BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — Otter Valley Union High School and the greater Brandon community are coming to the aid of a beloved teacher and founder of the unique and highly popular Moosalamoo Education Program who suffered a stroke just before Thanksgiving. This week they launched a go-fund-me campaign for Joshua Hardt and his family. […]
Year: 2021
VOBA presents U.S. Senator Leahy with its inaugural Trailblazer Award
The Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance presented its inaugural Trailblazer Award to Sen. Leahy, a beautiful wooden topo map of Vermont created by Treeline Terrains, a new business out of Middlebury.
Proctor board rejects Grandpa’s Knob project; reviews budget proposal
BY ANGELO LYNN PROCTOR — At its Monday, Nov. 22 meeting, the Proctor selectboard voted unanimously to not support the Grandpa’s Knob Community Wind Project on a ridge outside Castleton, and unanimously approved supporting a VOREC grant application for $138,665 that would highlight Proctor’s natural assets and connect those resources via a trail system. Town […]
Roland Brutkoski, 46, Brandon
BRANDON — Roland Brutkoski, 46, passed away Monday morning, Nov. 29, 2021, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. Roland was born in St. Albans on April 26, 1975. He was the son of Joseph and Cheryl (Clark) Brutkoski. He grew up in Brandon where he received his early education and graduated from […]
Rita Chartrand, 97, Rutland Town
About a woman who lived beautifully… RUTLAND/WHITING — Rita Laura (Ethier) Chartrand, 97, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 at her home in Rutland Town. She was born in St. Valentine, Quebec, Canada, on Jan. 3, 1924. She is the daughter of Woilley and Rose (Beaudin) Ethier. As […]
Richard Norman Fales, 74, Brandon/ Ft. Myers, FL
NORTH FT. MYERS, FL./BRANDON — Richard Norman Fales, age 74, passed away on Nov. 8, 2021, at Hope Hospice in East Cape Coral, Florida. Mr. Fales was born in Rutland on February 18, 1947. He was the son of Adrian and Rose (DeGraff) Fales. He grew up in Rutland and Brandon where he received his […]
National controversy prompts friends to take local action
Two friends, Bob Harnish and Al Wakefield are waging a campaign to encourage towns to become more inclusive.
Pittsford selectboard reviews mask mandate, draft budget
PITTSFORD – The Pittsford Selectboard heard from Representative Butch Shaw about a bill – introduced Monday – that will allow for Vermont municipalities to pass mask mandates independent of state rulings.
Carol Ann St. Germain, 79, Pittsford
PITTSFORD — Carol Ann St. Germain, age 79, passed away Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at her home in Pittsford. Carol was born in Waterford, Conn. on Sept. 26, 1942. She was the daughter of Alton and Heather Rogers. She grew up in Waterford where she received her early education and graduated from Waterford High School, […]
RNESU’s Collins to step down
‘It’s bittersweet… it’s been a dream job for me.’ BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — After 41 years as an educator, including 17 years as a superintendent, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union Superintendent Jeanné Collins, 63, last Friday announced her resignation at the end of this school year. She said her decision was prompted by a change […]
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