This Week’s News
Beyond the garden gate: a visit with Brian Jerome
Brian Jerome’s garden welcomes you with ten-foot-high deep-pink calla lilies in pots and planted in the ground.
‘The Farm Boy’: a wartime love story about Vermonters
George Woodard is a 3rd-generation dairy farmer up in Waterbury. His latest film, “The Farm Boy,” will be shown on Friday, April 28 at 6:30 p.m. at Brandon Town Hall.
Brandon SB seeks replacement for outgoing Seth Hopkins
The Brandon Selectboard on Monday night made a formal offer to Seth Hopkins to assume the role of town manager at a salary of $75,000. Mr. Hopkins now officially occupies the position. The selectboard must now replace Mr. Hopkins in two capacities: as a member and, more specifically, as chair.
Harry Hunt celebrates 50 years on the Brandon Fire Department
Harry E. Hunt was recently honored for 50 years with the Brandon Fire Department with the presentation of a shiny new fire ax.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV Football Club realizes a goal: an illuminated field
Let there be light! The Otter Valley Football Club realized a longstanding dream this past weekend: lights on Markowski Field at OVUHS.
Naylor & Breen golf tourney raises awareness of rare disease with local significance
Almost everyone in the Brandon area has been touched in one way or another by Naylor & Breen, the construction company founded by Rob Naylor and Peter Breen in 1978.
Burning rubber: Brandon’s Joey Scarborough racks up wins at local racetracks
Joey Scarborough was driving racecars years before he even had a license to drive himself to school.
Skip Jennings Founders Cup Golf Tournament at Neshobe Golf Club
Skip Jennings, 93 years old, led off the tournament with a beautiful drive right down the middle of the fairway on hole #1.
