City OKs $1.75M for firefighting equipment

Vergennes residents on Tuesday backed a proposal to bond for up to $1.75 million for the city’s fire department to spend on replacing a 21-year-old heavy rescue truck and a 25-year-old ladder truck. The vote tally was 90-64 in low turnout. Around 7.2% of registered voters participated.

The Vergennes City Council last week as expected approved a change in the city’s municipal plan that should pave the way for a substantial number of new housing units in the city’s northeastern quadrant — possibly more than 130.

Have you ever been in Rockers Pizzeria in Vergennes and found yourself strangely mesmerized by the large-scale photos hanging on the walls? 

The buzz around Vergennes, Bristol and Middlebury last week was that the Rod Stewart was spending time in Addison County leading up to Christmas.

Vergennes residents next week weigh in on a proposal to bond for up to $1.75 million, money that would allow the city’s fire department to replace a 21-year-old heavy rescue truck and a 25-year-old ladder truck. 

I am one of those affected neighbors. So far, the Hassans’ communication with neighbors has been less than complete, to put it generously.

Faith Terry’s letter printed in the Dec. 7 edition should be a wake-up call for all Vermont politicians who have the power to do something about the trailer traffic through downtown Vergennes.

Blasting ledge could begin on Monday in Vergennes as work on the $25 million Vergennes Grand Senior Living project in the heart of the city gets underway.

Are we any closer to a solution to the Vergennes truck traffic dilemma? 

What has been an annual tradition since 2005 returns to the Little City this season — the Holiday Stroll.

After hearing from a Main Street property owner and a former city planning commission member, the Vergennes City Council has altered a proposed amendment to the Vergennes city plan to make it less restrictive and allow more new housing than the amendment … (read more)

Vergennes is taking steps to find a new city clerk after Penny Austin recently informed City Manager Ron Redmond and the council she would step down after almost a year-and-a-half on the job.

The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded Vergennes a $125,000 Community Oriented Policing Services grant, known as COPS, City Manager Ron Redmond told the city council at its Nov. 14 meeting.

here will a citywide vote on a fire bond in Vergennes in December, but on Tuesday the Vergennes City Council changed its date, lowered its price tag, changed the purchase list to be supported by the bond, and decided that a vote for a new lease for the Ve … (read more)

A Vergennes resident was one of two men who were fatally shot Sunday night in Burlington.