The Pittsford Congregational Church, under the leadership of Pastor Michael Dwyer, is sponsoring a live band performance on Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. The band is Enerjazz and features 17 local highly talented musicians who are dedicated to playing favorite hits of the Swing Era in their original style. The band’s repertoire also includes arrangements […]
Year: 2021
Couple Trades NYC for Vt. Rose Valley Farm
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS PITTSFORD –– Vermont’s idyllic countryside has a way of enticing out-of-staters. Just ask Mason Jarboe, 27, and Kasey King, 32, who left their 70-hour work weeks and small apartment in New York City in September 2019 to move to Pittsford, Vt. and open Rose Valley Farm. The couple were opera singers in […]
Open Meetings complaint moves to Rutland Superior Court
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — Two Brandon residents who filed a complaint against the Brandon selectboard regarding an alleged Open Meetings violation, which the selectboard dismissed in a meeting last week, asked a Rutland Superior Court judge last Thursday to take up the case. The request to the Rutland Superior Court Civil Division was made […]
Pittsford selectboard to discuss 2.2mW solar project
BY ARIADNE WILL The Pittsford selectboard will review several items of business at their regular meeting Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. Items include a solar proposal from Encore Solar and the review of a grant application submitted by Pittsford Village Farm. Town Manager John Haverstock said that Encore Solar is proposing a solar farm […]
State officials say school to return with precautions
BY HANNAH LAGA ABRAM MONTPELIER — Vermont students will be able to return to fully in-person instruction when the school year begins this fall, with only a few state health recommendations in place, Gov. Phil Scott announced at a Tuesday press conference. With COVID-19 cases on the rise nationwide, including in Vermont, the CDC last […]
Three armed robberies hit area in 3 days
Lone man wields knife, demands cash BY ANGELO LYNN PITTSFORD — In the latest in a string of three area armed robberies, state police are investigating an armed robbery on Aug. 1 at 5:18 a.m., in which a lone man entered the Maplefield’s convenience store and gas station at the intersection of Route 7 and […]
Brandon Carnival brings the fun
With one more day left of the Brandon Carnival, hundreds have had tons of summer excitement so far!
Greta Garbo sizzles in ‘Wild Orchids’, one of MGM’s final silent movies
BRANDON — When the story gets too intense for words, that’s when silent film rises to the occasion. See for yourself with ‘Wild Orchids’ (1929), a romantic thriller starring Greta Garbo, to be screened with live music at the Brandon Town Hall and Community Center on Saturday, Aug. 7 at 7 p.m.‘Wild Orchids,’ one of […]
Point Counterpoint chamber players perform in Salisbury
On Saturday, July 31, at 7:30 p.m., the 41st annual Salisbury Summer Performance Series will host a chamber concert by the faculty ensemble of the Point Counterpoint Music Camp under Music Directors Rita Porfiri and Anton Miller. The professionals staffing the camp’s third summer session have enjoyed international careers with performances ranging from Leipzig and […]
Patrick James Newton, Jr, 30, Forest Dale
LEICESTER — Patrick James Newton, Jr, age 30, of Leicester died unexpectedly on Friday, July 23, 2021, in Forest Dale. Mr. Newton was born in Rutland on June 23, 1991. He was the son of Patrick Newton, Sr. and Maureen Tierney, also of Leicester. He graduated from Otter Valley Union High School, class 2009. He […]
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