The weekend-long gathering of the Northeast Mountaineers Airstream Club that was planned for Park Street in September has been moved to the lawn behind the Brandon Inn.

The life of a professional musician involves a lot of travel. And for musicians who reach a certain level of renown, a good part of that travel is done by airplane. But increasingly, air travel is seen as a major polluter and contributor to climate change, prompting some green-minded musicians to rethink the way they manage their schedules and careers.

The Brandon Selectboard convened on Monday evening for a meeting that lasted over two hours and veered between civil discussion and open hostility, with some residents expressing anger toward town management and the board.

Non-flood-related question: how many Rivers were there in Vermont a century ago? Over 250 individuals carried the Rivers surname, several dozen of whom lived in Rutland and Addison counties.