This Week’s News
Colleen Wright leaves Rec but will still bring fun to Brandon
At a Brandon Selectboard meeting last year, a resident set off a minor firestorm when they said Brandon was becoming “Disneyland.” The comment was meant to be critical of Brandon’s emphasis on fun activities, but many Brandonites took it as a compliment.
Names lost in Vermont, Part 42: Goodheart, Gokey, and Greeno
This round of alliterative surnames started with recollections of my late Mayflower Society friend, “Mrs. Cecil Goodheart,” née Helen Clara Churchill, who lived at 61 Park Street in Brandon.
New sign is sought for Hill Cemetery in Sudbury
The Hill Cemetery in Sudbury stands on a bluff just north of the town green, on the west side of Route 30. It’s a breathtaking location, with sweeping westward views of the Champlain Valley and the Adirondacks beyond.
Brandon SB talks paths, ethics, and Carver St.
The Brandon Selectboard convened for its regular meeting on Monday evening.
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
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.
