Once again, Brandon has been overrun by Leaf People, those scarecrow-like creatures that emerge from their hiding places every autumn and scare the daylights out of passing motorists who slam on their brakes when they catch sight of one seemingly about to wander right into the road.

Starship Bean was dragged down muddy, bumpy roads to Groton State Forest and specifically New Discovery State Campground last week.

My Aunt Marion turned 100 years old on Christmas Day this year. She grew up on the same farm on Furnace Road in Pittsford that I did, only 30 years earlier.

Just in time for Halloween month, author Roxie Zwicker has recently released the Vermont installment of her “Book of the Dead” series, which focuses on graveyards and their lore state by state through New England. 

Chaffee Art Center’s 62nd Annual Art in the Park Fall Foliage Festival will take place October 7 & 8 in Rutland’s Main Street Park at the Junction of Routes 4 & 7.