Vermont’s federal district court judge has been nominated by
President Obama to be chairman of the U-S Sentencing Commission. Judge
William Sessions has served on the panel since 1999 and currently serves as a vice
chairman.
Cabot Creamery has
been fined $50,000 and placed on two years’ probation for a 2005
ammonia spill that killed plants, fish and macroinvertebrates in the Winooski River.