Over the past two summers, 8-year-old Vergennes resident Hunter Warner has made about $200 mowing lawns, shoveling snow and doing other yardwork for his neighbors, plus taking care of a to-do list for his parents, Stacey and George Leggett.
Leaders of the communities the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad serves, and of the nonprofit ambulance and emergency medical service itself, agree VARS has made major progress in the past year.
Vergennes Champs swimmers combined to win 20 races and claim third place in Champlain Valley Swim League’s championship meet, hosted on this past Friday and Saturday in the Winooski municipal pool.
VERGENNES — In a Friday afternoon email to Vergennes City Council members, city department heads, city hall employees, and selectboard chairs in neighboring communities, Vergennes Mayor Chris Bearor revealed he has been diagnosed with a form of eye cancer … (read more)
The Vergennes City Council and Planning Commission are taking steps that could pave the way for what Vermont officials are calling the “Green Mountain Youth Campus,” a 14-bed locked facility for the short-term care of justice-involved youths.
“Working with kids is some of the best therapy around. Their curiosity, innocence, and unconditional love is so heartwarming,” said Ashley Bessette.
Kristen Grant’s love affair with the arts began early, when she was a child in her Addison home, and it deepened during her years at Vergennes Union High School.
The Vergennes Champs easily splashed past a smaller group of visiting Burlington Country Club swimmers on Thursday, July 18, 354-95, in a Champlain Valley Swim League meet.
A weekend retreat provides an opportunity for those who care about woodlands and wildlife to learn about the resources to help them define and reach their land management goals.
VERGENNES — Before this Tuesday’s friendly rivalry meet with the Middlebury Marlins, the Vergennes Champs split two Champlain Valley Swim League outings last week, defeating visiting Essex on July 11, 360-122, but coming up short at St. Albans on July 9, … (read more)
VERGENNES — While handing over a domestic assault suspect to Vermont State Police on July 11, Vergennes police ended up citing a Brandon man for driving with a criminally suspended license and processed him for an outstanding warrant for failure to appear … (read more)
Firefighters from Vergennes, Ferrisburgh and Middlebury who were specially trained in water rescues took their boats to Central Vermont on Thursday and put their skills to good use.
Despite the fact that the Vergennes Swim Team had less than half the number of swimmers as host Burlington Tennis Club in a July 3 meet, the Champs made a decent showing in the Burlington pool and fell to the Barracudas by only 288 to 211.
The history of Vergennes dates back to September of 1788, when leaders of the surrounding towns made final an agreement to carve a city out of their lands, basing it around Otter Creek’s falls and the river basin below.
Longtime Vergennes Police Department Sgt. Mark Barber was recently honored by the Vermont American Legion with its 2023 Robert H. Vincelette Vermont Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award.
