Vergennes News

Friday, July 17 & Saturday, July 18 The Little City of Vergennes is preparing for its popular, annual summer events - Frecnh heritage Days.

National History Day finals were held June 14-18 at the University of Maryland near Washington, D.C. A delegation of Vermont students who placed first or second at the Vermont History Day state competition in April participated in the national competition.

Double dutch and even "rump rope" were on a long list of rope jumping styles taught at the Girl Scouts summer day camp Jump In at the Robert E. and Shirley A. O'Brien Community Center in Winooski on June 22.

Vermont State Police are investigating more than 30 thefts from motor vehicles in the Panton, Ferrisburgh and Vergennes area.

VICTIMS: More than 20 families have been affected directly and far more families have been in-directly affected by this ongoing string of thefts.

Vermont's Abenaki and French heritage is being celebrated during the Vermont Lake Champlain Quadricentennial , which will also highlight the recent influx of immigrants from Africa, Asia and the Balkans.

Melody Anne Bodette and Alyth Hescock were married May 16, 2009, in a double-ring ceremony by Justice of the Peace Gail Smith at the home of the mother of the groom in Orwell.

Pamela and Alexander 'Sandy' Lord, who recently retired from Champlain Valley Union High School, pose in their backyard.

After closing in late April in its original location on the corner of Main and Green streets, Bar Antidote in Vergennes has reopened in a larger spot down the road.

The Regional Educational Technology Network continues its annual tradition of documenting, cablecasting, and making available for online viewing the graduations of local high schools including Burlington, Champlain Valley Union, Essex, Rice Memorial, South Burlington, Vergennes Union, Vermont Commons, and Winooski.

Officials at the Regional Educational Technology Network are wondering when a promised audit of their finances will be released, after cable provider Comcast stated a report would be completed by May.

You may have traveled halfway around the world, but if you pick the wrong day to show up at a Taiwanese tea garden longing for a sip of oolong, you could be out of luck.

In 1997, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vt. located the wreck of Benedict Arnold's gunboat, "Spitfire," which was sunk in a Revolutionary War naval battle off Valcour Island.

The Planning Commission will bring in an Addison County group to talk about renewable energy Monday.

These days Americans rely on a host of new and powerful prescription drugs that save and lengthen life.

Vergennes Police Chief Michael Lowe is under investigation by the Vermont State Police for his involvement in an automobile accident Sunday during which the cruiser he was driving struck a parked car on School Street in Vergennes.

Dorset Theatre Festival's founder John Nassivera will be honored at the Vermont Arts Council's Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 4 at 4 p.m. the State House in Montpelier.

The sculpture of Samuel de Champlain gazes up the lake he explored 400 years ago this summer, opening the way for Europeans who made extensive use of the waterway during their 200-year struggle for control of North America.

Police departments around Vermont are scrambling to correct problems in their officers' certification paperwork that have allowed some cops to stay on the job despite shortcomings in firearms training and other essential police skills.

Rita Hanley of Essex has seen a lot of parades in her 91 years. She saw one more Monday - by chance.