This Week’s News
Poetry at Red Clover gathers our community
Bianca Stone of The Ruth Stone House in Goshen brought two local poets to our Red Clover Ale Company, a community gathering place on Sunday evening for a reading.
OVUU school board discusses budget increases
The initial budget proposal rose by $2,899,366 or 11.99%.
Brandon Festival Singers delight at their 41st Christmas concert
It wouldn’t really be the holiday season in Brandon without the annual Christmas concert by the Brandon Festival Singers at the Brandon Congregational Church.
Brandon Museum seeks to transcend Stephen Douglas under new president
Thousands upon thousands of people pass by the Brandon Museum every year without noticing it, as they drive through Brandon on Route 7.
Adventures of Starship Bean #5: Florida bound
Cortez, Florida is a former Portuguese fishing village that I’ve been visiting for 50 years originally to see my grandparents and, now, my mom.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Hunters preparing for deer season
Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s 16-day rifle deer season that begins Saturday, Nov. 16 and ends Sunday, Dec. 1.
Otters over Oxbow, 39-26
The Otter Valley Union High School football team is moving on to the semifinals after picking up a home win against Oxbow on Saturday, Oct. 26.
Stickin’ with it
Anger and sadness. That’s how the seniors on the Otter Valley Union High School field hockey squad described the ending of the 2018 season. Those two words summed up their feelings about last year’s season, and the motivation they had before this season began.
Otters football stun Fairfax
The Otter Valley Union High School football team upset previously unbeaten Fairfax on Saturday night, 38-36, to finish the regular season at 5-3 and earn the No. 3 seed in Division III.
OV victorious, 7-1
The Otter Valley field hockey team finished their regular season the same way they began it, with a win over Brattleboro. Saturday’s game saw the 11-1 Otters hosting a 4-9 Colonel’s team in Brandon.
