Brandon News

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 ...

Whether it's homemade jams or jewelry, hand-sewn quilts or clothes, new crafts and art or rustic antiques -- there's going to be something for everyone at Saturday's 15th Annual Norman's Attic: Arlington's Community-Wide Craft Fair and Tag Sale.

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 ...

Rutland County will receive more than $500,000 of a federal law enforcement stimulus package worth more than $5 million statewide.

Rutland County will receive more than $500,000 of a federal law enforcement stimulus package worth more than $5 million statewide.

Today, I'd like to share some basic information about osteoporosis and also a complete listing of the places and times for the many Bone Builders classes in our county.