By RUSSELL JONES Otter Valley will not field a varsity girls lacrosse team this season. However, they hope to have a varsity squad in the future, and this year’s junior varsity squad is helping to pave the way for that. “One of the things the girls are really good at is working together,” coach […]
Month: April 2019
OV boys lacrosse looking strong; fields large team with four All-staters
By RUSSELL JONES Otter Valley boys’ lacrosse coach Jesse Milliman has a large squad of varsity lacrosse players to work with this season, in fact it’s his largest ever in his five years as the OV coach. Milliman attributes this large influx mostly to the town recreation department’s success with the seventh- and eighth-grade programs. […]
OV baseball looks to get another title
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley baseball program fulfilled all of its goals in 2017, bringing home the state championship that season. Two years later, they still have nine players that were there for that ride and are ready to do it one more time. But, those players also know they’ll have to give it […]
Kamuda’s Market celebrates it’s 80th year
The doors to Kamuda’s swung open for the first time on Dec. 24, 1939.
Quarry Valley continues freeze on spending; deficit contained
By RUSSELL JONES In its first year as a unified board, the Quarry Valley Unified Union put a freeze on spending in December, after finding itself in a $200,000 hole. Nearly recovered after a five month freeze, the district plans to continue its frugal ways. The board also experienced a mini-shakeup when the board chair […]
Unified basketball team at OV puts all the emphasis on having a good time
The Otter Unified basketball team’s last home game of the season will take place this Friday, April 12, at 3:00 p.m. They will recognize the seniors during a short ceremony. Join them at the OV gym to help recognize these hard working athletes. Unified basketball is a unisex game that pairs people with and without […]
Residents petition board to keep roads open; land leased
“In my five years on the selectboard, I’ve received more phone calls and more emails on this than anything else; even more than the street lights going up in Brandon.” DOUG BAILEY — BRANDON SELECTBOARD By RUSSELL JONES Over 40 community members came to the Town Hall this Monday evening to discuss the Town of […]
West Rutland students are senators-for-a-day
By RUSSELL JONES West Rutland was one of four Vermont high schools that traveled to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston a week ago Tuesday to take part in “Vermont Day,” an event organized by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. This is the fourth time Vermont students have participated […]
Creek Road changes spur resident concerns
By RUSSELL JONES Town Highway #57, also known as Creek Road, is a Class 4 road that splits off of Pearl Street in Brandon. At the Selectboard meeting on Feb. 25, Paul Stone asked the town to decommission the road. The town began the process to decommission Creek Road in 1990, but for some reason […]
Senior Stories: Bonnie Lee Hunt
By RUSSELL JONES Bonnie Lee Hunt’s parents taught her how to work with her hands and raise children. At different times, she made her living doing one or the other, and sometimes both. She said she has lived life to the fullest and often found interesting ways of having fun. Her father, Frank Cota, owned […]