This Week’s News
Pittsford’s sidewalk to nowhere
Board cuts scope of project to lower costs By RUSSELL JONES After consulting with the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans), the Pittsford selectboard has decided to reduce the scope of […]
Sticky Business…
Bees must visit 2 million flowers to produce a single pound
of honey. So when beekeeper Fred Putnam, Jr. says he expects to
collect nearly a ton of honey this year, he’s talking about almost 4 billion flower visits.
Wyman Timber to take over Brandon transfer station
By RUSSELL JONES The town of Brandon will have a new transfer station operator beginning in September. After months of negotiating with the current operators of the town’s garbage and […]
Pittsford Selectboard commits to sidewalk
By RUSSELL JONES Despite not being able to secure funds from the Burditt Trust, the Pittsford Selectboard remained committed to the sidewalk project in front of the Lothrop School on […]
Estabrook Music Festival set for Labor Day weekend
By RUSSELL JONES The first annual Estabrook Music Festival will happen on Labor Day weekend, giving area residents a final chance to cut loose before the end of summer. The […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
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.
