Tom Brown

Tom Brown is contributing editor of The Bridge. ..... You can contact him at tom@montpelierbridge.com

Wrightsville Dam Performed As Designed, But What’s Next?

August 4, 2023

While heavy rains pounded Vermont on Monday, July 10, Collin O’Neil was monitoring water levels at Wrightsville Detention Reservoir. As manager of Wrightsville Beach Recreation District, it’s something he routinely keeps track…

Barre Flood Recovery: People and Pets Still Sheltering at Aud

August 1, 2023

by Tom Brown

By Carla Occaso As recently as last week, if you didn’t know your way around the back streets of Barre, the multiple road closures…

McCullough To Run For Mayor

December 20, 2022

by Tom Brown

City Councilor Jack McCullough is the first candidate to declare his intention to seek Montpelier’s vacant mayor’s chair. McCullough, who represents District 2 on…

CVFiber Rolls Out High-Speed Internet

December 20, 2022

by Tom Brown

Nearly 90 years after the Rural Electrification Administration began bringing power to Vermont’s isolated farms, another modern necessity is on the way. Central Vermont…

Voters Leave Vacancies In City Hall

November 15, 2022

by Tom Brown

Montpelier voters promoted two city officials to the Legislature in last week’s election, creating a pair of vacancies in city government by the end…

Montpelier House Race Shapes Up

August 16, 2022

by Tom Brown

Montpelier voters in November will have four choices to fill two vacant House seats, including a pair of sitting city councilors. Teacher Kate McCann…

COVID-19 Still a Threat as Schools Open

August 16, 2022

by Tom Brown

Students in the Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools district are set to return next week, and for a fourth consecutive school year they will do…

McCann, Casey, Watson Advance in Democratic Primary

August 10, 2022

by Carla Occaso and Tom Brown

Montpelier voters in November will have a four-way choice in the race to fill the city’s two vacant seats in the general assembly. Kate…

Never Too Late to Go for Gold: Margaret Gibson McCoy Jumps to Two Gold Medals at National Senior Games

July 5, 2022

by Tom Brown

Margaret Gibson McCoy believes it’s never too late to get back on track, literally and figuratively. A former track-and-field athlete at Montpelier High School…

Mountaineers to Celebrate 20th Anniversary

May 25, 2022

by Tom Brown

The Vermont Mountaineers are poised to open their 20th season of New England Collegiate Baseball League play in less than two weeks with a…

Roundball Reunion: A Celebration of Central Vermont Rec League Basketball

May 15, 2022

by Tom Brown

More than two dozen men, and one inspirational woman, gathered recently at the Barre Street Rec Center to celebrate a sport they could never…

Rec League Basketball Reunion Planned for April 27

April 12, 2022

by Tom Brown

Lifelong basketball enthusiast Ken Libertoff is organizing a reunion of central Vermonters who played in the organized Rec League, and the less-organized noontime pickup…

Artists rendering of top view of recreation building with gray roof and pool.

Vision for Country Club Property Begins

March 24, 2022

by Tom Brown

Montpelier residents, who are soon to become the owners of a 138-acre country club, must now figure out what to do with it. The…

So Nice They Did It Twice: MHS Wins Hoop Crown

March 24, 2022

by Tom Brown

Montpelier High School senior Jonah Cattaneo lifts the state Division II championship trophy after the Solons defeated Mount St. Joseph Academy of Rutland, 66–39,…

UPDATE: MHS Basketball Title Game Moved to Sunday

March 11, 2022

by Tom Brown

BARRE — Montpelier High School’s Division II state championship boys basketball game against Mount St. Joseph has been moved from 3:45 p.m. Saturday to…

Shop Early to Avoid Supply Chain Drama

November 2, 2021

by Tom Brown

Montpelier merchants are stocking up in the face of global supply chain interruptions and are urging holiday gift givers to shop early or risk…

Opera House Emerges From The Darkness

October 6, 2021

by Tom Brown

The ghost light at the Barre Opera House is once again sharing the stage with more terrestrial activities following the second-longest blackout in the…

New District 3 Councilor to Be Appointed

August 31, 2021

by Tom Brown

Residents of the city’s District 3 neighborhoods will soon see their fifth city council representative in the past two years. With the resignation of…

Schools to Open With Face Masks

August 10, 2021

by Tom Brown

Along with backpacks, pencils, and new clothes, back-to-school shopping will again include the latest in maskwear. For the second straight academic year, Montpelier Roxbury…

Montpelier Finally Gets Non-Citizen Voting

June 25, 2021

by Tom Brown

More than three years after Montpelier residents decided to allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in municipal elections it will finally happen. When voters head…

Scott Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions

June 14, 2021

by Tom Brown

“Congratulations, Vermont!” With those words Gov. Phil Scott on Monday lifted COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place for 15 months. Effective immediately, there…

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