Vergennes News

Paul Gambill, the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra's new music director, intends for the community orchestra to reflect its community.

Gov. James Douglas awarded more than $630,000 in Community Development Block Grants on Friday to five Vermont communities, including $17,500 to the city of Montpelier to study potential uses of the 58 Barre St.

Anais Mitchell - Hadestown - The long-awaited recording of the Addison County native's folk opera is one of those albums that gets better - and better, and better - with repeated listening.

It took eight years, but the residents of five Addison County towns took the very step Tuesday that some state officials are advocating to control education costs and shrink school bureaucracy.

Gov. Jim Douglas is stepping down as governor this year, but not as moderator of Middlebury's town meeting.

State legislators continue to wrangle about how to improve the management and financial controls in Vermont's schools.

They came, they saw, they cheered. Loud! Vermont's noisiest state championships were handed out Saturday as Rutland retained the Division I title and Richford pulled off a historic win in the Division II portion of the VPA cheerleading championships in front of a raucous crowd nearly 1,500 strong at Vergennes High School.

A Brattleboro Union High School student has reached the Vermont finals of the American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Contest.

The sound of a train whistle means one thing to most Vermonters, having to stop at the railroad crossing and wait until the train goes by.

MIDDLEBURY - Cory Chase collected 18 points and Milton capitalized on its trips to the free-throw line in the fourth quarter for a 55-45 high school boys basketball victory over Middlebury on Thursday night.

VERGENNES - Dani Stapleford's 3-pointer with 1:43 left to play put Vergennes ahead in a 49-45 win over U-32 in a Division II high school girls basketball playdown Wednesday night.

Front row: G. Buck, J. Vorsteveld, AJ Smith, G. Grant, S. Marzalkowski, E. Evarts Back row: P. Smith, T. Patterson, D. Hawkins, P. McDurfee, G.Bicknell, A. Delisle, B. Rao, N. Fleming photo provided Middlebury FFA students along with their advisors Cheryl Werner and Janice BosworthA attended the national ffa convention.

An armed robbery occurred at the Marbleworks Pharmacy on Main Street in Vergennes about 8:45 a.m., according to police.

28, Jacob Steponaitis, a Vergennes Union High School senior, won top honors in the local oratorical program held at American Legion Post 14 in Vergennes.

It was by all accounts a solid structure that was built on the corner of Green Street and Main Street in February of 1796.

23 will really be singing for the suppers of clients of the Vergennes Area Food Shelf.

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The Vermont Police Academy training coordinator who apparently killed himself last week after investigators seized a home computer looking for evidence of child pornography left behind two suicide notes, Maj.

The proposal to divert taxpayer money to pay for students attending religious schools is a bad idea trying to sneak in behind the cover of major fiscal challenges facing our public school system.

A malfunctioning lighting system at the Vergennes Union High School gymnasium has forced tonight's scheduled boys basketball game with Mount Abraham to be postponed and moved to Bristol on Monday.