This Week’s News
Editorial: Lesson from the past: Words have always mattered
My father’s parents were born in a Polish town called Łuków (roughly “woo-cough”), some 75 miles southeast of Warsaw.
Guest editorial: Hold onto your sobriety during the holiday season
Thanksgiving Eve is also known as Blackout Wednesday, the first heavy drinking weekend of the holiday season.
Local dog among fastest in nation
Rutland County is home to one of the nation’s fastest dogs.
Brandon Police Report: They did not go quietly into the night, er, the police car
While officers attempted to place a man compliantly into the back of the police cruiser, he resisted and damaged the cruiser’s door, window, and interior by kicking and spitting.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor baseball rebounding at right time
By RUSSELL JONES Proctor started its baseball season with their shortstop and pitcher, Joe Valerio, on the bench after knee surgery following a basketball injury. The season got off to […]
OV baseball suffers first loss, still in first place as they look to wrap up the season
With the last game of the season on the horizon, the 12-1 Otter Valley baseball team squeaked by Hartford on Wednesday, 4-3, suffered its first loss of the season this […]
Proctor softball eyes second place in Division IV
By RUSSELL JONES The Phantoms’ softball team always chants “Hits, hits, hits and runs” before they break their huddle to go to the plate every inning, and on Saturday that’s […]
OV lax edges Eagles
By ANDY KIRKALDY After his team on Monday earned an 8-6 road win over the Mount Abraham-Vergennes cooperative team, Otter Valley Union High School boys’ lacrosse coach Jesse Milliman said […]
OV lax wins huge game over Green Mountain Valley
By RUSSELL JONES The Otter Valley boys’ lacrosse team stepped on to a muddy field ready for a huge game against Division II rival Green Mountain Valley on Thursday, May […]