This Week’s News
Road Rage
Man charged with using car to run others off Rt. 22A in Benson BENSON — On Aug. 7, at approximately 7 p.m., troopers from the Vermont State Police-Rutland Barracks were […]
Brandon mulls spending ARPA funds on energy and housing
BY ARIADNE WILL BRANDON — The Brandon Selectboard held discussion on uses for ARPA funds and heard a report from the BLSG at their regular meeting Monday. The selectboard is […]
Brandon’s Barn Opera sets Open House Aug. 17
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS BRANDON –– After two years in the making, Artistic Director Josh Collier is unveiling The Barn Opera House on Tuesday, Aug. 17, from 7:30-10:30 p.m. at a private […]
Schools consider policy for masking up
BY LOLA DUFFORT, VtDIGGER MONTPELIER — When Gov. Phil Scott’s administration announced new Covid-19 guidance for K-12 schools on Tuesday, they did so with an important caveat. The state’s recommendations […]
Pittsford town manager to step down in March 2022
PITTSFORD — Pittsford Town Manager John Haverstock has notified the Town’s Select Board of his decision to resign his post after next year’s Town Meeting in March. “I have thoroughly […]
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.