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🌱 When you can roll up your sleeve for Brandon’s blood drive
Coming up: 🎄 Christmas Candle-Making Workshop at Foley Brothers Brewing – Brandon Tasting Room on the Brandon Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- When you can roll up your sleeve for Brandon’s blood drive
Also on today's calendar: Mount Anthony vs Otter Valley and 5 more events.
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Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 28 and low of 10 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Friday: Partly sunny and cold, temps: high: 23, low: 15.
- Saturday: A bit of afternoon snow, with a high of 28 and low of 15 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Rutland Herald Community News for Dec. 10, 2025 (rutlandherald.com) — Brandon residents can give blood locally at the Congregational Church on Carver Street during a Red Cross drive later this month, part of a statewide push to stabilize holiday blood supplies. The community brief also highlights nearby Audubon birding events, statewide arts and history grants, and LGBTQ+ grant awards that may benefit organizations Brandon residents use or support. 
📸 Around Brandon
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brandon
★ Featured events ★
- 🎄 Christmas Candle-Making Workshop at Foley Brothers Brewing – Brandon Tasting Room
Foley Brothers Brewing, 79 Stone Mill Dam Rd, Brandon
6:00 pm
Friday December 12
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Other local events
- Veggie Van Go (rescheduled from 12/26 due to Holiday)
OVUHS Parking Lot
10:00 am - Mount Anthony vs Otter Valley
Otter Valley Union High School , 2997 Franklin St , Brandon
5:30 pm - Barstow UU School Board Mtg. - In-Person and Online/Dial In
Barstow Memorial School , 223 Chittenden Rd , Chittenden
6:00 pm - Coffee Talk with Supt. - Sugar & Spice Restaurant
Maple Sugar & Vermont Spice , 2563 US-4 , Mendon
8:00 am - Superintendent Office Hours - Neshobe
Neshobe School , 17 Neshobe Cir , Brandon
2:30 pm - Coffee Talk with Supt. - Morningside Bakery
Morningside Bakery Wood-Fired Pizza and Provisions , 37 Center St , Brandon
8:00 am - Superintendent Office Hours - Lothrop
Lothrop Elementary School , 3447 US-7 , Pittsford
3:00 pm
Friday December 12
Monday December 15
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Lothrop 5th & 6th Celebration of Learning
Rutland Northeast Su Brandon, VT 05733
5:00 pm - Lothrop 5th & 6th Concert
Rutland Northeast Su Brandon, VT 05733
6:00 pm - Veggie Van Go (rescheduled from 12/26 due to Holiday)
OVUHS Parking Lot
10:00 am - Coffee Talk with Supt. - Sugar & Spice Restaurant
Maple Sugar & Vermont Spice , 2563 US-4 , Mendon
8:00 am
Thursday December 11
Friday December 12
Tuesday December 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Aldi, Inc. posted a job opening for Part-Time Store Cashier/Stocker - Aldi, Inc. in Brandon. Apply here.
- Vermont State University posted a job opening for Full-time Clinical Faculty - Medical Surgical Nursing - in Castleton in Castleton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brandon here.
🗞 Nearby News
Chittenden
- Howard Center offers resources for sober holiday season (vermontbiz.com)
- ReArch Construction breaks ground on recycling facility for CSWD (vermontbiz.com)
- Essex resident to source cookies for unhoused youth statewide this holiday (essexreporter.com)
Rutland
- Rutland kicks off Gift of Life Marathon blood drive (mynbc5.com)
- Rutland community supports residents displaced by apartment fire at Sheldon Towers (mynbc5.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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