This Week’s News
Brandon Energy Committee has a message for us: Button Up Brandon
With winter and its cold air breathing down our necks, the Brandon Energy Committee hosted a free informational meeting at the historic Brandon Town Hall.
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.
Photos of the Week
Sports
‘Scrappy’ Otter girls’ basketball team down but not out
Early on the visiting Otter Valley girls’ basketball team on Friday looked determined to take it to Middlebury, using tough man-to-man defense to force a batch of turnovers and a balanced attack to bolt to a 11-4 lead after one period.
Local athletes named 2022 football all-stars
Several members of the Otter Valley Union High School Division III football team, as well as members of the Division I Middlebury and Division III Mount Abraham-Vergennes football teams, were named all-stars in voting by the leagues’ coaches.
Record Killington fans cheer FIS World Cup racers
Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and snowboard resort in Eastern North America hosted the women’s Audi FIS Ski World Cup for the sixth time over Thanksgiving Weekend.
FISU World Conference to address climate change and winter sports
“Winter sporting communities and athletes alike are seeing first-hand the impact of climate change on winter sport,” said Ashley Walden, Adirondack Sports Council executive director and a member of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games’ Organizing Committee.
OV boys soccer bows out to MUHS, 7-0
Looking at this past Saturday’s game, Tiger Coach Chris George was pleased with his team’s ball movement and work to create good looks on goal, and also credited the Otters’ effort.
