This Week’s News
Cracking the code: ‘Science Pub’ fascinates with tale of Mayan hieroglyphics
Back in the 1840s, Englishman Frederick Catherwood and American John Lloyd Stephens came across the ruins of the Maya Empire in the rain forests of Central America, specifically in the area now known as Belize (formerly British Honduras).
Brandon Police Report: K9 drug busts & child cruelty charges
Here’s what kept the Brandon Police Department busy this past week.
Silver Bells of the Brandon Area Toy Project Christmas Pageant
The local pageants are fun ways to not only come out of your comfort zone, but also to win some amazing prizes.
Suspect pleads not guilty in Burlington shooting of 3 Palestinian Americans
A 48-year- old man pleaded not guilty on Monday in a shooting that wound- ed three Palestinian American stu- dents in the city on Saturday night.
Brandon SB discusses Town Hall roof and town solar
The Brandon Selectboard convened for its regular meeting on Monday evening.
Photos of the Week
Sports
Proctor boys defeat Twinfield in playdown opener, lose to Rivendell
The Proctor boys opened their playoff schedule on Wednesday, March 2, against the Twinfield Trojans and put on one of their performances of the season, rolling to a 57-36 win.
State Champions! West Rutland battles Proctor down to the wire, 57-56
The West Rutland Golden Horde girl’s basketball team won the school’s second state championship in Division IV girls basketball in the past four years by defeating rival Proctor, 57-56, at the Barre Auditorium this past Saturday.
Otters oust Oxbow, 69-38, in state playdown opener
The Otter Valley Otters ladies basketball team defeated the Oxbow Olympians, 69-37, on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the House of Noise in the first round of the Vermont State Tournament.
Proctor girls handle OV, 57–42
In one of the more entertaining county games in many years, the Phantom Proctor girls ran their record to an impressive 14-1 with a solid 57-42 win over their neighbors to the north, Otter Valley Union High School, on Wednesday night, February 16.
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.

