Ferrisburgh news for Feb. 1

March will soon be here and that means Town Meeting! This is a critical aspect of our town governance dating back to colonial times, so all are encouraged to attend both the school budget informational meeting and the Town Meeting — and also don’t forget to vote! 

The Ferrisburgh selectboard on Tuesday adopted a Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (FY25) budget of $2,658,079, including $37,495 of nonprofit donations requiring voter approval.

Friends of Ferrisburgh will use a $4,000 Animating Infrastructure Grant to design an art sculpture that will be put in front of the Union Meeting Hall.

A long list of much-anticipated restoration projects are set to begin this spring at the historic Union Meeting Hall, bringing about a new era for the nearly 200 year-old building.

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.