ANWSD board to vote on budget & consider what to do with $1.6M surplus

VERGENNES — The Addison Northwest School District board on Monday, Jan. 11, looked at a $21.6 million final 2021-2022 budget draft that comes in at about $238,400 less than the spending level ANWSD residents approved for the district this past March. ANWSD Director of Finance of Operations Elizabeth Jennings also confirmed for board members at that meeting the Vergennes-area district has an audited surplus from the 2019-2020 fiscal year of roughly $1.585 million. This Wednesday, Jan. 20, beginning at 6 p.m. … (read more)

PANTON — After a couple of years of raising two dozen pigs, and trying to make a go of selling pork locally as a hobby farmer, Alessandra Rellini knew two things: she needed to get bigger to make her business work and she needed some help from a person wh … (read more)

PANTON — New Panton Town Clerk/Treasurer Maggie McCormick has, among other things, been a certified sailing instructor and environmental educator, and she owns a thoroughbred rescue horse. McCormick, who this summer became an Addison resident after living … (read more)

VERGENNES — When in mid-August Addison Northwest School District Director of Operations and Finance Elizabeth Jennings discovered a state error in establishing the district’s homestead tax rate, the residential tax rates already calculated by ANWSD commun … (read more)

PANTON — Panton Town Clerk and Treasurer Pam Correia resigned from her posts on Aug. 3, and her last day of work will be Aug. 13.  Correia said she would be pursuing other opportunities, quite possibly in municipal government, but did not have anything sp … (read more)

VERGENNES — Panton Town Clerk Pam Correia will help out at Vergennes City Hall once a week, marking a return to her 1990s workplace. Correia has been Panton’s town clerk since August 2017 after working in Bristol’s town offices for several years. In the 1 … (read more)

PANTON — The town of Panton is seeking between $3,000 and $4,000 in donations to complete a deep-water boat ramp in Arnold Bay, a project that has been years in the making.  Selectboard Chairman Howard Hall and Town Clerk Pam Correia said many donations a … (read more)

PANTON — The town of Panton is seeking between $3,000 and $4,000 in donations to complete a deep-water boat ramp in Arnold Bay, a project that has been years in the making. Selectboard Chairman Howard Hall and Town Clerk Pam Correia said many donations ar … (read more)

VERGENNES — Obtaining enough protective gear for first responders, police and volunteers, and offering help for the psychological well-being of local residents were focal points of the latest online meeting of municipal, school and nonprofit officials fro … (read more)

VERGENNES — At an online Vergennes-area Regional COVID-19 Meeting on Tuesday morning officials heard that the Ferrisburgh Shaw’s Supermarket has taken steps to protect customers and employees. They also worked to pool local municipal and nonprofit email l … (read more)

PANTON — In Tuesday Australian balloting, Panton voters approved town spending measures and returned incumbents to the town selectboard and the Addison Northwest School District board. Residents supported, 141-74, a proposed 2020-2021 Panton town budget o … (read more)

PANTON — With no contested races on Panton’s Town Meeting Day ballot, Panton residents’ main March 3 focus will be on town and Addison Northwest School District spending. All decisions will be made by Australian ballot, with March 3 voting hours at Panton … (read more)

PANTON — The following real estate sales were recorded in Panton in 2020 and in the first four months of 2021:2020:• Jan. 6: Jody Pierce, Ashley Goodrich and Benjamin Field to Reece and Katelyn Jaring, home at 844 Panton Road, $120,000.• Jan. 17: Eben and … (read more)

PANTON — The Panton selectboard on Jan. 14 adopted a proposed 2020-2021 budget that if approved by residents on Town Meeting Day would increase town spending by about 5.7 percent to $660,789. The higher spending could translate to an additional 3.31 cents … (read more)

PANTON — The Panton selectboard has requested that the Vorsteveld Farm LLP obtain a permit before cutting down any trees along what is known as South Road trail, which runs eastward from Jersey Street to Dead Creek through farm property. Hans Vorsteveld, … (read more)