BRANDON — A memorial mass of Christian Burial, for Yvonne Theresa Carr, age 92, who passed away April 18, 2020, will be held on July 30, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of Good Help Catholic Church in Brandon. Rev. Maurice Moreau, pastor will be the celebrant. Those wishing to pay their respects at […]
Year: 2021
Our democracy is at a crossroads
“The vote is precious. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society, and we must use it.” – John Lewis BY VERMONT SECRETARY OF STATE JIM CONDOS This month we celebrated the birth of our nation. Since its inception, American democracy has undergone continual transformation. Over the last 245 years […]
John Klar and Critical Race Theory
BY WILLIAM SCHUBART Like science, history is an ever-emerging narrative based on curiosity, exploration, discovery, debate and interpretation. But like science (and journalism), it must be informed by fact. The recent screed by former gubernatorial candidate John Klar of Brookfield in Vermont’s conservative online news blog True North Reports against Gov. Scott’s tacit support for “critical race theory” […]
Pittsford pursues graffiti vandals
BY ARIADNE WILL With a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the guilty party, the Town of Pittsford is committed to figuring out who left graffiti on the Depot Hill covered bridge. The graffiti was discovered by the town following the Fourth of July weekend. Town Manager John Haverstock said it included […]
Quarry Valley School Board Oks equity policy unanimously
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS RUTLAND –– The Quarry Valley School Board met on July 19 and unanimously passed a motion approving the school district’s equity policy with the caveat that a misplaced bullet point is fixed. The policy simply states that “educational equity means that each student receives the resources and educational opportunities they need to […]
Goshen Gallop draws 150 on a rainy Saturday
GOSHEN — Around 150 runners turned out on a rainy Saturday afternoon to compete in the 43rd annual Goshen Gallop trail race at the Blueberry Hill Outdoor Center. In the 10-kilometer women’s race, Reilly Kiernan blistered the course in a time of 45:49, breaking the women’s course record by 6 seconds. She was followed by […]
RASTA is now ROC; launches Velomont Trail
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS ROCHESTER––The trail network organization that has been called RASTA since its founding in 2013 is changing its name to The Ridgeline Outdoor Collective (ROC), or Ridgeline, for short. The organization has been instrumental in developing mountain biking and backcountry ski trails in the Rochester area and inside the Green Mountain National Forest […]
GMNF to hold use hearings on Telephone Gap’s 72k acres
BY CHRISTOPHER ROSS RUTLAND COUNTY — Last Wednesday night, when Green Mountain National Forest officials unveiled the 72,000-acre “Telephone Gap Integrated Resource Project,” they talked of many scientific things and promised future public meetings and field trips to explore those scientific things, but they did not talk about the possibility of just leaving things alone […]
Polli honored by OV Football Club
BRANDON — Each year the Otter Valley Football Club offers a scholarship to one of our graduating seniors. The player must be going on to college, technical training, law enforcement or military services. We ask that the applicant take the time to tell us what football at OV has meant to them. Our recipient for the 2020 […]
Brandon to receive $5.53 million for wastewater project
Washington — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday, July 9, that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $307 million to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in 34 states and Puerto Rico. As part of the announcement, USDA in Vermont is investing $5.53 million ($3.78M loan, $1.75M grant) to rehabilitate […]
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