This Week’s News
VSAC’s newest grant offers two years of free CCV tuition
WINOOSKI –– A new grant program will offer eligible Vermonters the chance to obtain a college degree tuition free. As of July 27, 2021, the grant, called 802Opportunity, pays for up […]
Annual Rabies Bait Drop Kicks Off
Baited rabies vaccine to be conducted Aug. 5-12 BURLINGTON – The State of Vermont and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services mark a quarter century of cooperative efforts to […]
Pittsford Congregational Church hosts Enerjazz this Saturday, Aug. 7
The Pittsford Congregational Church, under the leadership of Pastor Michael Dwyer, is sponsoring a live band performance on Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. The band is Enerjazz and features 17 […]
Couple Trades NYC for Vt. Rose Valley Farm
BY KATHERINE LAZARUS PITTSFORD –– Vermont’s idyllic countryside has a way of enticing out-of-staters. Just ask Mason Jarboe, 27, and Kasey King, 32, who left their 70-hour work weeks and […]
Open Meetings complaint moves to Rutland Superior Court
BY ANGELO LYNN BRANDON — Two Brandon residents who filed a complaint against the Brandon selectboard regarding an alleged Open Meetings violation, which the selectboard dismissed in a meeting last […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
Brandon Country Club created to fill the gap
After the first Neshobe Golf Club folded in 1903, the town of Brandon went without a golf course for the next 24 years.