City delays plan to study fire, rescue regionalization

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. 

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.

ROKEBY MUSEUM HOSTS a new exhibit of artwork made by women in the carceral systems in Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts. It is on display until Oct. 14. FERRISBURGH — A new seasonal exhibition went up on Aug. 10 at Rokeby Museum — “Finding Hope Within: Hea … (read more)

It’s been 30 years since Jay Craven was on the road touring his film “Where the Rivers Flow North.” Now he’s looking forward to a special screening this Saturday in Ferrisburgh.

Pairs of Ferrisburgh selectboard members were set to interview up to a half-dozen candidates for a new town treasurer during the past week or so. 

The Ferrisburgh selectboard is seeking volunteers to serve on an ad hoc Public Shade Committee intended to create a municipal shade tree plan.

Two locations in Ferrisburgh apparently are seeing a lot more speeders lately. One is roughly 2.5 miles of Route 7 running north from the town’s fire station, and the other a bendy, smaller stretch of Basin Harbor Road along Otter Creek that runs through … (read more)

The “King Pede” card parties held by the Ferrisburgh Grange are scheduled for the Saturdays of Aug. 5 and 19 at 6:30 p.m.

The Ferrisburgh selectboard on Tuesday slightly lowered the municipal portion of the town’s property tax rates that it had adopted on July 5, dropping the town portion by less than half a cent.

As expected, Ferrisburgh homeowners will see substantial increases when they open their first of four quarterly property tax bills in September. 

Bixby Library has a wide variety of events for all ages this summer. The staff is offering activities such as the Fantasy Games Club, the Board Games night, children’s story times, and the Young Writers Club.

On July 5, Rokeby Museum and the Friends of Union Meeting Hall are hosting two family-friendly events that honor the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass.

This past Thursday, June 15, the Rogers & Hazard Neighbor Helping Neighbor Fund established a new tradition when trustee Paul Hoffman presented Drew Houghton with the Neighbor Helping Neighbor Award upon Houghton’s 6th grade graduation from Ferrisburgh Ce … (read more)

No one injured when natural gas tanker explodes near Dakin Farm in Ferrisburgh.

The Ferrisburgh Union Meeting Hall will host a gathering for Storytelling: “My Dentist’s Son.”