City looking at $2.3 million for fire trucks

Vergennes voters soon will weigh in on a $2.35 million bond to pay for two new trucks for the city’s fire department and to refurbish a third. 

The Vergennes City Council last week addressed one of the trickier elements of the expensive ongoing effort to stop the city’s wastewater and sewer collection system from overflowing into Otter Creek — the many sump pumps that swing into action during hea … (read more)

For the second time in two months the Vergennes City Council will get a new face. And it will see another new member in the near future.

Vergennes resident Margaret Clifford offers nearly a century of recollections, from losing her first husband to a World War II wound, leaving her with five children, to doing laundry for her large family in a river, to traveling the world. 

For the second time in the past few months, the Vergennes City Council is looking to fill a vacancy after the resignation of one of its members.

Collins Aerospace, which operates a major helicopter systems development and manufacturing facility in Vergennes, will use a $921,566 government grant to help build a wastewater pretreatment system. 

Five years and several setbacks after first launching their plans for a major expansion and renovation of Vergennes Residential Care, a home for seniors just off the city green, Charlotte residents Dan and Rebecca Hassan have finally lined up the financin … (read more)

Residents of Vergennes and other communities in northwestern Addison County have until Sept. 25 to make their opinions known in a Vermont Agency of Transportation study of how truck traffic in the area should best be handled in the future. 

A Vergennes man was seriously injured when he was hit by an SUV while he was aiding an injured animal on Route 7 late on the night of Sept. 6.

While losing a parent is never easy, it has been eased by the joy and connections that our pool pass and the children’s swim activities have brought them.

Visiting Otter Valley broke away from an early 7-7 tie on Saturday and went on to a 29-7 victory over the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative football team. 

Maple Café owner Claudia Amparo said she has been pleased by how well her Vergennes eatery has done in the Kennedy Brothers building since debuting on July 24.

Six years in the making, George Woodard’s “The Farm Boy” has been screening at venues throughout Vermont.

The money will go toward the $1.64 million effort to upgrade accessibility to the theater for all audience members, the stage and green room for all performers, and Vergennes City Hall offices for all visitors. 

The first cannabis dispensary in Vergennes, Little City Greens, has been open for just about a month, just a few steps from the city green — and it’s married owners,  Alyson and Mike Kennedy, call it a “Mom and pot shop.”