This Week’s News
Our Creative Kids: Zavier Rem
Every year the first graders do this project, and it is always fun to see what they make.
Brandon Police Report: Investigation into threat hoax ongoing
Brandon Police Department is investigating a hoax where the suspect impersonated an employee and threatened to shoot up the Hannaford Supermarket in Brandon.
Otter Valley 55th reunion, class of ’68 remembers the ’60s
The class of 1968 was only the second class to compete all six years from 7th Grade to Senior Year at Otter Valley.
A year after her kidney transplant, Brandon’s Mei Mei Brown is doing great
The search was intense. Thirty-eight people, many from the Brandon area, offered to be donors, though none was deemed a suitable match.
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.