This Week’s News
Brandon Police Report: Drunk drivers & drug sales
On Nov. 6 Brandon Police investigated an act of vandalism in the area of Union Street and Ella Dean Road involving damaged property.
Polls deem Vermont’s Route 7 the 92nd worst highway in the U.S.
Gunther Volvo Cars Daytona Beach ran a survey of 3,000 drivers (via QuestionPro) to determine, once and for all, America’s most loathed interstates/freeways/highways.
Local fire/EMS practice backcountry rescues as winter approaches
As winter approaches, many Vermonters dig out their skis and snowshoes in the hope that Mother Nature will grace us with an abundant snow season.
Neshobe Principal Vicki Wells to resign in June 2024
On Friday, November 3, Neshobe Principal Vicki Wells submitted a letter to RNESU Superintendent Kristin Hubert stating her intention to resign at the end of the current academic year.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Mt. Abraham cruises past Otter boys in nail-biter, 57-42
The Mount Abraham boys basketball team took a trip down Route 7 for a clash with Otter Valley in a Saturday afternoon matinee at the “House of Noise” and used their size and speed to claim the win, 57-42.
Otter Valley wins on Senior Night
The Otter women welcomed the Wasps of Woodstock to Senior Night at the “House of Noise” on Friday, February 11 before a raucous crowd.
Otter Valley defeats Hartford, 36–34
The Otter Valley girls basketball team defeated the visiting Hartford Hurricanes, 36-34, on Friday, January 28 at the “House of Noise” in Brandon.
OV, Proctor, Westside winter sports teams kick-off the season
The COVD-shortened winter of the 2020-21 high school sports season is behind us, and the teams at Otter Valley are happy about that. The pandemic forced the school’s basketball programs, like those elsewhere, to play abbreviated seasons, and wrestling was sidelined for the entire season.
OV girl’s basketball drops opener
In a hard-fought season opening game in which the teams traded game-changing runs, the host Middlebury Union girls’ basketball team put together the decisive surge to outlast Otter Valley, 35-28.
