Soup dinners in Vergennes to support charities

The dinners offer a chance to break bread with your neighbors and raise money for local charities.

Boatbuilder teaches Middlebury students the craft of Japanese woodworking

Students in Douglas Brooks’s class are building a Japanese tea house.

Commodore Club turns corner, awarded large grant

Founder Martha DeGraaf learned Tuesday that the fledgling after- and out-of-school program will receive some funding for three years through the Vermont Agency of Education.

Vergennes could vote on a local option tax on March 3

Officials in the Little City continue to nail down language to place on the annual town meeting ballot.

The Hokum Brothers play for pizza

Vergennes Opera House Off-Stage Series brings The Hokum Brothers to Rockers Pizzeria on Jan. 23.

Mark Salveit presents ‘Ego Tourism’ at the Bixby

Learn more about Taoism from Mark Salveit’s one-man show at the Bixby Library in Vergennes on Thursday, Jan. 22.

Ferrisburgh, other towns chip in for Commodore Club

A promise by the Ferrisburgh selectboard this week to send some much-needed financial support to Vergennes came as a big shot in the arm to a local youth program.

After delays, Vergennes bakery to reopen

For the first time since August, Vergennes Laundry recently welcomed customers into the cafe, now at a newly renovated location on Main Street.

Gebo named to Lasell University dean’s list

Congrats to Spencer Gebo who was named to the Dean’s List at Lasell University.

Lions’ ‘Toys for Christmas’ provides holiday joy for the ninth year

The Vergennes Lions Club’s Toys for Christmas Program provides new toys, gifts and even bicycles for hundreds of children each year.

Substance treatment center Valley Vista returns to Vergennes

In partnership with the Vermont Department of Health, Valley Vista has opened 27 new residential treatment beds at its Vergennes facility.

Commodore senior is one of two Vermonters going to D.C.

The Vermont Principals’ Association last week announced Vermont’s 2026 United States Senate Youth Program delegates, and one of them is from Vergennes.

Vergennes workforce housing effort gets $1M grant, land

A big grant and a property transfer moves forward the effort to develop 74 units of workforce housing on a 14.4-acre parcel off North Main Street.

Bixby Library hires experienced director

Jennifer Pearson, the Bixby’s new library director, has extensive library and management experience.

Santa, start your engines for the tractor parade

Move over, sleighs – Vergennes is ringing in the holiday season with its first-ever Holiday Roll Tractor Parade.

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