Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday signed legislation that should allow about 2,000 people to keep receiving state vouchers to live in motels until April, unless the state can find alternate shelter or housing for them.

Even in a small town like Brandon it’s easy to retreat into a bubble of likeminded friends and family and ignore the segments of the community that don’t mesh with our own personal politics and preferences.  And so it was heartening to see the entire community on display during the Brandon Independence Day Parade and its related events on Saturday.   

Blue Seal, just south of Brandon village on Route 7, caters to our local farming community.  In spring, you’ll see baby chicks and seed potatoes.

He never smiled on camera, earning him the nickname of “the Great Stone Face.” But Buster Keaton’s comedies rocked Hollywood’s silent era with laughter throughout the 1920s.

A painting by an Otter Valley eighth grader.