Panton


  • Police say one farmworker stabbed another in Panton

    Police say one farmworker stabbed another in Panton

    Vermont State Police are investigating a stabbing at a farm at 4312 Jersey St. in Panton on Thursday evening that left a farmworker with “serious but non-life-threatening injuries”…

  • Vorstevelds are held in contempt of court

    The Vermont Supreme Court this month found the owners of a Panton dairy farm in contempt of court for their failure to reduce agricultural runoff produced by their…

  • Panton elects two new selectboard members

    Panton elects two new selectboard members

    BJ’s Farm Supply co-owner Robert DeGraaf and farm owner Kirsten De La Cruz won seats on the town board that was recently expanded to five members.

  • Panton heads to the polls

    Panton residents will head to the polls on Thursday, May 15, to choose two new members for the town’s selectboard and also decide whether to approve a proposed…

  • Panton selectboard candidates make their cases

    At the ballot box on Thursday, May 15, Panton residents will decide a three-way race for two newly created seats on the town selectboard. Town residents in March…

  • Panton considers recall measure

    Along with choosing among three candidates for two seats to fill out a newly expanded selectboard, Panton residents on May 15 will also decide whether to approve a…

  • Three vie for Panton selectboard

    Panton residents on Town Meeting Day approved expanding their selectboard from three members to five. Now three candidates have filed for election to those fill two openings.

  • Expansion of Panton farm raises questions

    Expansion of Panton farm raises questions

    The Panton Town Hall was packed this past Thursday, when over 60 residents gathered to voice concerns or show support for the Vorsteveld Farm, which has applied to…

  • Panton farm meeting points to larger water quality concerns

    At an April 3 meeting to inform the public about a Panton dairy farm’s request to expand its operation, conversation at times veered off from the proposal at…

  • Panton sets vote to expand its selectboard

    Panton will hold a special election on Thursday, May 15, to fill out the newly expanded selectboard that residents voted in favor of on Town Meeting Day. It…

  • Panton selectboard candidates outline their views

    Panton selectboard candidates outline their views

    Two candidates are running for a seat on the Panton selectboard on Town Meeting Day. They are longtime incumbent Howard Hall and challenger Reece Jaring.

  • Voters OK $3.5M to replace Vergennes/Panton water main

    Voters OK $3.5M to replace Vergennes/Panton water main

    Residents of Vergennes and Panton on Wednesday voted in favor of spending up to $3.52 million to install almost a mile of the most troubled water mains in…

  • Vergennes & Panton residents to vote on $3.5 million water bond

    Vergennes & Panton residents to vote on $3.5 million water bond

    The money would fix 90-year-old water mains along Main Street and Monkton Road that have sprung leaks recently.

  • Vergennes area to see contested elections

    There are contested Town Meeting Day races in two of the five communities that include Vergennes and the four other towns northwest corner of Addison County.

  • New Panton town clerk brings varied experience to post

    New Panton town clerk brings varied experience to post

    Kyle Rowe, Panton’s new town clerk and treasurer, is a busy guy.

  • Top 10: Panton rejects solar array; state has final say

    Top 10: Panton rejects solar array; state has final say

    There are a handful of certainties about the 50-megawatt solar array proposed to be installed on a 220-acre tract of Panton land.