This Week’s News
Marielle Blais: Why I’m running for Brandon select board — again
Public service is important to me, both professionally and as a volunteer. I have taught preschoolers to graduate students and adult learners.
Legislative Report: House of Representatives settles into routine
The beginning of a new biennium always brings a rush of introduction of new proposed legislation in the House and this year the pattern is no different.
Leicester student nominated as state rep for national nonprofit
Leicester student Ashlynn Ketcham, age 9, has been nominated to be a state representative for Be Strong, a national nonprofit
Brandon Energy Committee: Requesting ARPA funds
The committee presented a request that the select board set aside $300,000 of the +/-$750,000 unallocated ARPA funds for a solar-energy system that would save the town roughly $24,000 a year in electricity costs.
Our Creative Kids: Pippa Hoag
This piece is Pippa’s drawing of a Svalbard Reindeer, which accompanied her written research report on Norwegian beasts.
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
Kaizen Fitness Arts, martial arts studio, opens in Brandon
Growing up in New Hampshire, David Belanger was a big fan of Ip Man, a Chinese martial artist who taught the legendary Bruce Lee.
The new Nesh, founded on old farmland, still thriving
After the Brandon Country Club closed in 1944, the town went without a golf course for thirteen years until, in 1957, a group of Brandon golfers started investigating places in town to build a new one.
VT Wrestling Championship at Otter Valley; Cole named Coach of the Year
Vermont’s top wrestlers competed in the “House of Noise” at OV last Friday and Saturday. One hundred and fifty-one competitors on 25 teams vied for the individual and team state championships.
Otter Valley Wrestling Alumni Association presents the first Ray Miro scholarship to Cassy Sue Thompson
A $1,000 check was presented to OV senior Cassy Sue Thompson by Wrestling Alumni Association President Richard Kepner last week.
