Addison County

Former Addison County Sheriff Peter Newton was sentenced to two years of probation on Wednesday after pleading guilty to lewd and lascivious conduct and simple assault.

Juan De La Cruz and his family feared the worst when he showed up for a check-in with immigration officials in St. Albans Tuesday. But the Panton resident will be allowed to stay in Vermont while his asylum case is pending.

The Vorsteveld Farm in Panton had applied to add almost 600 cows, increasing their manure production by about 7 million gallons each year.

The Northlands Job Corps Center, located in Vergennes, is one of 99 contractor-run Job Corps centers nationwide. They provide education, skills training, housing, meals and health care to low-income students ages 16-24.

The tiny elementary school does not have enough kids to stay open next year. Instead, Ripton students will be sent to Salisbury in the fall.

In his latest novel, the Weybridge author tells a story of romance and heroism during the Civil War.

Ripton’s youngest students will be sent to neighboring Salisbury in the fall after a recruitment drive fell short of class minimums.

Underenrollment has long threatened the tiny, mountainside Ripton Elementary School. But now, parents in that community are racing the clock for one last chance to save their combined kindergarten-first grade class.

The neighborhood is one of the largest to be built outside of Chittenden County in recent memory. The first homes are on track to be completed later this year.

In Vermont, many dairy farmers don’t seem immediately concerned about losing their workforce. But farmworker organizers say they’re worried about increased immigration enforcement worsening poor conditions on farms.