This Week’s News
Adventures of Starship Bean #6: Grand Isle, Louisiana
Carol, Milo, and I left Biloxi, Mississippi (without gambling) with Bean in tow behind Bull. We were headed for New Orleans, or more accurately, Grand Isle, which is 55 miles south of the city.
Otter Valley 8th-graders learn Abenaki art techniques
With the help of funding from the Brandon Artist Guild, history teacher Matthew Clark and art teacher Dasha Kalisz hosted visiting artist Judy Dow on December 12 and 13 for an enriching interdisciplinary basket making tutorial with the 8th-grade history class.
Housing crisis could interfere with Vt. efforts to resettle 550 refugees by next fall
Vermont officials have expressed willingness to accept 555 new refugees by next fall, though they said the number could decrease due to the state’s housing crisis.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Brandon Bison clash with Proctor Phantoms
The House of Noise was rocking on Monday night as the Otters of Otter Valley girls’ basketball team took on the Proctor Phantoms on 1961 Night. The 4-8 Otters, who were wearing the pre-merger Brandon Bison throwback jerseys, got off to a hot start but…
1961: A season to remember
In the fall of 1961, the high schools in Brandon and Pittsford merged to form Otter Valley Union high school. Prior to that merger, both schools fielded athletic teams. Throughout that long history at Pittsford High School, they had never had a state championship in any sport…
