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
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…

