In the one contested race in Brandon this year, one-term incumbent Tim Guiles will face challenger Marielle Blais for a three-year seat on the Brandon selectboard. This past week The Reporter sent each candidate seven questions to address in a question-answer format and given a word limit per answer.
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Brandon selectboard OKs solar site, spends $500,000 in ARPA funds
The Brandon selectboard on Monday threw its support behind a proposed site for 2,200 kW solar array on private land off of Steinberg Road that has a small window of visibility from Routes 7 and 73.
Barn Opera stages Valentine special
The Barn Opera of Brandon will be staging a romantic comic opera just ahead of Valentine’s Day this coming Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11-12.
RNESU superintendent search comes up empty
The search for a new superintendent at RNESU to replace retiring Supt. Jeanné Collins will take a hiatus of several weeks after the preferred candidate in an initial search declined RNESU’s offer.
Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce: Zoom Candidates Forum
The Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a forum for the candidates running for the contested
seat on the Brandon select board on February 15th.
Otter Valley defeats Hartford, 36–34
The Otter Valley girls basketball team defeated the visiting Hartford Hurricanes, 36-34, on Friday, January 28 at the “House of Noise” in Brandon.
Elaine LaPorte Parmelee, 85, Brandon
BRANDON — Elaine LaPorte Parmelee, 85, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 3, 2022 surrounded by family in Brandon, Vt. Her story began in a humble little home in Forestdale, […]
Cynthia Jean Beaulieu, 62, Middlebury
Middlebury – Cynthia Jean Beaulieu, age 62, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at the University of Vermont Medical Center, in Burlington, with her son Kevin by her side. Cindy […]
Prolific Brandon volunteer in need of a kidney donor
Mei Mei Brown, one of Brandon’s best known and prolific volunteers needs a kidney, but the message she wants to convey is to broaden the awareness of the process around organ transplants and the vital importance it has to those in need.
OVUU eyes candidate for principal, sees budget hike
At its January 5 meeting, the Otter Valley Unified Union School Board offered the principal post to Michael Ruppel of Springfield, Vt.

