 p.m.

The Vergennes City Council once again last week tabled a proposal for a study to be co-funded by Ferrisburgh that would look at the possible benefits of regionalization of the area’s fire and rescue services.