VERGENNES — Friday morning’s painstaking recount of the race for the final of four Vergennes City Council seats produced a tie. A special election that must by law be held with the next 30 days will decide the victor. Former longtime city manager Mel Hawley and sales and marketing professional and former councilor David Small finished in a 339-339 deadlock. That tie in a race for a seat through this coming March came after Small picked up one vote in a recount at the Vergennes fire station that took more t … (read more)
