Labounty sentenced in Addison crash death

A Ticonderoga, N.Y., man, who police say was impaired by multiple drugs when he crossed the centerline on Route 22A in Addison and killed a South Burlington woman in a head-on car crash three years ago, has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Nearly four months after a severe Halloween rainstorm washed away about 500 feet of Route 125 along Lake Champlain, the fix to the state highway remains about four months and more than $1 million away.

VERGENNES — The Addison Northwest School District Board this week adopted a $22,327,585 spending plan for the next school year. If backed on Town Meeting Day, it would increase spending by 3.35% over the currently approved level. Despite the proposed high … (read more)

Superintendent Sheila Soule recommended in December that the district board move the Addison Wayfinder Experience special education program out of Addison Central School and into Vergennes Union High School.

ADDISON — Look for an alternate route if you are planning to drive in the vicinity of McCuen Slang in Addison on Lake Champlain near the Bridport town line. A 500-foot stretch of Route 125 is shut down in the area of Whitney Creek Drive in Addison due to … (read more)

ADDISON — An Addison man who sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday evening has died. Vermont State Police today report that 22-year-old Dawson McGrath of Addison succumbed to his wound. Detectives continue to investigate the circumstances sur … (read more)

An Addison man was charged this week with armed robbery and theft of narcotics from a South Burlington pharmacy.

Supporters of Addison withdrawing from the Addison Northwest School District needed 66.7% of town voters to back the measure in Tuesday’s revote after the initial withdrawal measure failed on July 13, 122-106.

On Tuesday Addison voters will decide the same question for a second time in three months: “Shall the Town of Addison withdraw from the Addison Northwest School District?”

Although the Addison Northwest School District Board does not believe the town of Addison’s required public meeting before the Oct. 5 town-wide revote on ANWSD was legally warned, its board chair said the district will not challenge an unfavorable result.

ADDISON — An informational meeting on the revote that is a potential first step toward Addison’s withdrawal from the Addison Northwest School District has been confirmed for Addison Central School at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21.Voting on whether to overtu … (read more)

ADDISON —The Chimney Point State Historic Site in Addison is hosting a modified Northeastern Open Atlatl Championship day on Saturday, Sept. 18, with special workshops offered on Friday and Sunday with all activities outside. This is the 26th year of the … (read more)

ADDISON — The revote in Addison on whether the town should leave the Addison Northwest School District will be held on Oct. 5, less than three months after the withdrawal measure lost by 16 votes on July 13.Voting that day will be held at the town clerk’s … (read more)

ADDISON — Addison residents have successfully petitioned for a revote on whether the town should leave the Addison Northwest School District.A petition containing 135 signatures, not all of which had been verified as of late Thursday afternoon, arrived at … (read more)

ADDISON — A year later than planned, the Chimney Point State Historic Site in Addison is offering program to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Weather permitting, on Saturday, Aug. 14, the Suffrage Auto Tour comes to the area with sev … (read more)