The Brattleboro Housing Authority has announced plans for 55 new apartments to replace public housing damaged in Tropical Storm Irene. A former prison guard has pleaded guilty to having sex with an inmate in a case that came to light after she became pregnant with the inmate's child. A volunteer firefighter in the Vermont town of Albany has been found competent to stand trial on a charge that he set fire to the local fire department. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is reminding hunters of three new rules now in effect.