Lee J. Kahrs
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Salisbury, BLSG spar over membership, pay
LEICESTER — The town of Salisbury has a month left of insect control services from the Brandon Leicester Salisbury Goshen Insect Control District, known as the BLSG. Attorneys…
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State group honors RNeSU special education head
BRANDON — Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union Special Services Director Marsha Bruce has been honored with a state award for her work in education.The Vermont Council of Special Education…
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Brandon board to meet in person
BRANDON — After 14 months of virtual public meetings, the selectboard here has voted to resume in-person board meetings at the Brandon Town Hall starting June 14.The selectboard…
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Silent films to resume at Brandon Town Hall
BRANDON — First the seats, then the season. The Friends of the Brandon Town Hall have announced the 2021 silent film series with the hope that the pandemic…
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BLSG is making do without Salisbury funds
SALISBURY — When Salisbury residents voted against paying into the Brandon Leicester Salisbury Goshen Insect Control District (BLSG) this past Town Meeting Day, they created an unforeseen problem.…
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Two COVID cases keep Neshobe students home
BRANDON — The Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union is handling two new COVID cases at the Neshobe School in Brandon as cases continue to spike in Vermont. The development…
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Some RNeSU remote learning students are MIA
BRANDON — You can lead a student to the laptop and provide them with free WiFi, but you can’t make them log on. That is the bottom line…
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Wells tapped to lead Neshobe School
BRANDON — Vicki Wells’s commute is about to get a lot shorter. The 56-year-old lives in Brandon and last week was chosen as the next principal of Brandon’s…
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Brandon woman dies in snowmobile crash
SALISBURY/BRANDON — A beloved local teacher was killed in a snowmobile accident on Saturday, and fundraisers for her young daughter began in earnest almost immediately. Kristle Humiston, 39,…
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Brandon eyes retail marijuana
BRANDON — The select board here has approved the Town Meeting Day warning, which will include an article asking voters if they will authorize retail marijuana sales in…
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Neshobe principal to retire in June
BRANDON — Neshobe Elementary School Principal Judi Pulsifer announced her retirement in a letter to the Otter Valley Unified Union School District board this month, and the school…
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A new generation of candidates in Brandon
BRANDON — There are three challengers for two one-year seats on the Brandon selectboard this Town Meeting Day, and they’re all under 40. Allie Breyer and Lindsey Berk…
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Brandon milliners craft a hat for Vice President Kamala Harris
BRANDON — Two local hat makers, and the little girls in their lives, have a gift for America’s new vice president. Now they just have to get it…
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Brandon board keeps property taxes in check
BRANDON — Next year’s proposed Brandon town budget will please budget-conscious taxpayers as it features a decrease in expenditures and almost no increase in taxes. The Brandon Select…
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COVID hits three local schools
BRANDON/MIDDLEBURY — The first cases of COVID-19 have been reported in two Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union schools and at Middlebury Union Middle School. RNeSU Superintendent Jeanne Collins, herself…
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Barn Opera offers holiday concerts online
SALISBURY/BRANDON — In a holiday season full of creative ways to share good tidings despite the pandemic, Brandon Opera is no exception. The nonprofit is using the power…