The Auxiliary of the Fair Haven Legion decided to do a collection of needed supplies to augment services at the Veterans Home. Silver Bells and Operation Christmas for Troops of the Brandon Area Toy Project stepped up to help.

With the stresses of the pandemic, disrupted school days, and family members out of work for part of these past two years it is no wonder that the need for mentoring is at an all-time high.

After a decade of leading a statewide organization that brings the international community to Vermont’s doorstep through collaborative exchanges, Patricia Preston, has joined the race for Vermont’s lieutenant governor.

The Proctor selectboard gave unanimous support to Zion Growers for a $60,000 Vermont Community Development Program planning grant to assess how they can best use the former Proctor Marble building at 51 Main Street for its commercial hemp manufacturing operation.

For years, Yuliya Ballou’s grandparents kept a broken alarm clock in their home in Belarus. Amid the mangled metal, the hands were frozen at 4 o’clock — the exact time, her grandparents told her, that Nazi bombs struck their house on the morning of June 22, 1941.