This Week’s News
Several pesky issues facing Otter Creek insect control district
The Otter Creek Watershed Insect Control Board met on May 19 to review their operations report and discuss the prevalent issues facing them this year and beyond, particularly regarding funding, staffing, and public outreach.
Area schools focus on student safety in light of tragedy
Following the horrific events in Uvalde, Texas, local school district faculty and staff are showing renewed vigor in reviewing safety systems, talking with area police, and reviewing school protocols to keep students safe.
Fun with found objects
Two Brandon artists currently have work on display downtown that deals with a similar theme—found objects—albeit with idiosyncratic approaches.
Brandon deals with road damage due to heavy rains
Last week’s heavy rains caused road damage throughout the area, sending road crews to unplug clogged culverts, deal with damaged road surfaces, and, in Brandon, deal with storm water overflows into the towns waste water treatment plant.
Area hosts Memorial Day events
Towns all over Vermont and the United States will host a variety of events, speeches, parades and other forms of tribute this weekend.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Burning rubber: Brandon’s Joey Scarborough racks up wins at local racetracks
Joey Scarborough was driving racecars years before he even had a license to drive himself to school.
Skip Jennings Founders Cup Golf Tournament at Neshobe Golf Club
Skip Jennings, 93 years old, led off the tournament with a beautiful drive right down the middle of the fairway on hole #1.
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.
