An argument between two intoxicated people on River Street on Jan. 23 began the week for Brandon Police.

Despite Vermont parents’ overwhelming demand for spots in child care and preschools, the supply remains limited. Parents all over the state sit on waitlists for months or even years.

A staple of the Castleton community, the Gilmore Home Center building supplies and hardware store burned down Jan. 15.

New numbers reported this week suggest that inpatient psychiatric care capacity in Vermont slowly started to rebound last year, but still remains significantly below pre-pandemic levels. 

After the public portion of its meeting on Monday evening, the Brandon selectboard went into executive session to discuss a “personnel matter.”  By Tuesday morning, that matter was no longer a secret: Dave Atherton, Brandon’s town manager since 2015, had announced his intention to resign, effective February 21.