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
Skip Jennings Founders Cup Golf Tournament at Neshobe Golf Club
Skip Jennings, 93 years old, led off the tournament with a beautiful drive right down the middle of the fairway on hole #1.
Kaizen Fitness Arts, martial arts studio, opens in Brandon
Growing up in New Hampshire, David Belanger was a big fan of Ip Man, a Chinese martial artist who taught the legendary Bruce Lee.
The new Nesh, founded on old farmland, still thriving
After the Brandon Country Club closed in 1944, the town went without a golf course for thirteen years until, in 1957, a group of Brandon golfers started investigating places in town to build a new one.
VT Wrestling Championship at Otter Valley; Cole named Coach of the Year
Vermont’s top wrestlers competed in the “House of Noise” at OV last Friday and Saturday. One hundred and fifty-one competitors on 25 teams vied for the individual and team state championships.
Otter Valley Wrestling Alumni Association presents the first Ray Miro scholarship to Cassy Sue Thompson
A $1,000 check was presented to OV senior Cassy Sue Thompson by Wrestling Alumni Association President Richard Kepner last week.