BY KATHERINE LAZARUS PROCTOR — At the Quarry Valley Unified Union School District board meeting on Aug. 16, the principals gave their reports, which included news that Jenn McLemore would be the new principal for Proctor High School. The Reporter will have a more complete report on McLemore next week. The board also announced that […]
Day: September 2, 2021
Man armed with knife robs stores in Shoreham and Brandon
SHOREHAM / BRANDON — Police are investigating armed robberies in Shoreham and Brandon this past weekend, where stores captured images of the assailant wearing the same sweatshirt at both crime scenes. The first robbery took place Saturday morning, Aug. 21, at the Shoreham Service Center (Maplefields) at the corner of Routes 22A and 74 East […]
Editorial
The pandemic is not yet over in Vermont BY REP. MICHELLE BOSLUN On Aug. 7, Vermont recorded 112 cases of Covid, at the time the highest single-day count since April 29. I was one of those cases, and the third person in my family to test positive to Covid with a breakthrough case in early […]
Trailblazers launches and clears Old Brandon Trail
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS BRANDON –– Jozef Sloma’s Trailblazers, an outdoor club that helps kids learn about nature and preserve hiking trails in the area, launched with a summer camp that cleared paths on the Old Brandon Trail this summer from July 12-22. Led by Brandon Recreation Department Assistant Colleen Wright, with a $500 grant by […]
Proctor Pond sees first major improvements since the ’60s
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS PROCTOR –– Beaver Pond on Beaver Pond Road in Proctor is a gorgeous park, recently renovated for the first time since the 1960s, that is now complete with a swimming area, two fishing docks, two hiking trails each .25 mile long, a sand pit with toy cars, and tables and seating galore. […]
Pittsford reviews sidewalk study
BY ARIADNE WILL The Pittsford Selectboard heard a presentation from consulting firm DuBois & King on a sidewalk scoping study being conducted in the town. Dayton Crites of DuBois & King walked the board through the factors that go into considering which sidewalks to pave or repave, as well as locations where the firm believes […]
Pittsford selectboard sets mask guidelines
BY ARIADNE WILL The Pittsford Selectboard determined that face masks should be required when entering town buildings at times when Rutland County is experiencing high COVID-19 case rates. The decision was made after Town Manager John Haverstock proposed the measure and said that the county is currently experiencing high rates of the Delta variant. The […]