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
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.
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.