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When they moved from Poland to Florence, Vermont in the early 1900s, Martin and Mary Markowski could not have known the ...
10/01/2025

When they moved from Poland to Florence, Vermont in the early 1900s, Martin and Mary Markowski could not have known the legacy they would leave behind in their new home.

For over twenty years, my Otter Valley classroom faced west, overlooking the varsity playing fields.

Before it became the address of Helyn Anderson’s historic home, 42 Park Street was the site of Brandon’s first Baptist m...
10/01/2025

Before it became the address of Helyn Anderson’s historic home, 42 Park Street was the site of Brandon’s first Baptist meeting house in 1800.

Helyn Anderson has lived at 42 Park Street in Brandon for almost 50 years. Located only steps from downtown, it was where John Conant built the first Baptist meeting house in 1800.

Gary Stanley has seen a lot as Funeral Director at Miller & Ketcham in Brandon. He’s seen the anguish of grief as well a...
09/24/2025

Gary Stanley has seen a lot as Funeral Director at Miller & Ketcham in Brandon. He’s seen the anguish of grief as well as the joy of remembrance. Stanley is closing in on 50 years at Miller & Ketcham, the oldest continuously operating funeral home in Vermont and one of the 10 oldest in the entire country.

Gary Stanley has seen a lot as Funeral Director at Miller & Ketcham in Brandon.

09/24/2025

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

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

Brandon Village has five historic churches, but the oldest, by a slim six months, is the Congregational Church, which ha...
09/24/2025

Brandon Village has five historic churches, but the oldest, by a slim six months, is the Congregational Church, which has overlooked Central Park since 1832. In seven short years, it will celebrate its 200th birthday.

Brandon Village has five historic churches, but the oldest, by a slim six months, is the Congregational Church, which has overlooked Central Park since 1832.

Brandon resident Zach Hoffman has assumed ownership of PhotoPlace in Middlebury, a gallery of juried photographs from ar...
09/24/2025

Brandon resident Zach Hoffman has assumed ownership of PhotoPlace in Middlebury, a gallery of juried photographs from around the world.

Brandon resident Zach Hoffman has assumed ownership of PhotoPlace in Middlebury, a gallery of juried photographs from around the world.

2026 will mark 25 years since Shelly and Doug Sawyer bought Brandon’s iconic Lilac Inn on Park Street. Thousands of gues...
09/17/2025

2026 will mark 25 years since Shelly and Doug Sawyer bought Brandon’s iconic Lilac Inn on Park Street. Thousands of guests. Hundreds of weddings. Innumerable memories.

“I’ve never lived anywhere else so long,” said Shelly in a recent conversation. “But 25 years as an innkeeper is a long time. I’ll still have to have Vermont in my life, but I’m ready for a new adventure.”

2026 will mark 25 years since Shelly and Doug Sawyer bought Brandon’s iconic Lilac Inn on Park Street. Thousands of guests. Hundreds of weddings. Innumerable memories.

09/17/2025

The Brandon Selectboard convened on Monday night for the first of several public workshops in its budget-crafting process for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, which will begin on July 1, 2026.

The Brandon Selectboard convened on Monday night for the first of several public workshops in its budget-crafting process for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, which will begin on July 1, 2026.

In part 6 of his series Coming to America, Michael F. Dwyer shares the story of how the Porębski family came to settle i...
09/17/2025

In part 6 of his series Coming to America, Michael F. Dwyer shares the story of how the Porębski family came to settle in Vermont.

Kasimir Porębski’s journey to the United States began on July 4, 1911 in Hamburg, Germany, when the twenty-eight-year-old laborer, along with almost 3,000 steerage passengers, boarded the S.S. Grant, a ship of the Hamburg-America Line.

Brandon has more than its share of historic old houses going back to the 1800s. But the oldest one still here today is m...
09/10/2025

Brandon has more than its share of historic old houses going back to the 1800s. But the oldest one still here today is most likely the Farrington House at 39 Pearl Street, built in 1799.

Brandon has more than its share of historic old houses going back to the 1800s. But the oldest one still here today is most likely the Farrington House at 39 Pearl Street, built in 1799.

09/10/2025

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

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

Amanda Van Eps is using her aesthetic skills to increase awareness of rare diseases, including her own. She was recently...
09/10/2025

Amanda Van Eps is using her aesthetic skills to increase awareness of rare diseases, including her own. She was recently announced as a finalist in the Rare Artist Competition sponsored by the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases. Her entry, entitled “Ball & Chain,” was chosen as one of 20 finalists out of 235 submitted works.

Amanda Van Eps does not seem ill when you meet her.

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