BY JUDITH IRVEN Creating a garden is like taking a journey. An adventure which, at the outset, we don’t quite know where it will lead. Gardens are also living creations, first conceived and then lovingly nurtured by their owners over the years. And, like all living creations, our gardens evolve over time, gradually passing through […]
Year: 2021
Sculpting center’s ‘Bench project’ to reach all of Vermont’s 251 towns
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS WEST RUTLAND –– Nora Valdez and her five students at The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center want everyone in Vermont to sit down—that is, on their limestone bench, the newest in an installation as part of the Stone Bench Project that Valdez runs out of the West Rutland non-profit. The project’s goal […]
Janipher ‘Jan’ Ripley, 84, Brandon
Janipher ‘Jan’ Ripley, age 84, passed away Friday, July 2, 2021, at Rutland Regional Medical Center. “Jan” was born on Election Day, November 3, 1936, on her grandmother and grandfather’s farm (Elm View Farm) in Hamilton, N.Y. She was the daughter of Henry and Dorothy (Snyder) Burgess. She grew up in Hamilton where she received […]
An ideal occasion to honor Gov. Hoff
BY STEPHEN C. TERRY It is long past the time when Vermont should pause and honor the many significant contributions to this state by former Gov. Philip H. Hoff. Quite simply, the Vermont we know today — a state where human dignity and a strong culture of community support — had its seeds planted in the six years (1963-1969) that Philip […]
Gov. Scott appoints Hallquist to lead state broadband board
Montpelier, Vt. – Governor Phil Scott today announced the appointment of Christine Hallquist as executive director of the newly established Vermont Community Broadband Board (VCBB). The Board was created through Act 71, an act relating to accelerated community broadband deployment, to assist and accelerate community efforts to achieve universal access to reliable, high-speed broadband service. As executive […]
Brandon changes sewer rate structure
BY ARIADNE WILL The Brandon Selectboard passed two items of business at their Monday, July 12 meeting, and set a new structure for sewer rates. Zoning Administrator Jeff Biasuzzi was reappointed to another three-year term. Selectmen reported being content with Biasuzzi’s job performance. Selectmen also approved two warrants – one for the previous fiscal year […]
Pittsford sets tax rates; offers $500 reward for defacing bridge
BY ARIADNE WILL The Pittsford Selectboard passed a motion to provide a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for the graffiti on Pittsford’s covered bridge at their meeting last week. Town Manager John Haverstock said in an email that the Selectboard decided on a $500 reward during the meeting’s executive […]
Brandon approves 2021-2022 tax rates
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS BRANDON –– The Brandon selectboard on July 6 adopted 2021-2022 tax rates that will increase property taxes for homeowners by about 2.27 percent and for owners of commercial and rental property or second homes by about 2.9 percent. School tax rates came in from the state on July 2. Town Clerk and […]
PICK’N N GRIN’N
Basin Bluegrass draws 2,000 fans to 26th festival BY KATHERINE LAZARUS BRANDON –– Even with a minimal staff, the Basin Bluegrass Festival welcomed 2,000 people and 300 campers to the campground at the end of Basin Road on Friday, July 9 through Sunday, July 11. Campers come from all over New England to see the […]
RNESU summer program kicks off
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS BRANDON –– OVUHS Moosalamoo Center Director Josh Hardt is teaching a group of seven students about fishing this summer in a week-long seminar by starting with the basics — searching for worms under rocks and pallets behind the school because he “forgot” to bring them, he said with a wink and smile. […]
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