This Week’s News
New Brandon Trustees of Public Funds discuss their future
The three newly-seated Trustees of Public Funds convened for their first meeting on Tuesday, August 12.
Coming to America, No. 5: Timothy and Susanna (Wright) (Clark) McCullough
A monument atop the terraces in Pittsford’s Evergreen Cemetery marks the final resting place of Timothy McCullough (1850 [in fact, 1849]–1918 and his wife, Susanna. It also sparks curiosity that Susanna was nine years older than her husband.
The Habitat for Humanity adventure went to Brazil and Amazon
I agreed to do another build with the woman I had roomed with during the Habitat for Humanity build in Vera Cruz, Mexico, so we chose to join a team traveling to Brazil.
Permit for coffee shop in historic Sudbury house divides residents
With fewer than 600 residents, Sudbury is one of those Vermont towns that are barely more than names on a map.
Photos of the Week
Sports
OV’s Brooke Kimball named Unified Basketball Coach of the Year by Southern VT League
What really matters about sports? 2025 Southern Vermont League Unified Basketball Coach of the Year Brooke Kimball of Otter Valley said, “I love how much joy it brings.”
Nesobe Golf Club is no longer a “Hidden Gem”
Neshobe Golf Club hosted the 96th New England Amateur Championship with the best golfers in New England competing over three days.
A new generation of duckies takes the podium
The last few racing seasons, and all their attendant scandals, have left the local duckie community feeling unsettled.
Nifty Thrifty sponsors swim lessons for July 4th Duckies
Every July, hundreds of rubber duckies from all over the world descend upon Brandon for the Independence Day Duckie Race on the Neshobe River.
Brandon’s Jim Leary finishes his 36th Burlington Marathon
When Jim Leary ran in the first-ever Vermont City Marathon in Burlington, Bernie Sanders had finished his fourth (and last) term as mayor.