This Week’s News
Brandon Energy Committee has a message for us: Button Up Brandon
With winter and its cold air breathing down our necks, the Brandon Energy Committee hosted a free informational meeting at the historic Brandon Town Hall.
Our Creative Kids: Brady Kennedy
Brady worked diligently to create these 16 flags.
Brandon Police Report: Drunk drivers & drug sales
On Nov. 6 Brandon Police investigated an act of vandalism in the area of Union Street and Ella Dean Road involving damaged property.
Polls deem Vermont’s Route 7 the 92nd worst highway in the U.S.
Gunther Volvo Cars Daytona Beach ran a survey of 3,000 drivers (via QuestionPro) to determine, once and for all, America’s most loathed interstates/freeways/highways.
Photos of the Week
Sports
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.
Otter Valley Wrestling Alumni Association presents the first Ray Miro scholarship to Cassy Sue Thompson
A $1,000 check was presented to OV senior Cassy Sue Thompson by Wrestling Alumni Association President Richard Kepner last week.
Brandon Country Club created to fill the gap
After the first Neshobe Golf Club folded in 1903, the town of Brandon went without a golf course for the next 24 years.

