Brandon News

Jeff Ellis said he may need to change careers "At my age, it's going to be tough," the 55-year-old from Salisbury said.

Golf Recreational Hole-in-one Mike West recorded his third hole-in-one on Nov.

STATE OF VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY VERMONT STATE POLICE PRESS RELEASE INCIDENT: Driving under the influence CASE #: 09A304607 TROOPER: Brandon Doll STATION: Middlesex DATE/TIME: 11/13/2009 at 2237 hours LOCATION : Towne Hill Rd in Montpelier, VT VIOLATION: Driving under the influence ACCUSED: ...

CASE #: Numerous DATE/TIME: 10/30/09 to 11/4/09 LOCATION : Brandon, Leicester, Salisbury and Whiting VIOLATION: Unlawful Mischief SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: The Vermont State Police and Brandon PD responded to 30 plus related vandalisms in northern Rutland and southern Addison Counties during the 2009 Halloween weekend.

As Roaring '20s publicity stunts go, it might not rank as high as the first Miss America Contest .

Economists representing the developer and opponents of a proposed 53,000-square-foot shopping plaza on Route 7 presented contrasting financial forecasts to the town's Development Review Board.

The Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging is preparing to develop its Area Plan, which will guide activity during the period 2010 through 2014.

The annual Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont Awards Banquet was held Oct.

The Rutland County Sheriff's Department is stepping up highway patrols in key places and at key times in hopes of cutting down on accidents that numbered more than 1,000 in the county last year.

Power will go out in Benson, Hubbardton, Sudbury, Brandon, Orwell, Leicester, Whiting, Shoreham, Bridport and Cornwall Saturday morning.

On 10/6/09, at approximately 8:30 AM the Vermont State Police were notified of a missing 11 year old boy and his Springer Spaniel from his residence in Clarendon.

A Hubbardton woman who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges in February is back in court for allegedly keeping animals in violation of a court order.

The Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a forum tonight on a proposed shopping center off Route 7. The chamber announced the developer will answer questions from the public at 7 p.m. at the Brandon Senior Citizens Center.

Megan and Emily Giddings, sisters who came to the Vermont State Fair on Saturday to show dairy cows, said they loved dairy farming but neither plans to follow their father into business at Diglige Farms in Brandon.

At least one mosquito caught in Brandon has tested positive for West Nile virus.

In the 30 years she's been in Rutland, Caprice Hover founded a housing coalition that provided the state's first mixed-use transitional housing for the homeless, got money directly from Congress for that housing and has been a dominant figure in area social-service circles.

Patti LaDuke said she'd like to hear some classical music when she turns on her car radio.

The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center's annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, featuring site-specific sculpture installations by select regional and national artists, kicks off Sept.

Seventeen children, ranging in ages from six to fourteen, showed up at Neshobe Elementary school last Saturday to compete in the Punt, Pass and Kick Addison/Rutland county finals.

A small dog named Weasel died late Tuesday afternoon after a truck containing three disabled passengers and their caretaker veered across two lanes on Route 7 and struck a utility pole head-on. There were no other serious injuries in the crash at 5:15 p.m. and it was a miracle the 2007 Ford Expedition didn't hit any oncoming cars, according to ...