This Week’s News
Town fined for sewage leak
By RUSSELL JONES A ruptured sewer line in downtown Brandon that led to over three million gallons of untreated sewage to flow directly into the Neshobe River in late February […]
Brandon tax rate up 3 cents
By RUSSELL JONES The municipal tax rate in Brandon will see an increase of about 3 percent this coming fiscal year, rising from last year’s 93 cents per $100 to […]
The hammer falls on the Great Brandon Auction this week
By RUSSELL JONES The 30th annual Great Brandon Auction will take place on Tuesday, July 16 at Estabrook Park. Preview time for the auction will be from 2 p.m. to […]
Disc golf course in Pittsford gets GE upgrade
By RUSSELL JONES On Monday, July 8, a group of 13 workers from GE Volunteers came to the Pittsford Recreation Area Public Disc Golf Course for their annual ‘Spring Clean […]
‘Larger-than-life’ Art Doty made a difference to many in need
By RUSSELL JONES Inside of a small room in the Compass Center sits a project that is five years in the making, but may never be finished. That project is […]
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.