BRANDON — The Brandon Area Toy Project announced a collaboration this week with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library for the children in Brandon and Sudbury. The Imagination Library is an organization […]
Category: This Week
The BAG opens ‘Celebrate with art’ show
The Brandon Artists Guild, known as the BAG, kicks off the holiday season with a show focused on creating “affordable” arts and craft pieces as gifts for the holidays.
Overnight camp is ‘rite-of-passage’ for Lothrop students
A program at Lothrop Elementary School, although not new, is helping fifth and sixth grade students step outside the classroom and learn group and social skills in a fun environment.
OV board proposes new class size policy
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — The Otter Valley Unified Union school board held the first reading of a new classroom viability policy at its meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The […]
Amidst controversy, Barn Opera heads to Act 250 hearing
By RUSSELL JONES BRANDON — Over the past couple of weeks, a pending permit application by Brandon’s Barn Opera to move its location to the Sanderson Barn on Pearl Street […]
Proctor music classes hit all the right notes
When you think of a school band class, you likely think of something like a marching band. At Proctor Elementary, they are doing much more than traditional band classes.
Proctor board looks into policing options
By RUSSELL JONES Members from the Proctor Selectboard will attend the next Pittsford Selectboard meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16 to discuss police coverage for the town of Proctor. Proctor board […]
Pittsford Police Dept. takes it on the chin for childhood cancer
The faces of members of the Pittsford Police Department will be getting fuzzy in the coming months for a good cause. The officers will be growing beards for a special camp that helps kids who suffer from cancer.
¡Muy Bueno!
Walking through the halls of Proctor Elementary School, Shondell Dahm is greeted with hive-fives and shouts of “Hola” or “Adios” from a travelling pack of six year olds. She greets them, returning the high-fives, and speaks to them about their day in Spanish with a big smile on her face.
This year 144 leaf people ‘born’ at Harvestfest
Despite the fall chill in the air on Sunday, hundreds of residents made their way out to Estabrook Park in Brandon to take part in Harvestfest, the town’s annual celebration of the season.