Cox bids farewell to Ripton selectboard after four decades

During her selectboard tenure, Laurie Cox has helped Ripton negotiate a gift-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with Middlebury College; update town office technology, rebuild after 11 floods, and plan construction of a new municipal fire station and sand/salt shed.

Here’s what to expect this Town Meeting Day in Ripton.

MUHS skiers snagged first place wins in the freestyle state championships, with another day of racing still to come.

Future control of the Ripton Elementary School property will be decided by ACSD voters on March 3.

The school will host “Fostering Resilience and Hope in our Children Today,” Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m., at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Middlebury.

Ripton’s Bill Hunsinger is good at a lot of things — brewing beer, parenting a daughter, serving on his town’s selectboard. But his biggest talent might be saying “Yes.”

Residents came together to provide “Thanksgiving in a Box” to neighbors in need.

Ripton resident John Garn has co-founded Maporium, a software company offering a systems mapping platform.

The Addison Central School District board has scheduled three public hearings in advance of its scheduled Nov. 24 vote on whether to initiate a formal closing process for Ripton Elementary School.

The ACSD board will vote on whether to initiate an official closure for RES. If successful, that process would allow the town to buy back the building for $1.

The Nov. 2 talk will be delivered by Mitchell Pearl, a lay leader of the Havurah of Addison County for over 20 years.

North Branch School students and alumnae created a wooden sculpture honoring former student Makalu Bagnulo, who passed away from brain cancer earlier this year.

RIPTON — The hills of Ripton this past Sunday rang once again with cheers, the rhythm of running feet, and even the sounds of musical instruments as more than 150 runners, volunteers, and supporters came together for the 2025 Ripton Ridge Run. It marked m … (read more)

The 38th Annual Ripton Ridge Run is coming up on Sunday, Oct. 12.

Catch Flynn Cohen, Laura Orshaw and Ripton’s own Matt Flinner for a performance in Middlebury on Oct. 10.