BY KATHERINE LAZARUS BRANDON –– Rockfest came back to town for its second year of music, food and activities at Estabrook Park on Saturday, Aug. 7 from noon until 10 p.m. About 400 people, the same turnout as last year, came together to listen to several bands that played throughout the day and into the […]
Day: August 18, 2021
Fall Sports Begins Aug. 16 for RNESU schools
BRANDON –– Otter Valley Union Middle and High School’s grade 9-12 football will kick off the fall sports season starting Monday, Aug. 16. “It’s a family within itself and I’m really looking forward to seeing everybody,” said OV Football Offense Coordinator Coach Jordan Tolar, 28, who is returning for his fifth year of coaching at […]
Adam Bornstein joins Vt. Community Foundation
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Community Foundation has hired Adam Bornstein as a Mission Investment Manager. Bornstein joins the Community Foundation after more than 25-years in finance, social impact investing, and community development—both domestically and abroad, including Africa and Asia. Most recently, he worked as the Head for Innovative Finance & System Change at the Danish […]
Green Mountain Writers Conference Comes to Brandon
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS BRANDON –– The Green Mountain Writers Conference came to the Brandon Inn from Monday, Aug. 2 through Friday, Aug. 6 for five days of writing, reading, workshops and journeying downtown. “It’s lovely to be here at the Brandon Inn,” said Director Yvonne Daley, 76, of Rutland, who welcomed the group of 32 […]
Intl. Rehab Forum meets at Porter
MIDDLEBURY — Porter Medical Center in Middlebury hosted leading young rehabilitation medicine doctors from around the world at an international forum last week. Their personal stories were compelling yet their mission going forward is even more so, said Andrew Haig, M.D., who practices in Middlebury and is president of the International Rehabilitation Forum. Sixty young […]
Mosquito outbreak bugs Lemon Fair River area
Upland variety will remain a persistant problem for the next several weeks BY SOPHIA MCDERMOTT-HUGHES, VTDIGGER A horde of bloodsuckers has descended upon the Lemon River Area, feasting on the inhabitants of Cornwall, Weybridge and Bridport. Vampires? Not here. It’s a late-season surge of mosquitoes — and experts say this year’s weather patterns have created […]
Bethany A. Cabiya, 45, Rutland
RUTLAND — Bethany A. Cabiya, 45, of Rutland, died July 22, 2021 at Rutland Regional Medical Center. She was born in Daytona Beach, Florida on Nov. 7, 1975, the daughter of Alberto and Vicki (LaPoint) Cabiya. Beth was a graduate of Middlebury Union High School, class of 1993. She was employed with Westminster Cracker Co. […]
Heidi Adair Young, 65, Brandon
BRANDON — Heidi Adair Young, age 65, passed away unexpectedly on July 29, 2021, at her home in Brandon.Heidi was born in Westfield, N.J., on Dec. 6, 1955. She was the daughter of Thomas and Jane (Gilpin) Young, Jr. She moved to Brandon with her family in 1964 and graduated from Otter Valley Union High […]
Pittsford board reviews solar farm, BLSG changes
BY ARIADNE WILL PITTSFORD — Plans for a proposed 2.2 megawatt solar farm to be located on Kendall Hill Road were reviewed by the selectboard at its Aug. 4 meeting, as were proposals to change various aspects of the town’s insect control district. While those two issues dominated the meeting, the selectboard also passed a […]
Community Forum
Investing in clean energy is smart for our future BY STEVE PATTERSON Vermont is not known as the “Green Mountain State” for nothing. Our environment is characterized by thick forests, rolling hills, steep mountains and flowing rivers. From the shores of Lake Champlain to the top of Mount Mansfield, our state has made significant efforts to […]
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