The Brandon Reporter

07/18/2025

Please come to the Brandon Senior Center on Forest Dale Roaf on Saturday, July 19 for a Bake and Yard Sale from 9 am to 3 pm. Donuts, brownies, breads, and lots of items to choose from! And a 50/50 raffle too!

07/16/2025

The Brandon Selectboard convened for its regular meeting on Monday evening.

The Brandon Selectboard convened for its regular meeting on Monday evening.

07/16/2025

Nick Tocci didn’t set out to be an opera singer. Instead, his first instrument was the trumpet. A native of Nashua, New Hampshire, Tocci went to Keene State to study trumpet and music education. It was at Keene that professionals first heard his rich baritone and changed the course of his life.

Nick Tocci didn’t set out to be an opera singer. Instead, his first instrument was the trumpet. Tall and broad-chested, he had the lung power to keep the brass ringing, but somehow he knew his musical journey would lead him somewhere else.

07/16/2025

The colonial brick house at 5 West Seminary Street in Brandon was once home to Orson Murray, an outspoken abolitionist and newspaper publisher.

Twelfth in a series on Brandon’s historic buildings By JAMES PECK The two-story colonial brick house at 5 West Seminary Street in Brandon sits back on a hill above a […]

07/10/2025

The Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Burlington has identified Erica Bovey, 41, as the victim of a fatal gunshot to the head and neck on Hollister Quarry Road in Pittsford on Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning.

The Vermont State Police were called to Ms. Bovey's residence on Hollister Quarry Road at 2:10 a.m. on Wednesday. First responders determined that someone had died under suspicious circumstances and transported the body of the deceased to Burlington for autopsy.

No suspects are in custody.

Anyone with information that could assist investigators should call the Vermont State Police in Rutland at 802-773-9101.

07/10/2025

The Town of Pittsford has received confirmation of a rabid bat in the vicinity of West Creek Road. Anyone observing unusual behavior in bats should contact the Department of Fish and Wildlife or the rabies hotline (802-223-8690 or 1-800-4-RABIES).

07/10/2025

First across the finish line in the annual Brandon Duck Race was Honeycrisp, a giraffe-patterned duckie from St. Johnsbury. Second place went to a purple duckie named Titania from Saratoga Springs. And third place was taken by a blue-spotted green duckie called Alphonse who hails from Trois Rivières in Québec.

The last few racing seasons, and all their attendant scandals, have left the local duckie community feeling unsettled.

07/10/2025

AJ Mendiola intimidated and then demolished his opponents in the 10th Annual Swiss Roll Eating Championship of the Universe, held behind the Brandon Inn during the Brandon Independence Day activities last Saturday.

AJ Mendiola intimidated and then demolished his opponents in the 10th Annual Swiss Roll Eating Championship of the Universe, held behind the Brandon Inn during the Brandon Independence Day activities last Saturday.

07/10/2025

In Part 3 of his series, Coming to America, Michael F. Dwyer traces the movement of the Rowe family from Cornwall, England to Brandon, Vermont.

Over the years, between school and church, I have made the acquaintance of several Rowe families. Invariably, when I would ask them, “Are you related to —?” The answer was always no.

07/04/2025

The Reporter team wishes everyone a great Independence Day!

Freedom is our most precious heritage as Americans. May we always have the strength, courage, and will to maintain it.

07/03/2025

At a special meeting on Tuesday, June 24, the Otter Valley Unified Union School Board received a presentation from the Board’s Facilities Committee concerning the possible expansion of the Otter Valley building to accommodate a separate, new wing for the Middle School.

At a special meeting on Tuesday, June 24, the Otter Valley Unified Union School Board received a presentation from the Board’s Facilities Committee concerning the possible expansion of the Otter Valley building to accommodate a separate, new wing for the Middle School.

07/03/2025

If you’ve ever limboed or Macarenaed or Cupid Shuffled at the street dance after the Independence Day Parade in Brandon, you’ve enjoyed the work of Derrick Cram, DJ extraordinaire and this year’s Grand Marshal.

If you’ve ever limboed or Macarenaed or Cupid Shuffled at the street dance after the Independence Day Parade in Brandon, you’ve enjoyed the work of Derrick Cram, DJ extraordinaire and this year’s Grand Marshal.