Bixby seeks more funding from towns as its endowment dwindles

Posted on January 28, 2013 |

• Vergennes
• Addison
• Bixby
• Featured
• Ferrisburgh
• Panton
• Waltham

By Andy Kirkaldy

VERGENNES — Facing a fiscal crisis that Bixby Free Memorial Library board members believe could bankrupt the Vergennes fixture in a few short years, those board members this winter approached the five communities the library serves seeking a major boost in the support it receives within town budgets.

Bixby board members said they understood why responses from local selectboards were mixed when the Bixby initially asked for an increase in support from $13.66 per resident to about $24.

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