This Week’s News
Brandon Police Log: Snowy roads and utility poles make for bad combo
The week began for Brandon Police with an early morning domestic assault at a home on Union Street on Dec. 12.
Westside board OKs fire department budget hike
In its Dec. 12 meeting, Fire Chief Michael Skaza and Assistant Fire Chief Tom Lacz were there to present a budget that was 5.8% higher than the previous year’s spending.
Pittsford Food Shelf: Neighbors helping neighbors
After years of orchestrating details at the Pittsford Food Shelf, Pastor Joel Tate has turned the reins of over to Sarah Harrington.
Snowbowl gets new logo, improvements
It’s out with the old and in with the new this ski season at Middlebury Snowbowl, located on Route 125 in Hancock.
The Silver Bells pageant draws a crowd
Silver Bells, a program of the Brandon Area Toy Project, held a Christmas Pageant at the Brandon Town Hall on Sunday, Dec 11.
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.
