VERGENNES — Vergennes sewer ratepayers might in November be asked to support a multi-million-dollar bond to fund an upgrade of the city’s wastewater collection system and sewer treatment plant that could not only benefit the environment but possibly provide an economic development boost. The Vergennes system has for decades been plagued by overflows of hundreds of thousands of gallons into Otter Creek, almost always after heavy rains. Although the vast majority of the stuff going into the creek is water, s … (read more)
