This Week’s News
Legislative Report for Feb. 20
By STEPHANIE ZAK JEROME My first five weeks in the Vermont Legislature have been busy! Each day is fascinating, with new challenges and policy decisions to made about issues that are important to Vermonters. I have been pleased that the legislature truly does work together – with the Democrats, Republicans and Progressives voting nearly unanimously […]
Pittsford Town Report dedication
By RUSSELL JONES PITTSFORD — The town of Pittsford is dedicating it’s annual town report to Rodney Drown and Mike and Mary Blanchard. Rod Drown was originally honored with a dedication of the Town Report in 2003 but the Selectboard felt his contributions to Pittsford over the years deserved another occasion to celebrate the man […]
Brandon Idol does Broadway
Photos courtesy of Colleen Wright Brandon Idol went Broadway at the latest installment of the local singing competition. Host for the evening, Bill Moore, introduced and chatted with contestants while they were on stage. Brandon area residents packed the Town Hall for the performance and organizers said 188 folks showed up to hear the nine […]
Wallace G. Kimball III
Wallace G. Kimball III, age 73, passed over unexpectedly Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019 at the University of Vermont Medical Center surrounded by the love of his family and friends. He was born on Oct. 6, 1945 in Middlebury, the son of Wallace George Kimball Jr. and Vera Pidgeon Kimball. He attended Brandon area schools graduating […]
Photos of the Week
Sports
Local group proposes multi-town community rec center
On a rainy Sunday afternoon, a bunch of middle-aged friends in Pittsford want to play some pick-up basketball. Or some older folks want to continue their daily exercise walks when the snow is knee deep outside in winter. Or some kids want to play volleyball but the school gyms are all closed. Where can they go?
‘Game Seekers’: local hunters use online platforms to reach an audience
Fall in Vermont means foliage, cider, pumpkins, and, for a good number of our neighbors, hunting. Every year, people across the state pick up their bows and rifles and head out into the woods, hoping to bag a big-antlered buck or a fat, feathered turkey.
OV Football Club realizes a goal: an illuminated field
Let there be light! The Otter Valley Football Club realized a longstanding dream this past weekend: lights on Markowski Field at OVUHS.
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.
